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Nov 23rd, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
With South America’s most impressive falls, a rich regional history and exceptional wildlife watching, Northeast Argentina should be on everyone’s list…
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Don’t cry for me Argentina
Tags: Argentina, Corrientes, Iguazú, Northeast Argentina, South America
Jan 1st, 2019 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world, right now…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: American Airlines, Argentina, atlas, Brazil, Caribbean, Cuba, Falklands, green, Havana, hot, Jamaica, Knutsford Express, Lonely Planet, Maraisthon, Marathon, Norwegian Airlines, rail stations, Sao Paulo, sharjah, South America, Travel, UAE
Oct 28th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Here are eight things you should know before you go
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Argentina, Brazil, cuy, Ecuador, Inca, Panama hats, Quito, roses, South America, UNESCO
Mar 31st, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel lets you in what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel industry this month
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: April 2018
Tags: Air Baltic, Australia, Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Blackpool, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Brisbane, Brits, Chengdu, China, city, Commonwealth Games, Ecuador, Europe, Greeks, Hainan, Hainan Airlines, Harry Met Sally, Hawaii, Las Vegas, Mamma Mia, Maryland, New York, pets, Queensland, Quito, Sex and the City, Singapore, Singapore Airlines, solo, solo travellers, South America, Travel, Turkey, Xian
Jan 28th, 2018 |
By Kaye Holland
Cloud-high in the Andes and hemmed in by the snow-capped peaks of two active volcanoes, Ecuador’s capital Quito is a colonial stunner. JAT shows you the way to go
Posted in Travel destinations |
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Tags: Andes, capital, city, city breaks, crafts, Ecuador, equator, government, guide, La Compania, La Ronda, limpiadora, Mercado Central, Otavalo, Quito, roses, South America
Sep 29th, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Andean mountains? Check. Amazonian forest? Check. Life-affirming islands and coastline? Check. Adventure seekers in Ecuador are spoiled for choice…
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Adventures in Ecuador
Tags: Amazon, Avenue of Volcanoes, Cordillera, Cotopaxi, Ecuador, experience, Galapagos Islands, Lonely Planet, Middle of the World, Quito, rainforest, South America
Sep 3rd, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Ecuadorians have begun to reconsider ancestral medicine
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Ancient wisdom
Tags: Andes, Ecuador, flowers, herb healers, herbs, Inca, market, medicine, Quito, South America, tradition
Aug 31st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on What’s hot: September 2017
Tags: ABTA, all-inclusive, All-Inclusive Holidays, Argentina, BA, Beijing, Beijing International airport, boarding cards, Bogota, Boston, Buenos Aires, Colombia, Denver, Gabriel García Márquez, Gatwick, Inca Citadel, JetBlue, Lonely Planet, Machu Picchu, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Pablo Escobar, solo, solo travel, solo travellers, South America, Wales
May 21st, 2017 |
By Kaye Holland
More and more people are moving from country to country for both personal and professional pursuits. JAT reports on the rise of the roamers
Posted in Travel rumblings |
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Tags: Argentina, asado, BA, backpacker, Belfast, Buenos Aires, Colombia, digital nomad, Hawaii, home, Madrid, Medellin, Palermo, roamers, San Diego, South America, Tennessee, Wifi
Dec 31st, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
It’s been a busy year and it’s time to take stock. Here travel writer and enthusiast, Kaye Holland, shares her 2016 holiday highlights
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on The year that was
Tags: Argentina, BA, Baires, Biarittz, Buenos Aires, Colonia del Sacramento, France, Hawaii, highlights, holiday, Lisbon, Madrid, Montevideo, Oahu, Porteños, Portugal, Punte del Diablo, Punte del Este, South America, spain, Travel, travel tips, Uruguay
Sep 24th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Celebrate Chilean National Pisco Week
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Atacama, brandy, Chile, Coquimbo, London, National Pisco Week, Pisco, South America, Travel
Sep 20th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor at Good Things magazine shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
Comments Off on Where the experts holiday: Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor
Tags: Airbnb, Argentina, Brexit, California, Colombia, cycling, Faroe Islands, holiday, Iceland, islands, Japan, Norway, Palm Springs, Peru, South America, Sri Lanka, Suffolk, UK, Wales
Aug 18th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Brian Luckhurst, founder of Home Exchange 50plus, talks travel
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Asia, Brian Luckhurst, Brittany, Budapest, Cambodia, France, Ho Chi Minh City, Home Exchange 50plus, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, South Africa, South America, Venice, Vietnam
Jul 14th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Put a little Brazil in your mouth! Sugary, sexy and simple, Brazil’s national cocktail, a tantalising three-ingredient taste of tropicalia, goes down oh so sweet and easy. Blame it on Rio!
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Brazil, Caipirinha, cocktail, Lonely Planet, Olympics, Rio, South America, spain
Jul 8th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Argentine aficionado, Kaye Holland, has the low-down on five places that first-time visitors to Argentina will want to tick off
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Argentina, Argentina Independence Day, Bariloche, Buenos Aires, Gaucho, glaciers, Iguazu Falls, Independence, Independence Day, Malbec, Mendoza, Plaza de Mayo, Porteños, Salta, South America, switzerland
May 17th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: final
Tags: Argentina, Buenois Aires, gauchos, glaciers, Harrow, London, Malbec, Mauricio Macri., Peron, South America, tango, Travel, UK
May 11th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Chile is poised to take centre stage in South America after decades of playing catch up with its neighbours. Explore before you have to share it, says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Red hot Chile
Tags: Calama, Chile, desert, La Sebastiana, Pablo Neruda, San Pedro de Atacama, Santiago, Simon Bolivar, South America, stars, Torres del Paine, Valparaiso
Apr 30th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye discovers a secret world of dining in Buenos Aires
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina, part eight continued: behind closed doors
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, Casa Felix, Mauricio Macri., New York, Paris of the south, puerta cerrada, puertas cerradas, South America, supper club, supper clubs, Thailand, Tourists, Uruguay
Apr 29th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye discovers a secret world of dining in Buenos Aires
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina, part eight: behind closed doors
Tags: Argentina, BA, Casa Felix, Chacarita, closed door restaurants, dining, Malbec, mate, puerta cerrada, puertas cerradas, San Francisco, South America, supper clubs, Villa Crespo
Apr 20th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: part seven
Tags: Argentina, Argentine tango, BBC, Confiteria Ideal, dance, dancing, El Beso, La Glorieta, Patagonia, Salon Canning, South America, Strictly Come Dancing, tango, The Tango Lesson
Apr 11th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Buenos Aires – Argentina’s charismatic capital – may get most of limelight but a trip to the country’s Lake District is fully warranted in in its own right says Kaye Holland.
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Don’t overlook the Lake District
Tags: Argentina, Bariloche, Chile, La Ruta de los Siete Lagos, Lake District, Little Switzerland, mate, Peron, San Martin de los Andes, Seven Lakes Route, South America, Walt Disney
Mar 30th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: part six
Tags: Argentina, Argentine War of Independence, asado, beef, Buenos Aires, estancia, Gaucho, Kirchners, Mauricio Macri., Patagonia, Peron, president, Queen Cristina, South America, spain, tango, The Pampas, Travel
Mar 27th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Long overshadowed by its giant neighbours, Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay is finally getting the attention it deserves says Kaye Holland
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Spotlight on Uruguay, South America’s little hidden gem
Tags: Argentina, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Colonia del Sacramento, mate, Montevideo, Olympics, Punta del Diablo, Punta del Este, Rio, South America, surfing, UNESCO, Uruguay
Mar 14th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: part five continued
Tags: Argentina, asado, Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires, Ernesto Sabato, Falklands, Jorge Luis Borges, Macri, Malbec, Malvinas, Peron, Porteno, South America
Mar 13th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Kaye’s constant quest for adventure has taken her back to Argentina – the land of gauchos, glaciers, football, tango and beef
Posted in Travel destinations |
Comments Off on Postcard from Argentina: part five
Tags: Argentina, Atlantic coast, Bariloche, Brazil, Colombia, Diego Maradona, Ibiza, Iguazu Falls, Istanbul, La Casa Rosada, Las Vegas, Lionel Messi, London, mate, Mendoza, National Express, New Orleans, New York, Punta del Diablo, Punte del Diablo, Punte del Este, South America, Uruguay
Mar 10th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Our guide to the best Buenos Aires bars to try right now
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Argentina, bars, Buenos Aires, cocktails, Floreria Atlantico, Malbec, nightlife, Palermo, Plaza de Maya, Recoleta, South America, Travel
Mar 9th, 2016 |
By Kaye Holland
Planning a holiday in Argentina’s charismatic capital? Here are five characterful accommodation options
Posted in Travel tips & opinions |
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Tags: Argentine, BA, Boca Juniors, Buenos Aires, Hotel Classico, Hotels, La Casa Rosada, Las Vegas, London, New York, Palermo, Paris of the south, Recoleta, South America