A fresh perspective: meet the new wave of Paris hotels
Paris's 'palace hotels' once reigned supreme. Sanctioned by the French government for their better than five-star status, these swirling grandes dames were all sparkling chandeliers,…
Marais
Bank holiday blues? Don’t forget Paris
The August bank holiday (sorry non-UK readers, you may look away now) creeps up on you sometimes, suddenly popping onto the horizon the week before it strikes, and reminding you that it’s the last bona fide long-weekend opportunity before Christmas. Not got a getaway arranged yet? Oh well, never mind, you’ll never find anywhere with availability now; may as well give up.
Not really. Just joshing with you there.
Blissful States – new hotels in the US and more
We’re only six days in and it’s already been an exciting month indeed. Not only did we manage to amuse/confuse/annoy hundreds of people with our…
Insider travel website Area Daily: we ask the questions
Ah, Mondays. Don’t you just love to hate ’em? Definitely the best day of the week to spend a few idle online moments casting your eyes around in search of sunny pictures, faraway inspiration and otherwise entertaining distractions from the daily grind – presumably what brought you to our balmy travel blog shores in the first place. Well today we’re going to signpost you to another insider travel site, Area Daily, because we’re generous like that when it comes to kindred spirits, and because we recently caught up with the site’s energetic and travel-obsessed founder, Christine Magda. Here’s what she had to say…
————————————————————————
Tell us a bit about Area Daily: what inspired you to get it started?
The concept of Area came about as a group of friends were searching for a resource that would give the inside scoop on where locals were dining and hanging out in cities around the world.
