SJP Holidays

In previous Decembers, when times were a little more normal in the travel world, I would review the year, making note of destinations,...

Clearly, I am not the only one to still get excited every time I am given a hotel room key. My insatiable appetite for a unique hotel...

Now and again, or perhaps a little more often after a lengthy pandemic, a complete chill holiday where you can just switch off is just...

Like many, I have been unable to embark upon planned long haul holidays but needing a change of scenery, I jumped at the opportunity when...

It seems that both Paul Theroux and my Dad turned 80 recently. My Dad is not launching a new book and arranging to travel on part of a...

"I have seldom heard a train go by and not wished I was on it" I love this quote, written by one of my favourite travel writers, Paul...

What a peculiar year 2020 was. I guess the pandemic has provided me with an excuse to talk about all those places where I have not been...

An interesting fact... whilst writing a piece about inspiring train journeys, I was reminded that there are no public railways in...

I am not normally one for sitting still and not doing too much of anything on holiday but from time to time, one of these breaks is just...