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Irish Examiner
03-05-2025
- Irish Examiner
Departure Lounge: Five travel offers, including a €63K Antarctic adventure
Once-in-a-lifetime For many, an Antarctic adventure is top of their bucket list. If money is no object, then White Desert will help you make the trip in style. The luxury tour operator has been named Best Antarctic Adventure Outfitter in Modern Luxury's 2025 Best of Luxury Travel Awards and its otherworldly Echo Camp, has been recognised in Elite Traveler's Top 100 Suites for 2025. Pushing the boundaries of high-end experiential travel in the region, White Desert delivers once-in-a-lifetime experiences, with private jet access, expert-led adventures, fine dining, and immersive itineraries. Day trips from €14,000. Six-day tour including return flights and transfers from Cape Town to Antarctica, all accommodation, food, beverages, and activities around camp from €63,000pp. Roman tour Marvel at the artwork inside the Sistine Chapel ahead of the daytime crowds The eyes of the world are on Rome this year, with the Pope's death but also to celebrate the city's 2025 Jubilee Year, a religious event that takes place just once every 25 years. With millions of pilgrims and tourists expected, it makes sense to book ahead, especially for any of the key attractions. Walk's Pristine Sistine Early Entrance Tour offers a guided tour of the Vatican Museum and Sistine Chapel with a maximum of 15 people. Over four hours, you'll have time to marvel at the artwork inside the Sistine Chapel ahead of the daytime crowds before exploring the Vatican museums at their quietest. Walks of Italy also offers food, culture and architectural tours. From €109. Ancestral luxury Guests can spend time with a resident genealogist to uncover stories of their ancestors. Hastings Hotels' Culloden Estate & Spa has a new package designed to help guests research their Northern Irish heritage and trace their family history. Guests of the elegant five-star's Ancestral Luxury Escape Package will spend time with resident genealogist Brian Watson, to uncover stories of their ancestors. Set on the outskirts of Belfast, with views over Belfast Lough, the palatial building was once home to the Bishops of Down, and features 12 acres of gardens, a spa, and three restaurants. Breakfasts and afternoon tea in the hotel's fine dining restaurant, Vespers is included with this two-night stay in the hotel's Luxury Estate Suite or the Bishops Palace Tower Suite, from €2,157. Portugal with purpose Latitude is more than a tourist guide A new kind of hotel group, Octant Hotels has just launched Latitude, a carefully researched platform that invites guests to discover local traditions, cultures, nature and cuisine at the heart of every location surrounding its hotels. Latitude brings together over 200 careful recommendations of things to experience at the hotels and their surrounding areas. More than a tourist guide, it's like a little black book for travelling with purpose. Between October 24–26, Latitude will go even further, with an exclusive weekend at Octant Douro celebrating the area and its community through local chefs, artists, and producers over two days of informal luxury. The diverse programme including tasting dinners, live music, intimate talks with philosophers and thought leaders, riverside yoga, and countryside walks. Check out the considered programme at Deal of the Week Fancy a sunshine-boost in North Africa Line up a late summer break with a sunshine-boost in North Africa. Fly direct to Tunisia from Dublin and stay all-inclusive for less than €100pp* per day. TUI Suneo Palm Beach Skanes is in Skanes, Tunisia with a choice of five bars and two restaurants. There's a pool, gym and mini golf course and you're just 350m away from a private beach with free sunbeds and parasols. The port town of Sousse is a 20-minute drive away, for shopping and sight-seeing adventures. August 25 all-inclusive from €699.
Daily Mail
29-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Elsa Pataky reveals secret to her 15-year marriage with Chris Hemsworth - as she admits there have been 'rough patches'
Elsa Pataky has revealed the secret behind her marriage to Chris Hemsworth - admitting how the couple have worked through 'rough patches'. It was love at first sight for the Spanish actress, 48, and her superstar husband, 41, when they were introduced in early 2010. By the end of that same year, they had tied the knot and the couple are still going strong 15 years later, living a 'constant holiday' at their sprawling mansion in Byron Bay, Australia. And now, the glamorous Elsa has revealed the secret behind her happy marriage to the Thor actor. Speaking in HELLO! Magazine, the 48-year-old said: 'Marriage needs constant work, and you learn a lot from the rough patches. 'You have to try and keep growing together, making sure that your paths carry on crossing. 'It's about finding the fun, enjoying the little moments and remaining curious about each other. You have to be ready to adapt, and because there are situations that separate you, you need to know how to find each other again.' Elsa and Chris moved back to the male A-lister's home country of Australia around 2015 after living in Los Angeles, which they said was 'too suffocating'. The couple bought their east coast mansion down under a year earlier for $7million, eventually completing a $50million construction on the site in 2021. The property features six bedrooms, a spa, games and media rooms as well as sprawling outdoor living areas. 'When you're in Los Angeles, work suffocates you,' Elsa previously told News Corp. 'There, all the conversations, even the billboards you see on the street, have to do with the world of cinema and its industry. 'It can make you lose perspective'. It was a sentiment that Chris shared in an interview with Modern Luxury back in 2020. 'I love what I do as an actor, but when you are surrounded by it constantly, it becomes a bit suffocating' he said. 'It's nice to have conversations with people and be a part of a community that doesn't live and breathe that world.' The 'down-to-earth' couple have three children together - twins Tristan and Sasha, both 11, and 13-year-old India. They spend much of their time playing sports, with Chris taking his two sons surfing and Elsa teaching India how to ride horses. Prior to their move to down under, Elsa actually told Chris that she would only agree to relocate if they lived on a farm where she could ride horses. 'That was my deal,' she said - and Elsa got her wish. On Tuesday, in fact, the actress stunned fans by sharing footage of her almost falling from a horse while riding through the New South Wales bushland with her daughter. The social media post showed the pair losing control of their horses, leaving Elsa on the brink of falling into shallow waters. The mum and daughter saw the funny side of the mishap, nevertheless, and were heard laughing at the end of the video. Despite such fun, however, Elsa admitted that bringing up her children can be 'exhausting'. 'You can feel exhausted physically, but when they get older, it's more psychological,' she said. Elsa added that she has tried meditating in order to improve her patience since having children.
