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There’s nothing quite like a trip to a Christmas market to get you in the yuletide spirit. Germany has been at the forefront of the modern festive phenomenon but other places – in the UK and beyond – are fast catching up. Scroll down for our pick of the ten best Christmas markets in Europe… … Read more
Britannia Hotels has been rated as the worst UK hotel chain for the seventh year running in an annual survey by Which? And shocking images taken by the consumer champion at one Britannia property show why the firm fared so badly – they depict a clogged ventilation fan and paint peeling from a window frame. … Read more
These vibrant destinations are guaranteed to brighten up your day and bring a smile to your face. And one thing is for sure, they need no Instagram filter. From the vividly painted townhouses of Copenhagen to the rainbow-drenched streets of Venice, scroll down for our pick of the world’s brightest breaks… Burano Island, Venice, Italy … Read more
Spread your wings on a wild adventure: The best holidays for animal lovers, from helping to protect puffins in Scotland to tagging Indonesia’s manta rays Here’s our pick of the best expeditions and experiences for animal lovers You can get close to some of the world’s rarest and most endangered species Tours have research and … Read more
An Inspector Calls… at Native’s ‘aparthotel’ in London’s South Bank where studios come with fully equipped kitchens and FREE food supplies Native has 16 sites in the capital and one each in Glasgow and Manchester The Bankside branch near the Globe Theatre is a former Victorian tea warehouse The Inspector’s ‘premium studio’ cost £120 and … Read more
Pan Am flights and railway journeys to the Malverns: Rare vintage travel posters to entice US tourists to the British Isles are set to fetch thousands at auction A sale of vintage posters will take place on November 14 at the Swann Auction Galleries in New York The rare posters, which date back to 1914, … Read more
Five minutes, guys!’ booms Wade, kitchen supremo, striding between the cooking stations with exuberant mock outrage and the sort of laugh you’d expect to hear on Mount Olympus on a good day. It’s Bake Off — but not as we know it. Chef hats on, heads down, three young contestants battle it out in the … Read more
The email landed a few days before our flight. ‘Dear Mum and Dad. Here are 32 places I want to go in Rome.’ There followed an exhaustive list compiled by our 13-year-old son Fred. We had only three days and the weather forecast was challenging. Still, it felt churlish to rain on a teenage boy’s … Read more
When Paul Gauguin boarded a train for Brittany in the summer of 1886, he was a respectable Paris stockbroker. By the time he reached his destination, however, he had reinvented himself. Abandoning his wife, children and career, he was going to devote himself to painting. His journey was only 350 miles, but, over that distance, … Read more
The new-look Changi Airport in Singapore is roughly two- and-a-half times the size of the Vatican. More than £1 billion has just been spent on a massive revamp of the airport, which is now unlike any other on the planet. Changi has decided to bring the jungle of South-East Asia into the terminals. The result … Read more