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Tour of Cambodia and Laos – the Classy Hotel
For those coming with us to Bangkok, Laos and Cambodia this year, you’ll be staying in some comfortable hotels. The Classy Hotel (featured here) for example, has a large pool and spa with good massages, to relax after your day going through the heart of Cambodia by traditional boat. This is a place David Beckham […]
Anthony Bourdain and Vietnam
Just over a week ago, travel food writer Anthony Bourdain sadly committed suicide. Here is a snippet of earlier – happier – times, with President Obama in Hanoi. It’s interesting how fellow diners continue in conversation without bothering the famous pair. This small café, is just a walk way from the hotel Angel Holidays will […]
Tour of Nepal, your Kathmandu hotel
This year our group coming to Nepal will stay in the Mandala Boutique Hotel; perfectly placed on the cusp of an area called Thamel – with over 100 restaurants of every persuasion to choose from. On the roof terrace of the hotel, perhaps to enjoy a drink, you’ll be able to see the temple of […]
Tour of Nepal, festival of Deshain
Nepal: and our tour there this year, we will co-inside with the festival of Deshain, the biggest in the country; both intimate between families, and extrovert in society. Guide books suggest, crudely and simplistically, it is a festival of good over evil, but it represents a more subtle sentiment than that – with no celebration […]
The Exotic Marigold Hotel with Angel Holidays
For those coming on our Real Exotic Marigold Hotel adventure next March, you may like to watch this video. Like the television series, you will stay in the same home featured here in the video with Miriam Margolyes, Jan Leaming, Wayne Sleep and others, to see what retirement in India might bring. Make sure you […]
Holiday, Tour of Nepal
On the 14th October this year, we’ll be setting off on a tour of Nepal, hosted by Radio 4’s Steve Carver who has 12 years experience in the region. A dedicated 40 page guidebook on the tour, is given to each traveller on arrival, so that they can further understand the magical nature of this […]
India – Tour, Holiday to India
This November’s tour of India will be quite special. Rather than languishing under the grey skies of the UK this winter, our group will be heading out into the warm sunshine. They’ll travel to the edge of the silk road, camping under the stars for the night in the desert. They’ll ride camels, stay in […]
Holiday Laos & Cambodia
On our tour to Bangkok, Laos and Cambodia, we stay in some incredible places. In the remote jungle hamlet of Nong Khiew for example, each traveller has a stilted ensuite cabin, complete with queen sized bed and mosquito nets overlooking the river. This is a river that winds its way through jungle until eventually reaching […]
Holidays Nepal, Cambodia, India or Laos – your host
For those going on our Angel Holidays tours this year with Radio 4’s Steve Carver, you might like to listen to your host. Here he is living the life of a ‘trade plater’ for his BBC Radio 4 series – where he experienced many unusual British jobs. Typical to Steve, there’s a mixture of the […]
Vietnam – Holiday to Laos & Cambodia
Viet Nam – and plans are in place for our new Vietnam tour, the first of which will take place next April. This tour will complement our already adventurous trip to Laos & Cambodia; in fact anyone who has booked Laos & Cambodia for this year, or has come with us before, will be […]