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The holiday guru has advice on train trips in India and solo package holidays to San Sebastian

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Are there any ‘excellent’ train trips around India and what’s the best package tour to San Sebastian for a solo traveller? The holiday guru solves tourism queries By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 22:24 BST, 2 August 2019 | Updated: 08:14 BST, 6 August 2019 The Holiday Guru is always on call to answer your questions. … Read more

Review of the Greyhound Inn in Oxfordshire which is the perfect ramblers’ retreat 

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Great British Boltholes: The 18th-century Greyhound Inn in Oxfordshire is the perfect ramblers’ retreat The Greyhound Inn is in Letcombe Regis on the edge of the Ridgeway trail The pub has eight stylish new rooms decorated in Farrow & Ball colours   There’s a renovated bar/restaurant with a wood-burning fire and scattered rugs By T. D. … Read more

Holidaymakers in Riviera Maya and Cancun are being warned about a crippling sickness parasite

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Holidaymakers visiting Mexico are being warned about a crippling bug that has struck tourists causing stomach pains, sickness and diarrhoea. Guests staying at hotels in the Riviera Maya resort and Cancun, some of which booked their stays with Tui, have been infected with the cyclospora parasite for the fifth year in a row. Nearly 600 … Read more

A review of New York’s Sister City hotel

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Let’s be honest: you don’t come to New York for the hotels.  Ideally, you just need somewhere not too shabby to lay your head for a few hours between action-packed days blitzing the city’s attractions.  The Ace Hotels team acknowledges this in their latest creation -Sister City – which opened this Spring. MailOnline Travel’s James … Read more

Pictured: Mattresses on a balcony in Ibiza that ‘are being rented out to tourists’

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Pictured: Mattresses on a balcony in Ibiza that ‘are being rented out to tourists’, with locals complaining that it’s a ‘chaotic’ situation The protest group Prou! shared a photo showing the balcony rentals  At least three mattresses can be seen at the building in Ibiza Town  Activists told local news that the tenants had been changing … Read more

Eurostar vs British Airways: Travel experts pit train against plane in a race from London to Paris 

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Eurostar vs British Airways: Travel experts pit the train against a plane in a race from London to Paris Teams from The Points Guy UK raced from Buckingham Palace to the Eiffel Tower They pitted a 200mph Eurostar e320 train against a British Airways jet The train was delayed in the Channel Tunnel, the plane … Read more

The luxury treehouse in Denmark with a pine trunk running through the floorboards

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If you go down to the woods today… you’ll find a luxury treehouse with a pine trunk running through the floors Near the Mariager Fjord in Denmark lurks a luxury tree-top hotel designed by Danish architect Sigurd Larsen Stays in the contemporary lodge start from 2,750 Danish Krone (£335/$410) for two people  The 334-square-foot cabin … Read more