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Welcome to the DETOX DECADE with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES

20 Jan 2020

Find out how you should and where in the world to detox with our very knowledgable travel and health presenter Sarah Tucker.  For those of you who haven’t been on a juice retreat, the GLASSHOUSE in Essex is an ideal, cost effective, quality retreat which offers both the first time detoxer and well practiced one…

Eco travel – help save the wild animals, GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

27 Nov 2018

Eco travel – help save the wild animals, GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker The headline which attracted my attention more than any other is the fact the world has lost sixty percent of its wildlife over the past forty years. It is mind blowing and part of the fake news Trump suggests everything is that is…

Where to travel 2019 & the best travel books GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

20 Nov 2018

Where to travel 2019 & the best travel books GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker This years most fashionable destination? New Zealand, and people are travelling solo more and more. And real travelling, taking a decent amount of time off work, going to far flung destinations – not just beach holidays.  Sarah tells Josephine all about Lonely…

Safari guide ANNA MARTINSSON with CORINNA McSHANE, Gorgeous Lives on Radio Gorgeous

19 Nov 2018

Safari guide ANNA MARTINSSON with CORINNA McSHANE, Gorgeous Lives on Radio Gorgeous So how did someone born in Sweden end up retraining as a professional safari guide in Kenya? Anna explains why after her first visit to Africa, life would never be the same. Safari means ‘going on a journey’. Anna talks to Corinna about…

Finding Myself in Puglia by Laine B Brown GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke

27 Oct 2018

Finding Myself in Puglia by Laine B Brown GORGEOUS LIVES with Josephine Pembroke On the heel of Italy lies Puglia, a land of olives, vineyards, wheat fields and joy. Ex nurse Laine B Brown wanted a complete change in her life, she was inspired to learn a new language and write a book, she discovered…

Cities in Canada are more exciting than you think visit Montreal & Quebec Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker

10 Jul 2018

Cities in Canada are more exciting than you think visit Montreal & Quebec Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker Canada is not a mass-market destination. It doesn’t deliver the conventional sun, sand, sea holiday, but instead offers considerably more soul, substance and spirit in the adventures. Some people will not get it, and these people will not choose to…

The Murlo Estate, Umbria, Italy – GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

09 May 2018

The Murlo Estate, Umbria, Italy – GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker   I’ve just returned from the murlo estate. It’s a good two hour drive from Rome airport, or half an hour from Perugia if you fly Ryan Air Enzo, the driver picked me up. Carrying a large card which said ‘Tucher’ – I have had so…

Go on a THERAPY holiday with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

20 Oct 2017

Go on a THERAPY holiday with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES  The latest trend in travel is therapy holidays. A step more than a yoga retreat or hotel with a gym and massage therapist, therapy travel has emerged as a response to an emotional tsunami of anxiety caused and compounded by everything from global – brexit-trump-korea…

Madagascar with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Josephine Pembroke

21 Aug 2017

  Madagascar with Sarah Tucker GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Josephine Pembroke David Attenborough wept when he visited a year ago, seeing the rainforest, which had been scorched and burnt to build the rice terraces, which would have been charming if you didn’t know what they were before. Tolkien’s Middle Earth, the trees cut down to build…

Paris in the Springtime? Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker

21 May 2017

Paris in the Springtime? Gorgeous Escapes with Sarah Tucker Gorgeous escapes presenter Sarah Tucker takes us in a tour from Disneyland Paris to a Brie factory. We debate whether it is still safe to go there. http://www.sarahtucker.info/ More fascinating podcasts  www.radiogorgeous.com #paris #travel

Is it safe to TRAVEL? & Brexit effects & Travel Trends GORGEOUS ESCAPES

07 Apr 2017

Is it safe to TRAVEL? & Brexit effects & Travel Trends GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker   Sarah talks to Josephine on Gorgeous Escapes about effects of Brexit, is London safe? and the on trend places on the planet to travel to. #travel #travelsafety #hotdestinations #holidays Follow: @madasatucker LOVE this? Never miss a gorgeous podcast…

Where is safe to travel? GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

10 Nov 2015

  Where is safe to Travel? with Sarah Tucker   Better Safe Than Sunny Say Fraidy Brits!   In travel – like anything else – perception is everything. In the past, Brits have been relatively impervious to threats of terrorism or natural disasters but we have become more cautious. Money has always been the first…

Bird in a Biplane – Tracey Curtis Taylor

09 Jul 2015

    Bird in a Biplane – Tracey Curtis Taylor Tracey Curtis Taylor was totally inspired to fly her biplane the same route as Mary Heath, who was the first woman in the UK to hold a professional pilot flying licence. This took Tracey from Cape Town in South Africa up to England in her…

Private Malta & Airport Parking Solved!

04 Jun 2015

  Private Malta & Airport Parking Solved! The ever peripatetic Sarah Tucker talks travel: you booked the flights, accomodation and rental car; but when your flight leaves at 5 am, what do you do with your car?  Do you despair of a holiday where you only scratch the surface, never really seeing how the natives…

O My America! Sara Wheeler

22 Apr 2015

O My America! We talk to explorer Sara Wheeler about her celebration of six 19th-century lady travellers who courageously left Britain in order to seek new lives in America. Extreme traveler Sarah Wheeler turns to a more prosaic journey by crossing the United States of America in the footsteps of six British women of the…

Tripadvisor Complaints & Looking Good on Long Haul

19 Mar 2015

Sarah Tucker travel writer talks about Tripadvisor Complaints. Listen to her vivid and sometimes funny story here on Radio Gorgeous about her summer from hell. She also talks about how to look and feel good after 14 hours flying long haul  economy, don’t we need that? Sarah has written a poem about her experiences with…

VERONA ITALY & Travel Trends GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

21 Jan 2015

Verona Italy  Our intrepid traveler Sarah Tucker returns to Verona in Northern Italy after 30 years in search of romance and is pleasantly surprised at its unspoiled charm. Verona has something for everyone: fantastic food, lovely castles, a rebellious history and fun for kids as well as Romeo and Juliet style romance. And what are…

Explore the YUKON Canada

19 Nov 2014

    Intrepid Sarah Tucker and her 15 year old son visit the Yukon in her latest Gorgeous Escapes. First, Josephine has to figure out exactly where it is! Discover stunning natural beauty combined with super friendly hosts (Canadians!)   www.sarahtucker @madasatucker  Enjoyed this? Why not sign up for us at iTunes?  https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/radio-gorgeous/id603913179?mt=2 

The Landmark Trust – GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

16 Jul 2014

   The Landmark Trust & THE A-Zen of Travel SOME HOLIDAYS LEAD TO DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY WHILE OTHERS GET RID OF EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE – WHICH ONES SHOULD YOU AVOID? An innovative travel book published this summer claims while some holidays will help deal with the stress of every day life, other journeys will add to…

3 Romantic Cities in ITALY – GORGEOUS ESCAPES with Sarah Tucker

13 Mar 2014

Podcast length: 28:11 Gorgeous Escapes: Sarah Tucker’s Grand Tour of Italy Savvy traveller Sarah Tucker gives us her top tips for Venice, Florence and Rome. Take the tour: stand for coffee in Venice, beat the crowds in Florence and immerse yourself in the revamped Coliseum in Rome. Start with a weekend in Venice, the better…