It's an enviable problem; you have plastic to flex in your pocket and need to find somewhere exciting to spend it. It's all very well going on holiday with the intention of shopping till you drop, but if the boutiques and shops leave little to be desired then you potentially could return home...

Who said bathhouses were just for the ancient Greeks and Romans? Well, the Japanese didn't - and they have more than a thousand years of history to prove it. Today, one of its finest hot springs, Hakone Kowakien Yunessun located in Hakone in the Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, offers not...

Picture yourself this New Years Eve. It's 11:59pm, one stroke to midnight and 2008. Where do you want to be? Where do they have the best parties? Most original way to celebrate? Best fireworks show? On a beach or somewhere warm? In a crowd? Bright lights and loud music? Fancy restaurant?...