Falling for the power and glory of Niagara: This wonder of the world is a ‘stupendous’ sight, so don’t let it slip off your bucket list

by David Hibbins | Aug 30, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Why is one of the great natural wonders of the world seldom mentioned on our bucket lists? (Or maybe that should be barrel list, given the number of foolhardy folk who’ve chosen that way of seeing the Niagara Falls up close?).Some facts: Niagara Falls is on the border...

Inside an all-inclusive Marrakech Tui hotel minutes from the Medina with fruit trees and tortoises in the garden (and food that will surprise you)

by David Hibbins | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Marrakech musters fantasies of ancient walkways, sand in the wind, piles of gold, silk and tagines filled with richly spiced food. That’s the dream, but what’s the reality? I was impressed when I stayed for seven nights at the Tui Blue Medina...

The 32 best high streets in Britain: Independent stores, a sense of community and markets make these town centres among the best in the UK

by David Hibbins | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Despite the rise of online shopping and the trend for working from home, many of Britain’s high streets remain the beating heart of their communities, as well as being a magnet for visitors bored by the chain store experience.Buzzing with activity thanks to quirky...

Italy – look away now! In Sweden they love putting BANANAS on pizzas… and the internet doesn’t know what to make of it. Would YOU try it?

by David Hibbins | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Italians, you may not be able to look at the photography in this story.Because we’ve pictured a pizza that’s hugely popular in Sweden – one that’s topped with bananas.Swedes’ love of banana pizzas has been around for a while, but the...

I turned my garden into an 1850s Wild West town: Care home worker transforms his house by building two jails, a sheriff’s office, a blacksmith’s and a cannon

by David Hibbins | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A man lives in a ‘time-warp’ house – with the inside set in the 1950s and the outside an 1850s Wild West Town.Billy Gibbons, 68, transformed his home in Audlem, Cheshire into a 1950s haven after his parents died in the mid-90s.But – not feeling...

Britain at its best: Inside the royal town of Caernarfon – home to a medieval masterpiece of a castle where a teenage Charles was invested as the Prince of Wales

by David Hibbins | Aug 29, 2024 | Latest Travel News

As we make our way round Caernarfon Castle, perhaps Wales’ most famous royal des res, we’re reminded of the long journey that King Charles has made to become our reigning monarch.For it was in this medieval masterpiece that our then 17-year-old monarch was invested as...