SEE! PIZZA PARADISE

By Nikki Werner

Inspired by the pizza epiphany in Eat Pray Love, Nikki Werner travels to Naples to experience it first hand and hunt down the most authentic pizza in its city of origin. 

EXQUISITE VENICE

When Paula Plit recently visited Venice with her husband, Wayne, on their honeymoon, she was overwhelmed with the beauty of this exquisite city, understandable because Venice inspires superlatives. Beguiling and unrivalled, Venice remains an unvanquished star.

TERRIBLY HORSE & GARDENS, IRELAND

With Nancy V. Richards

On the garden path in Ireland’s most fertile County Wicklow, Nancy Richards tethers up at an old stable for some creature comfort.

VIVA LAS TAPAS!

With Hilary Prendini Toffoli

Next to paella, Spain’s greatest food invention is the tapas bar, says Hilary Prendini Toffoli, and some of the best tapas bars are in Malaga.

TRAVEL HOT SPOT: THE BAAN LING NOI VILLA ON KOH SAMUI

With Roy Watts

Thailand is a great escape from a South African winter, particularly since it coincides with their low season. And tucked away on a commanding hillside is an exclusive venue for a truly unique celebration at a bargain tariff.

FLORENCE, ITALY’S LEGENDARY CITY

Lviah Fenster falls in love with the art,
food, fragrance and fabled beauty.

You don’t need to be an art historian (and I certainly am not) to be swept up by the history of Florence. But the heartbeat of the Renaissance accompanies your every step as you wander down streets that were trod by the Medicis and Michelangelo. The genius of Brunelleschi and Luca della Robbia whispers to you and you take in vistas that once met the gaze of Botticelli.

SLOW & MELLOW IN PRINCE ALBERT

With Oded Schwartz

I first heard about African Relish a few years ago when a friend told me that her brother, together with a partner, was opening a cooking school in a little town in the Karoo, an exceptionally beautiful little Victorian town, a gem called Prince Albert, an ideal place to stay on the way between Johannesburg and Cape Town.

SEE! BREACH FOR THE SKY!

By Roy Watts
Photography by Chris Fallows

The great white sharks of False Bay have developed a unique form of breach predation which has them hurtling out of the sea with awesome savagery. With the world record for one of these beasts standing at well over 6 metres, and with weights ranging between 1 and 2 tons, the stage is set for a spectacle more dramatic than anything Hollywood could conjure up. 

FLYING OVER THE SMOKE THAT THUNDERS

With Roy Watts

There can’t be many sights more thrilling than an eagle’s eye view of the Zambezi River crashing over the Devil’s Cataract.

BANGKOK’S LEISURE BIOSPHERE

With Roy Watts

Roy Watts introduces us to the leisure biosphere of energetic Bangkok, springboard to a city filled with historic, culinary and cultural fascination.