Inspiring Travel Writing from Gemma Pitcher
Gemma Pitcher spent her childhood with her nose buried in books with titles like Safari Adventure and Across the Dark Continent, prompting her to disappear to Africa at 17. She later returned to the UK to read English at Exeter University, and after a spell as a safari consultant moved back to East Africa to become a freelance travel writer.
After authoring two coffee table books 'Zanzibar Style' and 'Safari Living', she has gone on the road for Lonely Planet's guides in Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania and Kenya, an experience which helped hone her talent for sleeping in ridiculous positions on absolutely any form of public transport.
After authoring two coffee table books 'Zanzibar Style' and 'Safari Living', she has gone on the road for Lonely Planet's guides in Mozambique, South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania and Kenya, an experience which helped hone her talent for sleeping in ridiculous positions on absolutely any form of public transport.
Articles by Gemma Pitcher
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Chada Camp
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Gemma Pitcher
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Tanzania
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South West Tanzania
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Katavi National Park
Six tents in a million acres of wild game - it doesn’t get much more exclusive than this. Roland and Zoe Purcell have created their camp to be as inconspicuous as possible - just a few visitors at a time are flown in by Roland in his Cessna 206,...
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Four Seasons Berlin
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Gemma Pitcher
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Germany
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Berlin Region
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Berlin
For such an opulent hotel, the exterior of the Four Seasons Berlin is plain and unexceptional – built in 1996 on the site of a bombed car park, it simply blends in with the other buildings in the streets surrounding the Gendarmenmarkt. The location...
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L'Auberge Bretonne
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Gemma Pitcher
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France
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Brittany Region
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La Roche Bernard
L’Auberge Bretonne is a two-star Michelin restaurant in an old creperie, restored and converted by top chef Jacques Thorel and his wife Solange. The owners acquired a house in the neighbourhood and restored it to incorporate a few simple, light-...
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Mas de Torrent
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Gemma Pitcher
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Costa Brava
Mas de Torrent is a hyper-luxury hotel that came into being as a result of the renovation of an old Catalan masía, or farmhouse, dating from the eighteenth century. It's a short drive from the Costa Brava and only an hour and a half from Barcelona....
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Parkhotel Adler
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Gemma Pitcher
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Germany
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Bavaria
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Hinterzarten
Parkhotel Adler, on the edge of the black forest on the border with France and Switzerland, was created from three very different buildings - the provincial Schwarzwaldhaus, built in the 15th century, the canary yellow main building built in 1890,...
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Dar Ahlam
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Gemma Pitcher
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Morocco
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Southern Morocco
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Dar Ahlam
The boutique hotel Dar Ahlam is a towering red-brick fortress, tucked out of sight on the dusty road toward the Sahara desert in Morocco. The name means ‘House of Dreams’, and the property stands in an oasis that once formed part of a medieval...
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Hotel de Orangerie
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Gemma Pitcher
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Belgium
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Flanders
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Bruges
Position-wise, the Orangerie couldn’t be better – its ivy-clad front looks out over the Dijver, one of the widest canals in Bruges, and relatively cool and spacious even among the tourist hordes of high summer. Built in the fifteenth century, the...
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Sand Rivers
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Gemma Pitcher
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Tanzania
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Coast
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Dar Es Salaam
Sand Rivers, a tiny luxury lodge built of stone and ebony on a cliff high above the enormous Heart of Darkness style expanse of the Rufiji river, the main artery of the Selous. The Selous Game Reserve is one of the earth’s last great wild places: 55...
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Greystoke Camp
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Gemma Pitcher
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Tanzania
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South West Tanzania
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Mahale National Park
Soft white sand slopes gently towards the endless shimmer of Lake Tanganyika, just a few yards from Greystoke Camp. Floating in the water, one can look back beyond the beach to the towering hills, covered with green forest, which reach up into the...
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Ras Nungwi
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Gemma Pitcher
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Tanzania
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Zanzibar & Islands
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Zanzibar
Ras Nungwi sits on the very top of the island, on what is arguably the very best beach Zanzibar has to offer. It’s a laid back, small-scale place, run by a family of young British Kenyans, and has been recently redone with the addition of a gorgeous...