
The artificial village that could solve travel’s biggest problem
MetroUK: El Gouna is everything I normally dislike: a resort town with luxury hotels and a lack of historical depth. But, in large pockets of the town, something special is happening.

ISLE GO AGAINI visited the tiny island that is Italy’s best kept secret and you can avoid the summer crowds
The Sun: Ustica, a tiny island about 30 miles north of Palermo and probably Sicily’s best-kept secret.

I found heaven in the ‘Hawaii of Europe’ — but the clock is ticking
MetroUK: A beautiful collection of islands in the middle of the Atlantic.

The ‘Grand Canyon of Europe’ is a popular holiday spot - but you’ve probably never heard of it
MetroUK: The little known, but beautiful mountainous Greek region.

Only on a Kenyan safari could you see an elephant wander freely past a football pitch
MetroUK: Visiting the magnificent and magical Kenya.


8 reasons we’re proud to live in Catalonia
WITH the recent upsurge in vocal Catalonian independence advocates, and even more recently the ‘illegal’ referendum where two million votes were cast declaring the wish to separate from the rest of Spain — the voice of the Catalan people is beginning to be heard on the world stage. It was as good a time as any to take to the streets of Catalonia and ask the people who live here what makes them proud of this place.


Why westerners should travel to Muslim countries
NO PART OF THE WORLD within the last ten years has been scrutinized as much or stereotyped as heavily as the Muslim world. Although a minority of these countries have warranted the criticism, the media has unjustly painted the remaining majority as being similarly run, hateful of the west, and as places to be avoided.