Have you ever wondered how wonderful it would be to be sprawled on a practically deserted sandy beach on a Caribbean Island, but then you realise its simply out of your budget. That’s a typical Monday ...

This small, car-free island's venerable old town blends Arab and African culture with a sun-baked siesta-time feel that gives it a wonderfully sedate charm; the beach is two miles of pristine white ...

"Stand back, traffic coming through," our guide Ali warns, shuffling us back against a carved wooden door, adorned with a floral flourish and studded with brass. With a muffled clip-clop, a train of ...

These exclusive holiday houses at the tip of Lamu archipelago offer a cocktail of refreshing cultural experiences and ocean views that will leave you gasping, writes PETER MUIRURI The speedboat roars ...

Lamu Town is a Unesco World Heritage Site. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com A peaceful tropical island off the coast of Kenya, Lamu is the destination of choice for U.S. President Barack Obama. On his ...

With its glorious old town, "spectacular" beaches and "laid-back" atmosphere, the Kenyan island of Lamu is one of the world's most bewitching places. I first visited as a "scruffy backpacker" in 1992, ...

New York-born, Milan-based designer Emily Levine is quite a citizen of the world. At 18, she opted to spend her first year at FIT studying in Florence, returned to New York for her second year, then ...

Gulangyu Island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a place where cars are absent; only music fills the air. It is dotted with ...