Heather Cowper

At 8am the heat was already rising, as my taxi dropped me at the Arikok Park Visitor Centre at the northern end of Aruba. Think …

While I’ve done my fair share of downhill ski over the years, I was always a fair-weather skier. The lure of a sunny café terrace, …

Florence is so packed with delicious art and architecture that it would take a lifetime to see it all. Of course there are some unmissable …

When the 20 year old Queen Victoria of England married her cousin, Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, they must have seemed the dream couple …

Southampton is one of those cities on England’s South Coast that’s easy to overlook. Heavily bombed in the war, it’s not the most picturesque of …

The pretty town of Coburg, like many others in Germany, offers picturesque medieval buildings, a charming town square and cosy cafés to while away a …

The Italians are a nation of discerning food lovers who really care about the provenance of what they eat. But on my long weekend with …

As we drive into San Nicholaas, the second town of Aruba, the morning’s already hot but nothing much is stirring. The building by which we …

As we start a new year I’m enjoying the memories of last year’s travels, like flicking through a photo album in my head. I visited …

Bristol is fast building a reputation as a world-class foodie destination, with food festivals, trendy new restaurants and a wealth of artisan food producers in …

There’s been a lot of talk about Hygge recently, the Danish word for those feel-good moments when you are snuggled up in front of the …