Sue Bryant explores the intimate pleasures of the small ships, where friendliness and fine dining add to the fun of life at sea

Edinburgh is Britain’s most popular conference venue and it is easy to understand why given its magnificent setting, architecture, history, excellent hotels and restaurants. A newly promoted attraction for visitors is its extraordinary literary heritage. Andrew Lownie provides a guide to some of the city’s literary associations.

Know as Europe’s hottest city, both for its location on a geothermal ridge and its pulsating night life, Iceland’s capital is in the midst of an economic renaissance and a business trip there provides the perfect excuse to sample some clean living. David Neville Williams enjoys a fjord fiesta

James Brown urges those basking in the delights of luxury travel to remember their humble beginnings, no matter how pungent they may be

On an isolated rock constantly contorting between ice and fire, Reykjavik appears to thrive against the odds with weird and wonderful citizens that have one foot in the ancient Viking sagas and the other in the cities trendy clubs and bars. Indeed, the Friday night runtur – a wild pub crawl around the compact city […]

With an ominous yet otherworldly presence, Edinburgh castle stands sentinel on its volcanic crag, peering over the twin medieval and Georgian influences of the Old and New Towns below. To find this city in the midst of the harsh and rugged Scottish landscape is something of a surprise; breathtakingly beautiful by both day and night, […]