International Traveller

The impact that cruising has had on the travel industry cannot be underestimated. It’s a much quoted fact that Australians are some of the highest consumers of cruises per capita head of the population in the world; we just can’t get enough of it, it

Swedish fashion brand H&M’s new flagship home store on London’s Regent Street is a true one-stop shop for fashionable nesters given it also includes an outlet of Swedish eatery It’s Pleat. The cafe was a hit when it launched at H&M in Westfield White

HER NAME AND WORK MAY HAVE BEEN OVERSHADOWED BY HER HUSBAND JACKSON POLLOCK, BUT LEE KRASNER (1908–1984) WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM IN HER OWN RIGHT, AS THIS RETROSPECTIVE OF HER WORK STAGED BY THE BARBICAN – THE FIRST IN EUROP

Drift off to a gentle ocean breeze and wake up to the sound of lapping waves in your adults-only (cue romance) overwater bure villa at Fiji Marriott Resort Momi Bay. Spend your day relaxing on the white sand beach, indulge yourself just a little with

Where in the world can you witness life so diverse in form and colour that it could have come from the pen of some hallucinating science fiction author? Gunung Mulu National Park in Malaysia’s Bornean state of Sarawak, is renowned for its near limitl

While there’s no denying the difficulty of getting past the beauty of Bora Bora, Moorea and Tahiti, continue to push on through the shimmering lagoons and white-sand patchwork (hardly the most taxing journey you’ll ever make), and your curiosity will

I’ve been told that the Surf Lodge is the hippest place in the Hamptons, but when I arrive I almost feel like I am back home in Australia. Located in Montauk, on the tip of Long Island, just off New York City, this casual surfer’s-style motel, a regu

Bali The good times just keep rolling With well-priced flights and a multitude of accommodation options, you can decide to go small and luxurious with that special someone (try Alila Villas Uluwatu with its luxurious private pool villas and stunning

On Bali’s Bukit Peninsula, Uluwatu’s dramatic cliffs are bejewelled with luxury resorts and villas. But you needn’t be a glamorous guest to enjoy the bar scene here. Begin at Sundays Beach Club, where you can intersperse complete relaxation with burs

It’s an unusual start to a wine tasting. When I arrive at Teutonic Wine Company in Brooklyn, Portland, owner Barnaby Tuttle pours me a Wineer – a surprisingly delicious combination of muscat and beer. “I don’t like stuffiness,” he explains. “Think of

Looking to reconnect with the kids on your next family holiday? Say no to the standard resort ‘drop and flop’ and instead head to the stunning South Pacific islands of Samoa, where the beauty of its pristine lagoons and rainforest-covered mountains a

Blessed with stunning iridescent seas, volcanic mountain peaks, emerald forests and a proud and friendly people, Samoa has something for everyone. To give you a taste of what makes this unique archipelago in the South Pacific so special, Sinalei Reef

The word on Phu Quoc is that it’s Phuket 30-plus years ago, a relatively undeveloped island paradise that Westerners are only beginning to discover. But for Vietnamese holidaymakers, its balmy, palm-fringed beaches and thickly jungled ridges have lon

The misty mountain town of Takachiho has no high-speed train connections or highways leading to it. Instead, it takes a winding drive to get here: one that helps acclimatise you to the scenery in store and makes this off-the-beaten track destination

Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s four main islands, is home not only to the country’s onsen capital and the birthplace of Japanese mythology, but to a unique fusion culture of religions and a magnificent landscape carved by volcanic activity too.

When people ask me where my favourite place in the world is, the French Basque Country wins hands down every time. Let me tell you why. Where else in the world can you go surfing in the morning, lunch on just-caught tuna, then spend the afternoon hik

Sometimes, in places far, far away that twinkle so gaily, you simply can’t see the stairs for the Swarovskis. Twin golden-balustraded staircases jazz-hand aloft from the MSC Splendida’s atrium, each glass-sheathed step stratified with the Austrian cr

A garland of bright orange marigolds is flung around my neck as a hand reaches through a sea of gem-coloured saris; a priest presses his thumb against my forehead with a dot of sandalwood paste. Devotees of Krishna, one of the most widely revered Hin

It’s an often proffered opinion that New York is the ultimate city in the world. Sure there’s London and Rome and Paris, all fabulous cities steeped in history and culture and style. But New York is the kind of city that confounds and amazes in equal

As much as it is a force of destruction, fire also has the power to breathe new life. Take the species of ‘pyrophytic’ plants found across South Africa, the seeds of which germinate having been cooked in a bushfire. The same process of destruction an

This monumental museum evolved from the collections of an empress and expresses Russia’s love for all things arts and culture. One of the world’s largest museums, the State Hermitage Museum is made up of six buildings on the banks of the Neva Rive

Take a walk past medieval architecture, through bustling markets and over historic bridges. The heart of Lucerne’s Old Town, the historic buildings that rim the Kornmarkt including the old Town Hall and bakers’ guild hall (now a restaurant serving