PRESKIL BEACH RESORT HONEYMOON

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PRESKIL BEACH RESORT

I have just come back from a mini Nile cruise on board the 5* MS Grand Rose and yes it was very hot and sunny everyday. However we were very lucky to have free excursions, stay on All inclusive on board, enjoy the sundeck and swimming pool with free towels and free sunbeds after our daily excursions. Food is very nice and plentiful, we had 3 meals a day and freshly cooked pancakes at teatime on the sundeck. You will never go hungry nor thirsty. Service onboard MS Grand Rose is also fantastic, the staffs cannot do enough for you.

I highly recommend this cruise which starts from Luxor, then Aswan with excursions to Abu Simbel. Luxor is very safe, I didn’t feel threatened at all. This country has so much history and heritage to offer. They are still finding treasures buried since 1400 BC.

So, the 7 night cruise on MS Grand Rose, including flights from London, 20 Kg luggage, based on 2 people sharing a cabin, airport transfers, all inclusive meal basis, 10 free excursions. Price for the 2nd June starts from £ 385 per person.

Le Touessrok is one of my all time favourite hotel in the world.  It is very different, outsanding and stunning hotel.  I love the different areas, such as the hibiscus and the frangipani island.  It is such a private property, you never feel that there are other guests around.

I stayed there when my children were young. They are now teenagers and they still say how much they have enjoyed the hotel and her kids club.  The girls spent hours at the kids club only to be returned at our dining table at 9 pm every night.  They would happily spend more time at the club if they could.

The hotel spa is so beautifully run with amazing treatments. I would happily have a treatment everyday there.

I highly recommend this hotel to everyone, families, couples.

For a first look at India, if you’re wary of too strong a culture shock, you can do no better than visit Kerala. It’s gentler, wealthier, and calmer than a lot of India and without a lot of the hassle.  A large area of this long, slim state is beside the sea so it offers the perfect holiday destination. The beaches aren’t quite the pale sandy splendour of its northerly neighbour, Goa, but Kerala offers variety and peacefulness. It also has an abundance of Ayurvedic resorts so forget the idea of a spa (which just means someone on site to provide massage and facials) – this is where to come for serious treatments and to go home completely rejuvenated.

Taking in a few places is easy here. If you begin in the pretty and historically interesting Fort Cochin, it’s only a 90 minute drive along relatively good roads down to Lake Vembanad which is stunning. This is where you can take a day (or two) on one of the famous houseboats along the backwaters. They even call you for at the private jetties of the more elegant lakeside hotels.

Inland there are spice plantations at Munnar and wildlife reserve at Periyar to visit. All these are within drives that are relatively short by Indian standards and of course full of interest.

Many of the sumptuous hotel resorts are in the south at Kovalam but closer to Cochin a place dear to my own heart is the Marari Beach. It’s only a 4* – but if it’s good enough for Paul McCartney it’s good enough for me – and you stay in detached thatched cottages amongst the most beautiful gardens, enjoy Ayurvedic massages and other treatments on site, and have free yoga and Pranayama sessions. Plus the food is truly fabulous.

Loved for its refined rusticity, guests will be thrilled with the additions of a lagoon-side spa, a fine dining restaurant and beachfront suites. Yet the three-quarter-mile beach is still definitely the prize here, lined by a panoramic oceanfront deck and the beachfront rooms. Their rattan furnishings and island-inspired artwork are totally appropriate, although if you prefer the idea of bathrooms with corner-installed soaking tubs and step-down living areas with plasma TVs, then one of the premium beachfront suites are for you.

The quaint garden Gauguin cottages are perfect if having your own secluded splash pool has greater appeal. Sporting facilities include a tennis court, swimming pool, fitness room. bicycles and non-motorised water sports. For dining there is the Euro-Caribbean cuisine of the Sea Grape and eclectic grills of The Gauguin boasting private dining cabanas enhanced by the locally-inspired dishes of the third restaurant Ismay’s. And, of course, you can always watch the sun go down at the unique TeePee Bar.

India is a fascinating country and so much easier to travel in than it was even ten years ago.  At the same time it’s the toughest country, bar none, for which to plan an itinerary. Trains aren’t what we  imagine them to be, travelling distances in one area can be a joy while the same number of hours on the road elsewhere is a drag beyond description. Homestays and havelis that look gorgeous in photos, and for which reviews can be hugely positive, are horrendous when you get there – but there are delightful and authentic small hotels like nowhere else in the world.

Escorted tours for the first time visitor to India seem to always include the Golden Triangle but Delhi and Agra aren’t the most rewarding places to visit. Don’t get me wrong – the Taj Mahal isn’t a letdown at all. It’s just that you have to put the hours in to get there and Agra offers little else. What isn’t so well known, possibly, is that tailor made tours are as cheap as group tours. You can tell me the kinds of things you like to do and what pace you like. I will help you design an itinerary that suits the standard and style that works for you and honestly it won’t cost you any more. Plus you’ll be not just safe but really looked after.

The Rajasthan is a popular area for tourists for good reason. The landscapes are dusty but stunning, the light is special, the lakes, buildings, forts, camel fairs and palaces give the visitor a continual feast for the eyes. You can stay in luxury tents and go on game drives to see tigers in Ranthambore. Udaipur, the lake city, is serene and a few hours away the pink city of Jaipur is frenetic, intense and all that we imagine India to be. And have you heard about the Deogarh Mahal in between those two cities? Well, give me a call and let me tell you about it…..

The Himachal Pradesh is home to the old hill stations such as Shimla with their charming old colonial buildings and railways stations; a short distance from there is Dharamsala where the Tibetan refugee population, including the Dalai Lama, settled. Further south in the Himalayan foothills towns like Rishikesh, part of the old hippy trail, still provide meditation and yoga centres and peaceful retreats beside the Ganges where it’s at its clearest and freshest.

Most of us are familiar with what Goa represents – but actually some parts, especially in the South, are still real India so we shouldn’t assume that all Goa has are noisy bustle tourist traps. It definitely has the best beaches so if that’s what you like and you want to know where to stay that suits your needs we can talk about your options.

In India the unexpected happens – always – but it can be encountered in the safety and comfort of your a/c 4×4 and from beautiful hotels. Good service comes from a genuine desire to please and in India people work so hard to do exactly that.

If you’re unsure and don’t want a travel agent who’s going to say ‘go here, it’s great’ but who will listen to what you like to do and work with you then I’m your person. Don’t worry if you’re just finding out. I put together holidays for a living and not everybody books so my time is never wasted.

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