Reservations

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Reservations

Luxury Travel

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A thriller set in Croatia, the world’s best travel writing, an Arctic survival epic and a journey into Morocco and the world of the Nomad.

This is a feature from Issue 9 of Charitable Traveller. Click to read more from this issue.

The Weekend Away
Netflix

This Netflix film is based on a best-selling novel and stars Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl) as Beth, one of two friends on a girl’s getaway in Croatia. Events take a dark turn when Kate is found dead after a big night out and Beth is the prime suspect. The twisting tale sees her try to piece together what happened and clear her name, befriending a local man in the process. As secrets are reveals and a gang enter the mix, you’ll wonder who can be trusted. Filmed on location in Split, this gripping thriller will have you lusting after Croatia.

The best British Travel writing of the 21st century
Wood, Rajesh, Vincent, and Willmore

A celebration of outstanding travel storytelling from around the world, this hardback anthology of traveller’s tales was also compiled by respected travel writers, Levison Wood, Monisha Rajesh, Jessica Vincent, and Simon Willmore. The book is an ode to the beauty of travel and its power to encourage empathy and inspire change. Through the eyes of several talented travel writers you’ll face adversity along the Congo’s raging River Lulua, make friends aboard Iraq’s night train, and embark on life-changing pilgrimages from India to Saudi Arabia. 

Against the Ice
Netflix

This Arctic survival film stars Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones) and Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) as two Danish explorers. Based on a true story, it’s set in 1909 and is about their expedition to disprove the United States’ argument that Greenland is two islands and stop their claim to half of it. A captain sets off across the ice with his young, green crew mate and, although the find the evidence they need, the battle hunger, fatigue, and a polar bear and return to find their ship crushed in the ice and the camp abandoned. As the days grow longer, breeding mistrust and paranoia, they fight to survive in this harsh place.

Walking with Nomads
By Alice Morrison

Encountering dinosaur footprints and lost cities, TV presenter Alice Morrison embarks on three treks across Morocco with three Muslim men and their camels. From the arid Sahara to the snow-capped Atlas Mountains, Morrison balances stark evidence of climate change with the humour that comes from eating goat’s trachea sausages, all while trying to avoid landmines, quicksand, and horned vipers. Encounters along the way show how the ancient world of the nomad is under threat.