The Peak Of Swiss Skiing: Crans-Montana & Champéry
When you’re scouring the A-Z of super Swiss ski resorts you need go no further than C: C for Champéry and C for Crans-Montana. They are as different as chalk…
Gill Martin
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Gill Martin is an award winning travel writer and former Fleet Street journalist – Daily Mail reporter, Daily Express feature writer and Sunday Mirror Woman's Editor.
She is a freelance writer for national newspapers from the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph to tabloids, magazines, regional newspapers and websites.
After a six month career break after the Indian Ocean tsunami where she volunteered as a communications consultant in Banda Aceh, Indonesia for Plan, the children's charity, she is now focused on travel.
From skiing everywhere from Kashmir to Argentina, Morocco to Turkey, North America and all over Europe; snow shoeing in Canada; captain of the GB team of the Ski Club of International Journalists; whitewater rafting down the Zambezi; electric mountain biking in Switzerland and cycling in Portugal; Kenyan and South African safaris; riding elephants in India and horses in Brazil; paint balling in Romania; opera and archeology in Serbia; Caribbean snorkelling; sampling food and wine in Italy.
Yodel-ay-ee-oooo Your Way Around Austria
If the hills are alive with the sound of music then the mountains positively reverberated with our yodels. It was not the most tuneful of choruses, we must admit. But…
Hedonistic Hiking In Tuscany
In the Tuscan courtyard a table decked in chintzy tablecloth is stacked high with a lunch fit for hungry hikers: asparagus salad dusted with parmesan shavings, blood oranges with pumpkin…
Following In Prince William’s Footsteps In Kenya
Thanks to her 50-plus national parks and reserves, sweeping plains, abundant wildlife – including the spectacular annual migration of wildebeest in the Maasai Mara – Kenya holds the title of…
At One With Nature In The Caymans
Sinbad shook his red mane, snorted the way horses do and hot-hoofed it into the warm waters of the Caribbean – with me aboard his bare back. Deeper and deeper over…
Powder Perfect Klosters
For a more traditional ski resort I adore Klosters. This charming little town is undeniably posh, but equally friendly and discreet. Just look who goes there. Prince Charles and sons…
Seeing The Sunny Side of Verbier
The hills are alive with the sound of music. Tinkling cowbells, Alpine horns, yodelling… and the hum of my electric mountain bike. Ok, so it’s cheating. But I’m an unashamed…
Serbia – A Journey Of Discovery
The young blond hiker was neatly packing up his camping gear on the steep slopes of the Djadap Gorge overlooking the sparkling Danube when we arrived to drink in the…
Living The Life of Luxury in Veneto
Italians regard their villas with a passion they reserve for risotto, ice cream, espresso… and love. These beautiful old buildings dot the hillsides, imposing and stately, unchanging landmarks in an…
Les Deux Alpes: Classical French Skiing
For someone who thought she had two left feet it was a relief to hear I was kinaesthetically aware. Especially as I was at the top of the mountain and…