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Hyderabad – the pearl of India

January 3, 2021 by Food and Travel Secrets 1 Comment

Hyderabad is not the first place tourists choose when they visit India, so not many people realise what a gem it is! Hyderabad has easy flights back to Australia, so it really is worth considering for your India itinerary (when we get to travel again post COVID). Hyderabad is famous for its history of pearl […]

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Table! – Canberra’s newest restaurant, beats the COVID blues!

July 13, 2020 by Food and Travel Secrets 2 Comments

How many special birthday and anniversary celebration dinners have you missed since we started the COVID lockdown in March? Too many to count! But now as Canberrans start dining out again, brand new ‘Table’ is offering something rather special to make the belated celebrations worth waiting for. On Friday, well-known top Canberra chef Thomas Heinrich, […]

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Shimla – Exceeds Expectations!!

August 11, 2019 by Food and Travel Secrets Leave a Comment

Shimla started life as Simla, a British hill station high on a ridge in the state of Himachal Pradesh in the early 1800’s. In the heat of the Indian Summer, the colonial governors would move to the cool of Shimla. For half of the year, one-fifth of the world’s population was ruled from there. Despite […]

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Bharatgarh Fort – Stay at Punjab’s Only Living Fort

August 1, 2019 by Food and Travel Secrets 2 Comments

An essential stop in your Punjab  itinerary is Bharatgarh Fort. Located on route between Amritsar and Chandigarh or Punjabiyat at Gurdaspur and Patiala it really is a great spot in Punjab for a two night stay. Team it with a visit to the very excellent Khalsa Heritage Centre that is a nearby 20 mins drive […]

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Punjabiyat Farm – a classy farm stay, with plunge pool!

July 21, 2019 by Food and Travel Secrets 5 Comments

Staying on one of the many farms in Punjab is popular, particularly for those who usually live in cities. Bollywood movies are full of backgrounds of yellow mustard fields. People talk about how good it is to unwind and relax, get back to basics and a simpler life. While it might sound a little kitsch, […]

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Amritsar – A Golden Opportunity

July 18, 2019 by Food and Travel Secrets Leave a Comment

Amritsar in Punjab State India is home to the Golden Temple, the most visited place in the world! So it is surprising to find that in fact Amritsar is a smaller, quieter city where foreign tourists are welcomed warmly with great friendliness and curiosity. Since the Golden Temple is such an important spiritual centre, Amritsar […]

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