Press article round-up

Here's a (non-exhaustive) round-up of some general travel articles about Reunion that have been published in the written press over the past dozen or so years.

Sweet Reunion and Ten Things You Must Do In La Réunion - Daily Express, June 22nd 2013

Heaven's hotspot - (South African) Sunday Times, February 26th 2012

in the cirque of Cilaos (photo © Daniel Born)

Belle Réunion - Australian Gourmet Traveller, February 2012

A little bit of France in the Indian Ocean - The Times, October 15th 2011

A rum do on Reunion Island - New Zealand Herald, July 28th 2011

Vive vanilla on Reunion - The Australian, May 14th 2011

Vanilla, coffee and spices are the prized products on
Reunion Island. (Picture: © Jo Kerozen / Wikipedia)

Adventure Island hits the mark - Adelaide Now, March 19th 2011

Reunion on volcanic island - Queensland Times, March 9th 2011

Grande Passion - Condé Nast Traveller, 2010

Peak season: Indian Ocean adventures in La Réunion - The Independent, April 11th 2009

French Toast - The Scotsman, February 2nd 2008

Joyful Reunion - Daily Mail, August 22nd 2007

Short Breaks - in search of plant life in Reunion - The Independent on Sunday, January 18th 2004

Spice Island and How Reunion brought vanilla to the world - The Independent, December 6th 2003

Island rendezvous - The Guardian, July 23rd 2003

"A million miles from Paris ...
it's easy to while away the
afternoon lounging under a tree".

Blown Away by a Rugged Beauty - 'The Telegraph', October 24th 2001

Réunion: It's France, but not as we know it - The Independent, August 13th 2001

Under the Volcano - 'Time' magazine, April 16th 2001

Gallic charm in a tropical setting - The Telegraph, April 4th 2001

See also:

Le Monde Diplomatique timeline of Reunion's history (in English):  Island Past

The French empire strikes back - The Sunday Times, January 3rd 2010, with a translation into French. (Article written by Rosie Millard, who wrote Bonnes Vacances! A Crazy Family Adventure in the French Territories and filmed "Croissants in the Jungle" with her husband for The Travel Channel).

Do you know of any other articles you'd like to see added to this list?