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Britons reveal the top 30 things they love the most about staycations – and it’s coastal walks that’s No1 followed by fish and chips and countryside strolls Also making the top 30 is strolling along a pier and drinking in a beer garden But buying a stick of rock at the seaside didn’t quite make … Read more
Astonishing before-and-after pictures show how Budapest has been rebuilt 75 years after World War II devastation Soviet and Romanian troops laid siege to Budapest for 50 days from Boxing Day 1944 to February 13, 1945 The fighting was extremely heavy – and around 38,000 civilians in the city lost their lives These astonishing before-and-after photographs … Read more
Tui is now offering coronavirus cover to all its holidaymakers until the end of the year. The cover – which Tui says should be used alongside normal travel insurance – will be applied to all new and existing bookings for holidays taken until December 31, 2020, and comes as customers and crew embrace the ‘new … Read more
‘The landscape looked like the moon.’ That’s how traveller Joe Russo described the breathtaking scenery he saw from the train he rode with his wife, Kait, along the world’s highest railway from Xining in China to Lhasa in Tibet, which has a peak elevation of 16,627ft (5,067 metres). It’s a unique journey – so high … Read more
‘The landscape looked like the moon.’ That’s how traveller Joe Russo described the breathtaking scenery he saw from the train he rode with his wife, Kait, along the world’s highest railway from Xining in China to Lhasa in Tibet, which has a peak elevation of 16,627ft (5,067 metres). It’s a unique journey – so high … Read more
If your lottery numbers have come in – or you just want to dream – then cast your eyes over these magnificent mansions. They all feature in The Luxury Property Show’s 2020/21 online ‘lookbook’ of opulent properties across the world that are for sale right now. The jaw-dropping listing includes a glamorous £25.7million ($32million) oceanfront home … Read more
When it comes to pretty villages, Britain is undoubtedly a class act. And so this picture-list of its most ‘Instagrammable’ hamlets is sweet eye-candy indeed. It has been compiled by property website Bankrate, which took to image-sharing site Instagram and assessed the number of hashtags 100 villages dotted around the UK each had. Then it … Read more
World’s 50 best vineyards for 2020 named, with last year’s Argentinian winner No1 overall again, the top U.S winery coming fifth and New Zealand snaring the regional Australasia crown Argentina’s Zuccardi Valle de Uco was crowned World’s Best Vineyard by a prestigious global voting academy During an online Monday-night ceremony Bodega Garzon in Uruguay was … Read more
There’s no way the global economy will come roaring back without the engine of tourism behind it. For obvious reasons, though, many people are reluctant to travel. Short of a vaccine, what can restore their confidence? There’s no real answer to that question that doesn’t take into account the latest technology that can make it … Read more
Villages that kiss mountaintop clouds, hamlets of wedding-white houses that overlook the sea, settlements where the streets are lined with millions of mosaic tiles – these are just a few of the calendar-worthy sites that you’ll find in the official list of Spain’s most beautiful villages. Composed by Los Pueblos mas Bonitos de Espana – aka The … Read more