by David Hibbins | Aug 23, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Colossal and confusing in equal measure, Istanbul is as captivating these days as it was under Emperor Constantine and in its subsequent Ottoman heyday.For the savvy traveller, the city’s allure is strong with the pound riding high against the Turkish lira: 25 per...
by David Hibbins | Aug 23, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Catarina on reception is doing her best – but she’s all alone and busy on the telephone explaining the rate to a potential guest while several actual guests (including me) are waiting to check in.It’s not her fault, but you might think that a brand new hotel just off...
by David Hibbins | Aug 22, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Fans of Challengers director Luca Guadagnino are going wild over his latest project: a luxury hotel in Rome. The Italian movie mastermind – who is behind a number of top films including the Zendaya-led film, Call My By Your Name and I Am Love...
by David Hibbins | Aug 22, 2024 | Latest Travel News
A Spirit Airlines passenger was left infuriated when she tried to sit in the front row – an experience she paid extra for – only to find someone else in her place.’Today, I get on the plane last… someone is occupying my seat 1A, so I show the...
by David Hibbins | Aug 22, 2024 | Latest Travel News
While no one would describe it as a thing of beauty, it was, nonetheless, an enthralling sight: a ten-storey ocean liner the size of a tower block amid the yachts and fishing boats in a historic little Cornish harbour.That was the sight which greeted the residents of...
by David Hibbins | Aug 22, 2024 | Latest Travel News
Leith, Edinburgh’s idiosyncratic dockland quarter, has historically insalubrious associations.A one-time stomping ground for sailors and ladies of the night, in the 1990s it infamously became the setting for Irvine Welsh’s heroin addicts in Trainspotting.But don’t let...
