Where to stay in Munnar makes all the difference to how much you enjoy this beautiful tea country stop in Kerala itinerary. Munnar town itself is a scruffy, traffic-filled junction. The reason you’ve come, the rolling tea estates and the…
The Windermere Estate in Munnar is one of the most special places we’ve stayed. For us, it made our two-week trip to Kerala magical and showed us what Indian hospitality really means. We stayed for three nights at the Windermere…
The best things to do in Munnar all come back to the rolling tea fields, wildlife and mountain air. At 1,500 metres up in the Western Ghats, the hills roll away in that bright, clipped green for as far as…
Where you stay in Varkala decides what kind of trip you have. Stay on the North Cliff and you’re in the middle of the restaurants, the shops and, at the weekend, the party zone. Stay in Odayam or on the…
Varkala is the beach bit of Kerala: a red laterite cliff with a ribbon of cafés and shops along the top, surf breaks below, and a yoga studio on every other rooftop. We spent a week here at the end…
We chose Kumarakom over Alleppey on purpose. Alleppey is the houseboat capital, with the biggest fleet and the biggest crowds. Kumarakom, across Vembanad Lake, is quieter, more villagey and the reason our backwater days felt peaceful rather than processional.
The South Downs Way is a 160-kilometre National Trail along the chalk ridge from Winchester to Eastbourne, usually split into eight stages.
The South Downs Way starts at the old City Mill in Winchester and runs 160 kilometres east to Eastbourne. Stage 1 officially finishes at Exton, a small village in the Meon Valley about 19 kilometres in. If you are planning…
