LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
You will have gathered from the generally desultory and sad-sackish tone of this column that I am not an enthusiastic letter writer |
ASK MARCO
All your travel queries answered... |
COVER STORY: ESCAPE ROUTES
Rao Raj Vilas
We knew we had left Delhi behind, soon after we left the Hapur bypass... |
Cardamom House
Most of India, we are told, still lives in its villages
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Mandvi Palace
Two-and-a-half kilometres of beach all to myself |
Garden Retreats
Manjula Padmanabhan takes the road less travelled |
The List
20 hideaways |
FAVOURITE THING
Hall of Fame
Samanth Subramanian on Chennai’s favourite institution, the Music Academy |
| LETTER OF THE MONTH |
OTHER FEATURES
Alternatives
Aunohita Mojumdar on Kabul’s expat restaurants.. |
Goa
Upcountry Goa is the next big thing, says Radhika P. Nair |
Philippines
Bright lights, good food and even better music |
Adventure Trek
Mohit Satyanand recommends five Himlayalan trekking routes that make the most of an indifferent month |
Travel & error
Anjum Hasan takes her Roman holiday in Verona |
HOTELS
City Palace, Bangalore
Anything that comes with the ‘heritage’ tag in Bangalore gives one goosebumps |
Hotel Central
Not impressed with the swanky hotels of suburban Delhi |
Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon
While OT wasn’t looking, business hotels went and reinvented themselves |
Personal Choice
Zohra Segal, Actor |
| New Resort |
| Exciting Deals |
Taj Hotels
Next in its series |
FELLOW TRAVELLER
Anthony Bourdain
Chef and travel junkie
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NSEW
Counting Sheep
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| Red September |
| Souvenir |
| The Guide |
| Siteseeing |
| Backpack |
| Fingertip Ticketing |
BOOKS
China Road
Rob Gifford
Random House, Rs 780 |
China Road
Rob Gifford
Random House, Rs 780 |
Measuring the World
Daniel Kehlmann
Quercus, Rs 395 |
The Elephanta Suite
Paul Theroux
Penguin, Rs 360 |
Naturewallah
Ruskin Bond
Penguin, Rs 295
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FESTIVAL CALENDAR
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