Here are the new features from Qantas The Australian Way November 2009 online at Qantas Travel Insider + highlights of our web-exclusive content.
Web Exclusives
Chilean escape: Colours of Valpariso
Photography Timothy Stone
This month’s featured photo gallery travels through the colourful streets of the Chilean port city of Valparaiso.
At Large: Mexico City
Words Fleur Bainger
The Travel Insider team checking in from Mexico City: from ballet to wrestling; rooftop cocktails to sidewalk vendors.
Images
Photo Essay: Something in the Aires
Photography Anne ZahalkaThis month marks the first anniversary of nonstop Qantas flights to Buenos Aires. In this photo essay, Anne Zahalka celebrates the style capital of South America.
City Guides
Ask the Concierge: Chicago
Tips from Ryan Lettier, Hotel Monaco, Chicago.
Accommodation
Delhi: Indian reservations
Words Fiona Caulfield
Delhi, host of the 2010 Commonwealth Games, offers some of the best boutique accommodation in India, including chic small hotels, Raj-redolent guesthouses and homestays replete with local ambience.
Crown Towers, Melbourne
8 Whiteman Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Fresh from a dramatic redevelopment and with technology playing a key role in the redesign, Crown Towers has more razzle-dazzle than ever...
Adina Apartment Hotel Frankfurt
6 Wilhelm-Leuschner-Strasse, Frankfurt, Germany.
The Adina group’s latest five-star offering caters to the business and long-stay market...
The Peninsula Shanghai
No.32 The Bund, 32 Zhongshan Dong Yi Road, Shanghai, China.
This Shanghai sparkler on the banks of the Huangpu River has a 1920s twist and 21st-century business facilities...
The Dolder Grand, Zurich
65 Kurhausstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland.
A consistent winner of hotel awards from the likes of Forbes Traveler and Wallpaper* magazine, with a 4000sq m spa that competes for world spa-domination glory...
Food & Drink
Big Apple budget bites
Words Aaron Peasley Photography Angus Oborn
In New York, lean times don't necessarily mean lean choices. Our man in NYC tracks down first-rate, wallet-friendly places to dine.
Critics' Choice: All the tea in China
Hungry hordes, flashing chopsticks, endless cups of tea and rampant trolleys bearing succulent morsels: yum cha has the number of the feast. We bring you the yum cha roll of honour.
Neil Perry: London hit list
Words Neil Perry
From award-winning offal to a famous Fat Duck and fabulous game, Neil Perry discovers that London has considerable gastronomic attraction on all levels of dining.
Wine: Take me to the river
Words Peter Forrestal
One of Australia’s top wine-producing regions, Margaret River, proves life really is a cabernet… or perhaps a chardonnay.
Shopping
Travel Technology Special: Executive decisions
Words Dan Warne APC Magazine Illustration Paddy Mills
BlackBerry or iPhone? GPS or noise-cancelling headphones? High-flyers discuss the technologies they can't live without – and add to their Christmas wish lists.
See & Do
Buenos Aires: Pleasures of the pampas
Words Sarah Gilbert
Savoured the sights and tired of the tango? Make like a real porteño with a large dose of pampering at one of Buenos Aires' renowned health spas.
Berlin essay: The fall of the wall
Words Anna Funder
As Berlin celebrates 20 years since the collapse of both the Berlin Wall and communism, award-winning author Anna Funder reflects on the conflict between remembering and forgetting what this symbol of Cold War division stood for.
Escapes
Whistler: Snow-go area
Words Bronwen Gora
Canada will host next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, but the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb will remain accessible to the ski enthusiast who likes to do more than watch.
Yarra Valley: Belly of the feast
Words Rita Erlich Photography Robyn Lea
Victoria's Yarra Valley is home to gourmet gems and vineyard legends such as De Bortoli and Domaine Chandon. Join the food and wine trail here.
V for Victor
Words Jane Paech
Whether watching whales, investigating antiques or sampling the local catch, this coastal town is an enticing escape all year round.
Blue Mountains: Walk this way
Words Sean Mooney
The restored Blue Mountains National Pass trail is a trek through history and nature.
Food Trails: Hunters & collectors
Words Carli Ratcliff
From some of the world’s freshest fish and organic produce to fine cheeses, truffles, samphire and strawberries, Australia offers good food hunting. Carli Ratcliff forages for some of the best.
Travel Blog
Some recent highlights from the Travel Insider blogosphere: your Tokyo accommodation tips; for a quick and cozy escape from Boston or New York, we checked out some Connecticut country inns; our Industry Insider with some highlights of what's on in Paris; Edinburgh and Glasgow round-ups.
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Inspiring reader comments
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