Trouble in the world’s influencer capital: They’re rude, never say ciao and there’s a three-hour wait for the best selfie. Have the preening hordes ruined Capri for good? JANE FRYER

by David Hibbins | Aug 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

The Grotta Azzurra, or Blue Grotto, is a vast sea cave – 200ft long, 80ft wide – set deep into the limestone cliffs at Capri’s eastern tip.Over the years it has been Roman Emperor Tiberius’s personal swimming hole, a marine temple, a home for...

You’ve been doing Italy all wrong! Italians reveal the popular dishes you should NEVER order on your Roman holiday and the tell-tale signs of a bad restaurant

by David Hibbins | Aug 4, 2024 | Latest Travel News

You’ve been holidaying in Italy all wrong!You’ve been drinking cappuccinos at the wrong time of day, eating ‘fake’ Italian cuisine and dining at tourist trap restaurants locals wouldn’t touch with a Venetian canal pole.Help is...

I’m a cruise ship worker… here are the SIX things you should take into a lifeboat that the cruise liners DON’T tell you about

by David Hibbins | Aug 4, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A cruise ship worker has revealed the five things you should take into a lifeboat that cruise liners do not inform their passengers about. Lucy Southerton, 28, from Birmingham, has been working on cruise ships for nine years and regularly shares advice to...

First black woman to have traveled to every country in the world lifts the lid on what she REALLY learned from her adventures

by David Hibbins | Aug 4, 2024 | Latest Travel News

The first black woman to visit every country in the world has revealed some of the things she has learned from her extensive travels, with the importance of tipping and seeing good in others being among her takeaways. Jessica Nabongo, 40, from Detroit, set out on...

I tackled freezing -40F temperatures and risked polar bear attacks to set a WORLD RECORD on an all-female ski expedition above the magnetic North Pole

by David Hibbins | Aug 3, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Never before had I experienced such cold. A brutal iciness which stung as soon as it hit, leaving my hair white and static, my eyelashes frosted and my hands burning in pain. I have spent time in some cold places from the wilds of Iceland in the depths of...