Ciutadella is not a city that needs to be conquered. You don’t need a clipboard, an alarm set for 7am and a list of twenty seven attractions. The joy of this corner of Menorca is in slowing everything down. Walk a little. Stop for coffee. Wander through a street...
Twenty-five moments that quietly changed the way I travel Hotels have never simply been places to sleep. Some people collect passport stamps. Others collect photographs. Somewhere along the way, I realised I was collecting hotel memories. Not because they were...
Some holidays are remembered for the places we visit. Others begin long before we see the first landmark. They begin in that quiet first hour, when excitement finally replaces routine and the world starts to feel just a little larger. Every journey has a beginning...
Some of my favourite memories have one thing in common. I wasn’t actually looking for them. It’s something I’ve realised over the last few years. The places I remember most aren’t always the famous landmarks or the restaurants I’d spent weeks trying to book. They’re...
Some meals satisfy your appetite. Others become part of the journey. Ugly Butterfly, overlooking the dunes and rolling waves of Fistral Beach, is firmly in the second category. Forever. It’s really easy to assume restaurants like this are all about the food, but that...
If there is one thing Menorca does exceptionally well, it is beaches. Actually, that’s probably underselling it. Menorca doesn’t simply have beaches. It has the kind of beaches that make you question whether your eyes are working properly. Water that looks digitally...
