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Healthy Escapes:
Exploring the Art of Wellness Travel
Healthy Escapes’ is a new lifestyle and travel book, designed to deliver a unique insight into the interplay between holidays and wellness. The book brings together meaningful insight from destinations and resorts around the world, whose culture, amenities and opportunities underscore the role of ‘‘Wellness Travel’ in the modern-day health optimisation framework.
Let's go to...Portugal
Vinho Verde - the story behind Portugal’s famous ‘green wine’
Portugal is famous for its ‘green wines’ (aka. Vinho Verde,) and for good reason. They are, after all, delicious! Having discovered...
Life lessons in… stretching!
Stretching is one of those things that I’ve probably always known (deep down) is important, but for some reason I’ve chosen to pretend…...
Can calm ever find a counterpoint… in chaos?
I wrote a post last week about the paradox of a ‘relaxing family holiday’ (linked here), and posed the question… Can calm ever find a...
‘Is that a wedding dress?’
Have you ever noticed, how the boundaries of acceptable fashion become blurred on holiday? What if most certainly NOT ok in normal...
Can a holiday be family-oriented AND relaxing, at the same time?
There was a time when I would have said, ‘probably not!’, but over the years, my opinion has changed somewhat. Nowadays, I can appreciate...
I had an authentic Thai Massage… and discovered THIS surprising truth!
For as long as I can remember, my neck has given me issues. I’ve never particularly sought diagnosis (beyond Dr Google) but various...
The ultimate pan-Asian dining experience - in the heart of the Algarve
There’s Thai food… and then there’s authentic Thai Food. Turns out, I’d always mistaken the former, for the latter, as this most recent...
When lunch… packs a punch!
I often find, one of the less-spoken-about joys of going for lunch, is how it can spark an idea of something new and novel to then...
I visited one of Portugal’s leading fish restaurants, and here’s the verdict…
One thing I’ve become acutely aware of in recent years, is how much being on holiday seems to transform me into a ‘yes person!’… and...
Five simple ways to strengthen your abs - according to a Personal Trainer
When it comes to exercise… I am but a creature of habit. It’s either running, or running, or maybe an occasional swim. To say I’m set in...
Waking up…to better breakfast habits!
I woke up this morning thinking about… breakfast. The fact that this was the first thought of the day is quite telling, as under normal...
Holidays… and the ‘evolution of eating’
I’ve always thought that the ‘eat’ chapter of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ seems to encapsulate perfectly, the interplay that exists between...
Oh, how things have changed!
I remember being on holiday in 2019, with a then one and two year old, and I happened to spot another family at the poolside, whose...
The rise and rise of… Wellness Tourism
Holidays, nowadays, are about so much more than escapism. With the rise of ‘wellness tourism’, annual leave has become a springboard,...
Holidays - through the ages!
One thing I’ve come to notice in recent years, is that my holiday priorities are unrecognisable from what they were some twenty years or...
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