Diverse,historic,delicious:Six ways to explore the world’s hottest new cuisines

Diverse,historic,delicious:Six ways to explore the world’s hottest new cuisines

If you live to eat – and therefore travel to eat – look no further,says Ben Groundwater.

  • byBen Groundwater

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This bucket-list Aussie region is in the midst of a cruise boom

This bucket-list Aussie region is in the midst of a cruise boom

Another Kimberley cruise season is about to open,and the competition is hotting up as more companies explore our north-west shore.

  • byBrian Johnston
Be warned:This type of cruising is not for kids (with a few exceptions)

Be warned:This type of cruising is not for kids (with a few exceptions)

Taking kids on a river cruise is perhaps a mistake,but there are some exceptions.

  • byBrian Johnston
I was bored with churches in Europe,but this one changed my mind

I was bored with churches in Europe,but this one changed my mind

While there’s nothing wrong with big name churches,the lesser-known ones can be equally divine.

  • byKerry van der Jagt
Cruise ship review:Floating boutique hotel offers exceptional value
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Cruise ship review:Floating boutique hotel offers exceptional value

Fresh contemporary style,interesting port stops and inclusive tours … no wonder Travelmarvel Vega is consistently booked out.

  • bySheriden Rhodes
Melbourne-based cruise company builds its own ships

Melbourne-based cruise company builds its own ships

After almost 20 years plying Europe’s great rivers in chartered ships,APT is creating its own vessels,heralding a new era for the Australian company based in Melbourne.

  • byJulietta Jameson
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The absolute must-bring items for a European river cruise

The absolute must-bring items for a European river cruise

Knowing what to pack ensures you don’t find yourself with too much luggage and contents that never see the light of day.

  • bySheriden Rhodes
This country’s rustic doughnut offshoot is worthy of a trip on its own

This country’s rustic doughnut offshoot is worthy of a trip on its own

You’ll need your stretchy pants for a day-trip to this Hungarian town where a brioche and a doughnut had a love child.

  • byKerry van der Jagt
A brutal landscape blessed with the most pristine places to get wet

A brutal landscape blessed with the most pristine places to get wet

Full of red rock and clear water,this brutal,arid landscape is replete with an oversupply of that simplest human luxury – natural swimming pools.

  • byJames Woodford
A serene journey down the Mekong on a new luxury ship

A serene journey down the Mekong on a new luxury ship

A voyage aboard a floating castle,of sorts,from Vietnam to Cambodia can’t help but remind Australians of the classic film The Castle.

  • byPenny Watson
I took my teen daughter with me on a European river cruise

I took my teen daughter with me on a European river cruise

Bringing a teenager on a river cruise raises a few questions – will she stay in the cabin complaining about the Wi-Fi and be desperate to disembark? Only one way to find out

  • bySheriden Rhodes