Spectacular coastline, cheap wine – and no one will aim a water pistol at you: MARK PALMER reveals how you can’t go wrong with a seaside trip to the tourist-friendly Algarve

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

Where are they all? That’s what I keep asking myself during a break to the Algarve in high season, when, one is led to believe, half of Britain decamps to this sunny, reasonably affordable, friendly, spectacular coast.But on Gale Beach, a long, sandy stretch, west of...

I stayed in a Wetherspoon hotel in one of the world’s prettiest cities – it offers million-dollar cathedral views for £60 a night

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

An enormous bedroom and a heavenly view of one of Britain’s most beautiful cathedrals.Many would happily splash out for a city-break hotel stay with these plus points.But in Canterbury – considered one of the world’s prettiest cities – you can...

Inside a £19,000 ‘Lion King’ safari holiday, with Mount Kilimanjaro as a magical backdrop and a stay at a stunning lodge where the animal cast of the movie roam in spectacular numbers

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

At 5,895m (19,340ft), Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest point in Africa and the loftiest free-standing mountain in the world.And it’s proving to be the most jaw-dropping of backdrops to my stay at the stunning Angama Amboseli safari lodge in Kenya, which lies...

Pictured: China’s nerve-shredding ‘knife-edge’ mountain, which daredevil tourists walk along despite sheer drops – and no safety fences

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

Some people like to experience life on the edge – literally.Incredible footage and images show China’s nerve-shredding ‘knife-edge’ mountain, which has a ridge so steep, narrow and smooth that it resembles a blade.And yet tourists still...

I stayed in a $32,000-a-night suite on the world’s most expensive train to find out if it was worth it

by David Hibbins | Sep 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

When it comes to a train ride to remember, this surely has to be it.YouTube creator and entrepreneur Ryan Trahan, from Texas, traveled on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express while he was in Europe, and for one of the legs, he upgraded to the train’s most...

British Bearways: Teddy bear left in Heathrow lounge reunited with nine-year-old owner in Dubai by BA crew – who photographed his ‘adventure’ home

by David Hibbins | Sep 2, 2024 | Latest Travel News

British Airways transformed into British Bearways recently when it reunited a nine-year-old boy with his beloved teddy, Postman Bear, after he was accidentally left behind in a BA airport lounge.The treasured teddy was discovered in the British Airways’ Club...