Alison Stewart's Blog, page 9

Glittering Mykonos – where the rich go to play

The UK Spectator‘s columnist Taki wrote after a Mykonos jaunt, “Our one and only mistake was to come to this hideous island, now overrun by nouveau-riche ‘cool’ people. Vulgarity rules the roost as never before.”

Taki clearly sees the dark side of this Peter Pan Neverland isle, not the dream place where beauty, optimism and longing are forever frozen in time.

You can read my story, published in Fairfax Media’s Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age Traveller in October, 2017, here:

http://www.traveller.com.au/glittering-mykonos-in-the-footsteps-of-jackie-o-gyoczn#ixzz4ulfwM000

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http://www.traveller.com.au/glittering-mykonos-in-the-footsteps-of-jackie-o-gyoczn

 

Donegal – how green is their valley

What a lovely place Ireland is, not just its physical beauty but also its beautiful people.

Here’s my story published in Fairfax Media Traveller in May, 2017 on Donegal.

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You can read it online at Traveller.com.au here:

http://www.traveller.com.au/walk-ireland-donegals-bewildering-beauty-gw6h4e

 

Majestic Iguassu Falls

The three-kilometre-wide Iguassu Falls on the Argentine-Brazil border is a natural masterpiece of sound and fury.

You can read my story published in Fairfax Media’s Traveller on July 1917 at the link below:

http://www.traveller.com.au/south-americas-spectacular-iguassu-falls-gwas6s#ixzz4n3Y9BiW0

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Flight Review – Emirates Dubai to Venice economy Boeing 777-300ER

Read my flight review here for Emirates Dubai to Venice in economy:

http://www.traveller.com.au/the-flight-dubai-to-venice-with-emirates-gx29bd#ixzz4mJds3snz

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Hemingway’s Havana

Cuba – what an amazing country full of beautiful people. And Havana is simply gorgeous.

No wonder Ernest Hemingway felt an affinity with the country and wrote most of his masterpieces there.

Click on my story below, published in Fairfax Media’s Traveller (The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age) or read it online at traveller.com.au:

http://www.traveller.com.au/inside-ernest-hemingways-havana-gwtrv3#ixzz4mJThiXOY

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Chic to chic – cruising Venice to Athens in style

Ponant’s small ship, Le Lyrial, is French chic exemplified – a stylish potpourri of first-rate gastronomy, elegant interiors, exotic locations and European culture.

Read my story published in Fairfax Media’s Traveller in June 2017 here: http://www.traveller.com.au/ponant-le-lyrial-adriatic-cruise–venice-to-athens-gwyw5f#ixzz4lkySeqni

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And here’s the print version:

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Ready, action, sunset – Turtle Island, Fiji’s Hollywood links

Not just a gorgeous island in Fiji’s Yasawa Islands dedicated to soothing the spirit, Turtle Island is a star in its own right. It’s the location for one of the most recognised tropical island films, Blue Lagoon.

Read my story published in Fairfax Media’s Traveller here: http://www.traveller.com.au/turtle-island-fiji-why-this-tropical-island-paradise-is-one-of-the-worlds-most-recognised-gwzmtq#ixzz4lkwdNDDE

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And here’s a screenshot of the print version:

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From silo to high life – Cape Town’s new luxury Silo Hotel

Once a historic grain silo, now a beautiful hotel, Cape Town’s new Silo Hotel glitters like a lighthouse on the Waterfront.

And the landmark Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA) will open in September in the silos themselves.

Read my story, published in Fairfax Media’s Traveller here: http://www.traveller.com.au/cape-towns-power-tower-the-grain-silo-turned-luxury-hotel-gwz884#ixzz4lktI38pu

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Here’s a screenshot:

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Ireland – enchanting otherworld road trip

Ireland and Northern Ireland, I must admit, are two of my favourite countries.

What bliss therefore, to get in a car and drive for seven days the 1100-road trip from Dublin up around the Northern Ireland coast down to Galway.

Here’s my story published in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age Traveller on June 9, 2017. The online link is below for easier reading:

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http://www.traveller.com.au/lost–and-found–in-donegals-bluestack-mountains-gwlg6u

 

 

Luxury lodge New Zealand

Hunting and gathering takes on a whole new meaning at Treetops Lodge in New Zealand’s Rotorua region,

Here’s my story, which appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age Traveller on April 22, 2017, and the online link is below.

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http://www.traveller.com.au/new-zealands-treetops-lodge-and-estate-guwmp3