Posted by: travelhouseuk on: November 12, 2008
Port el-Kantaoui, Tunisia’s first purpose-built tourist resort, established in 1977, is now a fully-fledged town and one of Tunisia’s most popular destinations. Modelled on the French Riviera’s Port-Grimaud, the resort is built in Andalucian-Moorish style around a huge marina. The Mediterranean jet set loves to be seen here with their flashy yachts, while the buzzing [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: November 11, 2008
Known as Tunisia’s Saint Tropez, Hammamet is the country’s prime holiday destination. It all started in the 1920s when the Romanian millionaire George Sebastian fell in love with what was then a tiny fishing hamlet. His villa on the beach was described by architect Frank Lloyd Wright as ‘the most beautiful house in the world’, [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 30, 2008
Lush vegetation, pristine white and gold sand beaches, an archipelago of 115 tropical islands and the azure waters of the Indian Ocean combine to produce the stunning canvas of the Seychelles; a living paradise that has appositely been dubbed ‘another world’ by the islands’ tourist office. Holidaying in the Seychelles is all about luxury, nature [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 15, 2008
Morocco’s premier coastal resort is a city of broad, palm-shaded promenades and international class hotels arranged along a magnificent bay of golden sand. Remodelled in the late 20th century after it was all but destroyed by the devastating earthquake which hit the region in 1960, Agadir is now a thoroughly modern city, made prosperous by [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 8, 2008
Mauritius : With powder white beaches and turquoise sea, encircled by the world’s third largest coral reef, this pear-shaped tropical volcanic island is known as the ‘jewel’ of the Indian Ocean. A backbone of moody mountains rising 800m (2,624ft) from the sea cut through rolling sugar cane fields bleached by year-round sunshine with no poisonous [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 7, 2008
With swaying palms and soft, white sand caressed by glittering, turquoise water, Diani Beach has many of the ingredients of the perfect tropical holiday destination. It is deservedly popular, and as one of Kenya’s premier Indian Ocean resorts, it has a large and still-growing assortment of hotels and restaurants, some of them extremely luxurious by [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 6, 2008
The longest-established of the resorts fringing The Gambia’s sun-bleached Atlantic coastline, Kololi is a mixed bag of dignified, low-rise hotels and rustic guesthouses jumbled together with tourist-trap restaurants and brash nightspots. The quarter known as the Senegambia area, a development hotspot, is the hub of The Gambia’s mainstream tourist industry; in peak season its main [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 4, 2008
The Gambian capital is a low-key city with a distinctively tropical flavour. Situated right at the mouth of the River Gambia, it was settled by the 19th century colonial British; from this strategic base they controlled the lucrative river trade. Today, the everyday activity around Banjul’s intercontinental port is as frenetic as ever, and the [...]
Posted by: travelhouseuk on: October 3, 2008
Tucked away on a low cliff between the mouth of the River Gambia and the Atlantic Ocean, Bakau is a small, densely populated coastal town with a good scattering of pleasant hotels. Its western and eastern enclaves, Fajara and Cape Point, are well-to-do havens for diplomats, professionals and expats, while central Bakau (home to fishermen, [...]
