Review: URSO Hotel and Spa, Madrid The URSO Hotel and Spa, named after Ursalia (the name given to Madrid during the Roman Empire), couldn't be better located. It lies in the Las Saleas area close to Madrid’s quirky, gay-friendly Malasaňa neighbourhood - known for its hipster bars, independent shops and cool...
Overlooking London's sadly pidgeon-less Trafalgar Square, The Trafalgar St. James London, Curio Collection by Hilton is the first Curio Collection by Hilton hotel in the UK. The hotel, opened late last summer, homes 131 bedrooms and 15 suites, all decorated in art deco style complete plenty of artsy reading material...
This month, TLE caught up with Willa and Luke, a teacher and a tech worker from Cali who packed their lives, bought a van and hit the road. They didn't choose the van life, the van life chose them... Tell us a little bit about you both? Hey all! Luke...
TLE's ultimate guide to the best things to do in Scottsdale, Arizona - from learning how to become a cowboy to riding a hot air balloon in the desert. In Scottsdale, you can do things you probably thought you never would, like attend a college exclusively for aspiring cowboys, or...
Ever thought about quitting your job to go travelling? Each week TLE speaks to extraordinary people who have done exactly that. This week, we caught up with photographer and adventurer, Chris König, to find out about his life on the road. Chris started out studying psychology. He now lives in...
When Spring arrives in Seville, temperatures can go from 15 to 30 degrees in 24 hours. Orange trees blossom overnight. And as flowers begin to bloom, the locals do too. At the beginning of April, stunning Spanish Señoritas in traditional, vibrant dresses appear across the city - often alongside dashing...
Semana Santa, Seville (March 2018) As Easter celebrations go, Seville’s Semana Santa (Holy Week) is certainly one of the most spectacular. Every year, for one whole week, the centre of Spain’s fourth largest city comes to an almost complete standstill. As thousands of women, children and men in pointy hats...
Hanging bats, bigger than legs of jamón, chatter above a peep of chickens casually pecking away at a bleached white sandy path, which meanders through Robinsons’s new Club Noonu resort. But there’s no hint of foul play. This Swiss Family Robinson-esque island, one of 1,200 in the Maldives, previously belonged...
Author: Luke O Driscoll “If it was good enough for ol’ Enid Blyton it’ll be good enough for us,” I tell the Iranian girlfriend on the four-hour drive from South London to the Knoll House Hotel, located on the Dorset coast. It was half a century back the author pronounced...