Inside the Cambodian hotel with rooms fit for top-tier royalty – and it’s just minutes away from ‘eighth wonder of the world’ Angkor Wat

by David Hibbins | Feb 22, 2024 | Latest Travel News

‘Three down!’ trilled my husband, as the children fried in the unforgiving Cambodian sun. ‘Only 997 to go!’Heaven on earth it may be – Angkor is the biggest religious site in the world with over one thousand temples in an area roughly the...

The best beaches in the world for 2024 ranked by Tripadvisor – with Portugal home to the winner, Australia and Florida making the top 10 and a Dorset beach No.1 in the UK

by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Sea-ze the day and enjoy sun-soaked fun at one of Tripadvisor’s top-ranked stretches of sand for 2024.The number one beach to add to your bucket and spade list is Praia da Falesia in Portugal’s Algarve, according to the travel site, which awarded it first...

Fin whales that weigh 160,000lbs and grow to 90ft are now living year-round in the waters of New York and New Jersey – here are the best vantage points to see one

by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2024 | Latest Travel News

The fin whale, the second-largest animal in the world after the blue whale, now lives full-time in the waters around New York and New Jersey, according to a new study that tracked the ocean giants by their songs.This endangered whale typically spends the summer in its...

You’ll fall for this Jamaican resort: You don’t have to be on honeymoon to be smitten with Sandals’ romantic new adults-only hotel

by David Hibbins | Feb 21, 2024 | Latest Travel News

My wife and I are celebrating our tenth wedding anniversary, but when the DJ asks ‘Hands up, any honeymooners’, we feel like bit-part players in a churning sea of romance.So many hands shoot up it is impossible to count them and soon couples of all ages,...

‘We used to be dotty about bicycles’: Cyclist discovers over 100 hidden-in-plain-sight 1930s cycleways across the UK – and argues that ‘the best of them’ could be brought back to life

by David Hibbins | Feb 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Motorists who park their cars near Sandy Lane on Wolviston Road, Billingham, might be excused for thinking the strip of wide asphalt in front of the 1930s houses is a service road. But should they attempt to drive along on this strip, they would soon find themselves...

Plane passenger is left furious after ‘entitled’ woman who got a ‘cheeky’ free upgrade to business class demanded he swap his seat with her husband’s middle spot in COACH

by David Hibbins | Feb 20, 2024 | Latest Travel News

An airline passenger has told of his outrage after a woman asked him to give up his business class seat for one in economy, so her husband could sit next to her.Detailing the story on Reddit’s Entitled People thread, the stunned traveler said the incident...