North America

Exclusive guide to the best holiday destinations in north America, independent reviews from award-winning travel writers

Sylvan Dale Dude Ranch Colorado

11/09/2016 by .
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I’ve arrived at the Sylvan Dale Dude Ranch just in time for an evening sing song. Everyone’s out on the main house back stoop listening to ranch owner Susan Jessup giving us a cowboy ditty.

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Cooking Gumbo in New Orleans

07/09/2016 by .
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‘I tend to scream at you and then feed you, as that’s how I grew up,’ chef Toya Boudy tells us as we start to watch her cookery demonstration at the New Orleans School of Cooking, in the heart of the French Quarter. We’re cooking gumbo in New Orleans and it’s clear from the start that we’re in for an entertaining afternoon, and it’s no surprise to learn that Toya has been an actress and also has her own YouTube channel . She’s a natural entertainer and we spend as much time laughing as learning.

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Twelve Top USA Art Museums

07/09/2016 by .
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People holiday in the States for many reasons – Disneyland, beaches, Hollywood, to ski, to see Graceland or to party in New Orleans – but going to art museums is not usually the main attraction. Nevertheless, many of the world’s finest art museums are in the USA, giving extra reasons to visit city break destinations that are already popular, such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and New York. In fact New York has so many fine art collections it’s one city that’s worth visiting for that reason alone. Here are twelve top USA art museums, in alphabetical order, from a list that could easily be twice as long.

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Best things to do in Denver

25/08/2016 by .

Just for Laughs Festival. Discover the comedy side of Montreal

22/08/2016 by .
Just for Laughs festival Sign

Canadians are not particularly known for their sense of humour so I was a little sceptical when I heard about the Just for Laughs Festival, particularly as it’s held in, Quebec, where they all speak French.

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Destination Jamaica. An action packed Caribbean paradise

16/08/2016 by .
Destination Jamaica Rafting on the Martha Brae in Montego Bay1

Isabel Conway discovers an action packed Caribbean paradise, exploring Jamaica, home of the fastest man on earth. For Isabel this is certainly Destination Jamaica.

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Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico: Sublime Landscapes.

05/07/2016 by .

Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State. Captivating wonders beyond the Canyon.

09/06/2016 by .
Andy Mossack discovers the extraordinary beauty of Arizona's Sedona.

Andy Mossack visits Arizona and discovers there is so much more to see than the obvious. Arizona is not just a Grand Canyon State.

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Do you know the way to San Jose?

07/06/2016 by .
San Jose Santana Row at night

When Dionne Warwick posed the question in Burt Bacharach’s hit song she could hardly have imagined British Airways would come up with an answer nearly half a century later.   But San Jose, the capital of Silicon Valley, is the airline’s newest California destination, making the best international jumping-off point to date for the many attractions of central California.

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On the Trail of Civil Rights in Alabama. Discover the heart of America’s equality struggle.

17/04/2016 by .
Rupeert Parker sets out on the trail of Civil Rights in Alabama, the state that saw some of the fiercest equal rights protests. Copy of Selma Browns Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church

Rupeert Parker sets out on the trail of Civil Rights in Alabama, the state that saw some of the fiercest equal rights protests.

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