Forget cat cafes: This coffee shop in Tokyo lets customers enjoy a cuppa while petting a capybara – the largest living rodent

by David Hibbins | Mar 7, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Rodents generally get bad press – but they are the stars of the show at this quirky cafe in Tokyo. Cafe Capyba lets guests enjoy a hot beverage alongside two large capybaras named Kohaku and Pisuke.The rodents, the biggest in the world and native to South...

Pictured: The railway in Britain that’s Europe’s shortest line – it’s less than one mile in length and passengers trundle along it in quirky ‘people movers’ at a peak speed of 20mph

by David Hibbins | Mar 7, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Britain doesn’t hold many current railway records, but it does have a line in the West Midlands that claims the title of Europe’s shortest – the Stourbridge branch line.At just 0.8 miles (1.2km/1,287 metres) in length, it’s also Britain’s...

The UK’s 20 most beautiful villages, according to travel photographers, from Cornish fishing hamlets to Scottish coastal gems. Don’t agree with the order? Vote for YOUR favourite in our poll…

by David Hibbins | Mar 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

The most beautiful villages in the UK have been named – and ranked – with the prize for the most picturesque going to a fishing townlet with ‘stunning scenery everywhere’.So reveals Big 7 Travel, which asked some of the UK’s leading...

REVEALED: The VERY strict ‘decorum rules’ that passengers aboard NUDE cruise have to follow – or risk being kicked off the ship

by David Hibbins | Mar 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Leave fetish wear at home and always sit on a towel; these are just a couple of the rules in place when it comes to nude cruising.  Texas-based travel company, Bare Necessities, has been operating clothing-optional ship charters since 1990 and over the...

‘It’s dangerous advice’: Flight attendant reveals why plane passengers should IGNORE the TikTok travel ‘hack’ of wearing seatbelts around the ankles ‘for comfort’

by David Hibbins | Mar 6, 2024 | Latest Travel News

TikTok videos recommending plane passengers put their seatbelts around their ankles have become a trend, with some garnering hundreds of thousands of views and likes.But one flight attendant said this advice is ‘the last thing [cabin crew] want to see go...

I went on a 2,000-person NUDE cruise – here’s what it was really like aboard the ship

by David Hibbins | Mar 5, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A keen traveler has shed light on what it is really like going on a nude cruise – with less luggage to pack being one of the major perks. Writing anonymously on Reddit the man, aged 67, invited other users to ‘ask me...