Diva Destination Spotlight: Jaipur!
India is a ‘go-to’ destination at Travelling Divas: we love this country with a passion. Just because we can’t go there right now doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the tales of a fellow, passionate ‘India’ traveller. Our guest blogger, Shona Sarquis (Born with Wanderlust), shares her personal experience exploring Jaipur and why she loves it. […]
ISLAND TEMPTATIONS…
ISLAND TEMPTATIONS Pop Quiz: When you think of island destinations to add to your Diva bucket list, what springs to mind? Capri. Santorini. Maldives (*sigh). Maui. Fiji? [Remember them?] Or dishy New Zealand (think about a Girls’ Getaway to Queenstown), Bali and Boracay, Mauritius and Mykonos, Sicily and Seychelles? Whichever way you cut it, that’s a […]
Fashionably Italian…
Given everything that’s going on in the world at the moment, no one would begrudge you not remembering what the great fashion houses of the world showcased at Milan Fashion Week for their Autumn/Winter 20-21 collections. In fact, no-one would begrudge you not remembering February’s Fashion Week at all. It’s a fair guess, however, that […]
Who knew 3 little words would mean so much…’when can we’…
Last week during a moment of co-vid induced boredom, I fed the words ‘when can we’ into Dr Google (apologies to all doctors – I know this infuriates you but it is what people call it) and guess what the biggest response in the drop down suggestions were? ‘When can we travel’ followed by ‘when […]
Diva Dreaming: Eating in Italy
While we’re grounded, all we can do is fill our minds with dreamy Travelling Diva moments. In this edition of ‘Diva Dreaming’ we delve into the divine world of Italian food. Delish and totally irresistible! Generalisation Warning: this article contains a few stereotypes and generalisations that are intended purely to add colour and texture to […]
5 Ways to be a gorgeous, sustainable Diva
Any diva worth her salt knows there’s a difference between making an impact and leaving one, particularly when it comes to travel. A Travelling Diva’s high-heeled entrance at a divine Big Apple rooftop soiree with all the gorgeous people is altogether different to the tippy-toe go-lightly experience of eco-sensitive whale watching encounters in Iceland, or […]
Canada: the perfect winter wonderland!
Celine Dion. Shania Twain. Alanis Morissette. Linda Evangelista. What do these legendary ladies have in common? Yes, yes, they’re all divas of the highest order. But what else? That’s right…they’re all Canadian. Clever you. Now, Close your eyes. Think of Canada. In winter. What do you see? A pair of rugged-up Ryans—Gosling and Reynolds—with mittened […]
Destination Spotlight: Copenhagen
If the extent of your experience with Scandinavia is an annual visit to IKEA or an occasional gravlax encounter during the canape service at your work Christmas party, we think it’s high time you did something about it. Think about it. This is the land of Thor (Oh, my giddy aunt) and Odin (we can’t […]
Which jeans, with which wines & where??
We have taken cheeky inspiration from our partner in wine crime, Jane Thomson from The Fabulous Ladies Wine Society, by matching her sassy jean-and-wine pairings with our suggested Travelling Divas destination! So slip into your fave denim delights and see which destinations we think complete the picture perfectly. Here we go! What’s the wine equivalent […]
The Big Apple’s Very Big Bucket List…
Let’s be honest, everyone’s bucket-list is different. But ask around and you’ll find there are a few experiences that pop up more than others. Sunrise at Machu Picchu. Sunset at the Taj Mahal. Exploring Petra, Angkor Wat or the Galapagos Islands. You, a bottle of something nice, a slow Summer sunset and someone special, gazing […]