Best of British: camping holidays

Blackberry Wood, SussexThis much talked about campsite thoroughly deserves its good reputation. And at 25 minutes' drive from Brighton at the foot of the South Downs, it's very convenient if you happen to live in London. Pitches are set in private clearings with names like Minty, Fruity and Boho. The native deciduous woodland is magical and...

Hotel Una, Brighton

Perfectly placed in Brighton's Regency Square, Hotel Una is a cosy boutique hotel spanning three floors of a Georgian townhouse. Open since 2006, each of its 20 rooms are named after rivers of the world and decorated with an individual twist. WTG's Caroline Lewis takes a look.Hotel Una is located in one of the most regal spaces in Brighton...

Lang Co joins world’s most beautiful bays

Vietnam’s Lang Co Bay is part of an elite group, having joined the Most Beautiful Bays in the World Club, the club’s general secretary Bruno Bodard told Thanh Nien’s correspondent in Paris.The certificate will be awarded on Friday at the club’s fifth annual conference at one of the world’s most beautiful bays in Setúbal City, Portugal. Lang...

Lake of lost love

Many Vietnamese know the famous song Huyen thoai Ho Nui Coc, Legend of Coc Mountain Lake, by Pho Duc Phuong.It tells the story of a young man, Coc, who fell deeply in love with Cong, a rich girl. But Cong’s family didn’t approve of her love for a poor boy, so the young couple eloped to the rural areas of what is now Thai Nguyen Province in...

Homely comfort

A café-restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 2 offers a relaxed setting for quiet enjoyment of good food and drink.There is nothing about its facade to suggest that the Mekong Merchant Café is anything special, or even that it is a café or a restaurant or a bar. But it is that very aspect of not being pretentious that appeals.Located...