Gemma Bowes

Yellow grit, the depressing mesh fences of army barracks and long chains of oil tankers coming in from Saudi Arabia.

Iskender Usta could little have imagined that the delicious new lamb dish he had invented would one day be served around the world.

In Laax old chintz has been replaced by hip interior design and architecture, especially at a new resort built from local stone, writes Gemma Bowes.