I’m a travel expert and these are Europe’s best underrated destinations – from a ‘fairytale town’ to a city where locals will ‘welcome you with open arms’

by David Hibbins | Feb 27, 2025 | Latest Travel News

Looking for a European break but keen to avoid the hordes? Traveller Luke Hoogmoed (@lukepatrickh) – who has built up an Instagram following of 393,000 with his travel content – is here to help. In a video posted on social media, the...

Ankhs for the memories! Inside TUI’s first Nile river cruise ship for a round-trip adults-only voyage from Luxor – it’s Egypt made easy!

by David Hibbins | Feb 26, 2025 | Latest Travel News

What took me so long? All my life I’ve wanted to visit Egypt and now I’m finally on a plane enjoying an aerial view of the Nile snaking across the Sahara. This is a destination where ancient history has been preserved like nowhere else in the world. It’s...

Graffiti on the outside – a quirky hotel on the inside: My stay in one of the coolest properties in London, with decor fit for pop stars and a location that’s VERY handy for Eurostar services

by David Hibbins | Feb 26, 2025 | Latest Travel News

It doesn’t look like it’s going to offer a swanky night’s stay. After all, it’s covered in graffiti murals.But I discover that The Megaro hotel, opposite King’s Cross station and St Pancras International in London, has a few surprises in...

I’m a Greece expert who has been visiting the country for 40 years. This is my ultimate guide to the 15 islands you must visit – and the ones you should avoid

by David Hibbins | Feb 26, 2025 | Latest Travel News

An advertising executive in 1959 proposed promoting Greece as ‘an exclusive country, a holiday “Eldorado”, far off the usual tourist itineraries… for persons of wealth and refined taste’.The Greek islands – with their promise of sunshine, azure waters and...

The worst tourist etiquette mistakes revealed by locals – from walking too slowly to posing next to memorials and wild animals

by David Hibbins | Feb 25, 2025 | Latest Travel News

Tourists, it seems, just can’t get the hang of visiting other places correctly.As underscored by a Reddit thread in which users describe some of the most groan-worthy etiquette errors tourists make abroad.The discussion was kickstarted by...