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TINTORETTO’S 500TH BIRTHDAY!

TINTORETTO’S 500TH BIRTHDAY!

You never need an excuse to visit Venice, but here’s one anyway: Tintoretto’s 500th birthday!

The Biennale may be dominated by the giddying whirlwind of modern art, but it’s the great artists and architects of the past who lay on the magnificent and unchanging backdrop, year after year, without ever boring anyone.

 

And there is none greater than Jacopo Tintoretto, that most Venetian of Renaissance artists. Something of a local hero, he’s left over 700 works spread across the city – it’s..

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THE SICILIAN PASTRY TRAIL

THE SICILIAN PASTRY TRAIL

THE SICILIAN PASTRY TRAIL PART 1

Throw away your travel guide.  All you need as a guide to Sicily  is a sweet tooth!

If you seek out Sicily’s best pastries, you will automaticaly encounter all the most beautiful people, places, rich traditions and wonderful food and wine this island of the sun has to offer and in between mouthfuls of the crispiest and creamiest pastries in the world, you will bear witness to an exciting cultural renaissance.

Start in Palermo and head straight to the..

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ANGELS AND DRAGONS: SHANGHAI

ANGELS AND DRAGONS: SHANGHAI

All eyes will turn East to Shanghai at the end of this month, when the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show flies into town. As the Angels in underwear put Shanghai on the world stage, it is a great opportunity to visit this hotspot of globalisation and modernity.

Romee Strijd has been running this vlog so you can follow her in the run up to the big event https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWwEqYwtoPw

It is hard to believe Shanghai used to be a small fishing village. Now it is a metropolis with over..

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STOCKHOLM FOR MEGASTARS

STOCKHOLM FOR MEGASTARS

The best way to experience Stockholm is to travel like a megastar.

Your first port of call has to be  be one of the world’s coolest megastar hotspots, Arlanda Airport. Ideally you need to land by private jet. Or even better, two jets, like Vladimir Putin. The Emperor of Japan came in his Boing 747s. Barak Obama came in Air Force One. If you don’t have a jet, then go to Bromma Airport, where you can hire their Gulfstream G550.

VIPs can go through their dedicated security check and avoid the..

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