Every year, millions of sun-starved tourists head to Portugal’s beautiful Algarve coastline to soak up some rays, catch the surf and indulge in the local seafood. But where do you go if you want to avoid the masses? Who better to ask than four of the web’s leading insiders on travel in Portugal. They’ve been kind enough to share their favourite ‘secret beaches’ with Travel Edits. Sergio Rebelo, Salt of Portugal: Salema Beach: Our favorite Algarve beach…
In a little over two weeks’ time, The Killers, Bon Jovi and The Stone Roses will be setting up camp on the Isle of Wight, once again transforming it into Britain’s isle of rock for a weekend. Back in the 1960s though, a tiny island on the Thames in London was having its own rock revolution. The uprising had an unlikely leader in junk -shop owner, Arthur Chisnall. In 1956 he set up a jazz…
Ice cubes clink into glasses. Bicycle bells clang. Nothing could sound better today on the sun-dappled banks of the Prinsengracht. Beginning at Brouwersgracht, just west of Centraal Station and arching around the Canal Ring between Prinsengracht and Lijnbaansgraacht and up to Leidesgracht, The Jordaan’s narrow canal-side streets are filled with trendy cafés, art galleries and some of the best outdoor markets in the Netherlands. The most well-known of these, Noordermarkt, holds a flea market on…
Ibiza may be most famous for being Europe’s party capital, but once you visit you realise that it is a place that can be all things to all people. For every club opening there is a yoga getaway, for each yacht party, a hippy market and for all those crowded resorts there is a boutique hotel that stands out from the crowds. Hotel Ocean Drive at Marina Botafoch is one such boutique hotel. Travel Edits…
We’re halfway through our tour of The Little Museum of Dublin and curator Simon O’ Connor pauses at a vintage Gold Flake advertisement glowing above the fireplace. The cigarette sign takes pride of place on the 1960s wall of nostalgic posters and photographs on display at 15 St Stephen’s Green. Considering Ireland became the first country in the world to introduce an outright smoking ban in workplaces in 2004, today it looks almost brazen, hanging…
