by travel expert | Nov 21, 2024 | Latest Travel News
National Geographic has a reputation for breathtaking imagery – and its latest Pictures of the Year edition shows why.The compelling December 2024 issue includes the ‘most stunning’ images taken by Nat Geo photographers this year – ‘photos that capture the wonder of...
by travel expert | Nov 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Move over Munich, Cologne and Salzburg, the best-value Christmas market breaks are to be found in the Baltic states and as you move deeper into Central and Eastern Europe.Christmas markets may have originated in Germany and Austria in the late middle ages, but these...
by travel expert | Nov 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News
A 280 million-year-old lost world was accidentally discovered by a woman while hiking in the Italian Alps.Claudia Steffensen and her husband were trekking along a trail in the Valtellina Orobie Mountains Park in Lombardy in 2023 when she spotted a light gray rock...
by travel expert | Nov 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News
When the first sod was turned for the 23-mile (37km) railway from Cairns to Kuranda on 10 May, 1886, designed to link the sleepy coastal settlement Queensland’s far north with the rugged interior, wild parties involving roasted bullocks and vast quantities of beer...
by travel expert | Nov 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News
The holiday destinations around the world where the British pound will stretch the most and the least have been revealed – and it’s Argentina that currently offers the best deal for Brits.It tops a ranking of best-value places in which Ethiopia comes second, Nigeria...