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Alessia Horwich reviewed Diving and sleeping at Jules' Undersea Lodge in US South East, United States

The Jules Undersea Lodge is an ex-underwater research facility that has been converted into a hotel with two bedrooms, a common room and a kitchenette. In each room there is a large window from which you can observe the anemones, sponges, oysters and fe…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Elephant in the Kwando and Selinda Reserves in NW Botswana, Botswana

You don’t get much more adventurous than speeding out into the wilderness in an open 4x4 in the hope of catching a glimpse of one of thousands of species of animal and bird that you’d probably only see in a zoo in Europe. At the Kwando Lagoon Camp fam…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed The Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia

The Blue Mountains, a world heritage site west of Sydney, offer some spectacular views from the plateaus running along the top of the range. However, some of the most fun to be had in the Blue Mountains is down in the valleys, slipping and sliding aroun…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Able Tasman National Park Kayaking in South Island, New Zealand

One of the most striking elements of the Lord of the Rings film trilogy was the stunning back drop, but seeing it on the big screen is nothing compared to the sight of the big looming mountains and the amazing colours that the New Zealand landscape has t…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Family friendly Mountain Biking in the South Tyrol in Bolzano, Italy

The mountainous terrain of the south Tyrol region is perfect to provide a real challenge for a family of seasoned cyclists, or just a lot of fun for a family who want to have a laugh and get outdoors to soak up a bit of sun. You can plan your own route …"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learn Bushcraft in Wales in Swansea, United Kingdom

If you want to get away from modern day life and rediscover simplicity, then it doesn’t get much more basic than taking a course in Bushcraft. There are family courses aiming to show you and your offspring how to live comfortably in a wilderness e…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learning to surf at Padstow in West Country, United Kingdom

Surfing may be on the tame side of adventurous, but it’s certainly ‘radical’ and should be met with enthusiasm by most moody teenagers. At Treyarnon Bay Youth Hostel you can do a four day all inclusive surfing course where they will fit you out with all…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Family friendly Horse Riding in Arizona in Southwest Desert, United States

For families who fancy themselves as budding lone rangers, you can try your hand at all the essential cowboy skills at the Tanque Verde Ranch in Arizona. It’s one of America’s oldest ranches and a great place to learn to ride if you are just a beginner,…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Dinosaur Digging in Colorado in Colorado Springs, United States

What could be more adventurous than going in search of dinosaurs for your family holiday? The only thing is, it’s not so much the animals themselves, but the fossils that they have left behind. Forget dragging your children around the Museum of N…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Home Food Smoking Courses at Bluebell Croft in Glasgow, United Kingdom

For those who feel that supermarket smoked ham isn’t smoky enough, that smoked salmon tastes suspiciously un-smoked and that no evening is complete without the gravely tones of Smokey Robinson, Bluebell croft runs home-smoking courses covering all …"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learn to cook with Tasting Places in London, United Kingdom

Tasting places is no residential course; it’s a one stop shop to Michelin star glory, or at least a pretty impressive dinner party round yours. The school is well connected and sets up cooking master classes with London’s top chefs like Ange…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Swinton Park Cookery School in North East England, United Kingdom

Swinton Park Hotel is a 30 bedroom castle in Yorkshire that has an AA three-rosette rating and a cooking school with standards to match. It’s certainly a strange place to have a cooking school, but the Georgian stables, set in the Yorkshire Dales, …"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Bumbu Bali Cooking School in Bali, Indonesia

You’ve got to be early to bed the night before you start at the Bumbu Bali because school kicks off at 6am with a trip to the local vegetable and fish markets to get all the produce you’ll cook with throughout the day. It’s only when …"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learn to cook Mexican fare in Sazon in Mexico City, Mexico

Forget Old El Paso, the Mexican cuisine you learn to cook at Sazon is serious stuff. You’ll be rifling through tons of different kinds of chilies, learning to use indigenous ingredients like nopales (cacti) and huitlacoche (corn fungus) to produce…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Vietnamese Cooking Class with Trinh Diem Vy in Vietnam

Ms Vy is the notorious figure behind four of the best restaurants in Vietnam and at her most recently opened restaurant ‘Morning Glory’ she runs a master cooking class in Vietnamese food teaching us mere mortals to produce crispy spring rolls…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learn to Cook Indian food at the Pimenta Cooking School in Kerala, India

The Pimenta cooking school takes place in a family kitchen in the midst of a seven acre spice plantation in the foothills of Kerala’s Western Ghats. It’s rough and ready accommodation and facilities but it doesn’t get more authentic th…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Four Seasons hotel cook school in Chiang Mai in Chiang Mai, Thailand

The secret of success in making a Thai curry eludes the best of us, but at the cooking school at the Chiang Mai Four Seasons resorting to a pre-prepared curry paste is not an option. You’ll be taught how to choose and prepare your own herbs and sp…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Samp & Soufflé Cooking School in Cape Town, South Africa

Samp and Soufflé cookery school works with the best South African chefs and offers different culinary holidays all over South Africa. If you’re keener on the tasting side of a culinary getaway, the luxury weekend at the Franschhoek guest ho…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Dar Liqama Culinary Course in Marrakech, Morocco

The culinary courses offered by Dar Liqama are more like luxury holidays with excursions and pampering, plus a bit of cooking on the side. Don’t be fooled though, the lessons will help you overcome the mysteries of fragrant Moroccan food and help you de…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Learn to cook at the Château de Pallanne in Midi-Pyrenees, France

Even without the lure of the afternoon fois gras and wine tasting, the majestic 18th century château, the 18-hole golf course and lazing around by the heated swimming pool is enough reason to hide the bathroom scales and jet off to Gascony in the s…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed El Txoko del Gourmet Tapas School in San Sebastian, Spain

The tapas bars in the UK are permanently packed and if you serve beer to your guests unaccompanied by some patatas bravas or some crusty bread and jamon Serrano then you can’t call yourself a good host. In fact, tapas is so hot at the moment that …"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Anna Tasca Lanza Sicilian Cooking School in Palermo, Italy

If there’s anything to be learned from a trip to Sicily, it’s that the Sicilian’s know their food ; their daily street markets are brimming with delectable treats and street food is a staple as everyone is always eating; whether it&rsqu…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Tsukiji Fish Markets in Tokyo, Japan

The Tsukiji Fish market is not for the faint hearted. It is the largest of Tokyo’s wholesale markets selling vegetables, fruit and most importantly fish. The selection of seafood is vast; it is one of the biggest fish markets in the world, and so althoug…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed The Jay Pritzker Pavillion in Chicago, United States

As you stumble into Chicago's Millenium Park after a mad dash across Michigan Ave, where the lights give you precisely 19 seconds to traverse the busy downtown traffic, you might think you've misadvertently wandered into Bilbao Spain. But the huge metal…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Arcata Bay Oyster Festival in US West Coast, United States

If Dickens’ Oliver Twist had been at the Arcata Bay Oyster festival he certainly would not have been asking for more. In fact, the sheer abundance of oysters available to eat raw or cooked on one Saturday in June is astounding; enough to feed the ten to…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Fiera del Parmigiano Reggino in Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy

Just like Champagne, the famous Parmigiano-Reggiano name can only be branded onto cheese fabricated in the small producing areas of and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. Within this region the process of cheese making has remained much t…"

Alessia Horwich reviewed Fête des Vendanges in Rhone-Alps, France

Although Cotes du Rhône is a popular cheap tipple, the area also produces some of France’s finest vintages and it all begins, of course, with the harvest of the grapes. To celebrate the hard work of the grape-pickers of the village Tain-l’Hermitage comi…"