Legendary Italian grandmothers are accused of faking their ‘homemade’ pasta and selling ‘delicacies’ from a packet – sparking a BRAWL on street

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Pasta-making grandmothers in the Italian city of Bari have staged angry protests this weekend after being accused of passing off factory products for hand-made delicacies.Famous for the ‘orecchiette’ or ‘little ears’ they sell, a type of pasta...

Underwater robot discovers a never-before-seen creature at the junction of three tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean – as baffled viewers dub it the ‘forbidden toilet scrubber’

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

At first glance at this creature, you’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a sparkly pair of fake eyelashes.But the creature is very much real and was discovered at the junction of three tectonic plates in the Pacific Ocean.Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean...

Boris Johnson visits Easter Island – ‘the place to be to avoid nuclear fall-out from WWIII’. While he’s there the former PM sets about solving the mystery of its enigmatic statues…

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

Wow, I think, as we cycle the deserted road. If you are really worried about World War Three – and you want to avoid the nuclear fall-out – then this is the place to be.You never saw a landscape so enchanting or so lonely. It’s barely 7pm and there’s plenty of light...

The 19 best hotels in Britain, from a seaside treasure to a cosy pub – by the experts who’ve stayed in them all and declared them winners

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

There are so many special hotels in Britain but which ones really go that extra mile and treat guests like members of their family, often providing complimentary tea and cakes or a glass of wine on arrival, as well as superb food and swish rooms? The following are The...

I put all my life savings into buying a cow shed to turn it into my dream home

by travel expert | Nov 18, 2024 | Latest Travel News

A man put his life savings into buying a crumbling cowshed – and turned it into a dream forever home.Simon Baker, 52, sold his one-bed flat in London to buy a derelict Eryri cow shed in the Machno Valley in North Wales.Putting all his savings into buying the...

The 19 best hotels in Britain – by the experts who’ve stayed in them all and declared them winners

by travel expert | Nov 17, 2024 | Latest Travel News

There are so many special hotels in Britain but which ones really go that extra mile and treat guests like members of their family, often providing complimentary tea and cakes or a glass of wine on arrival, as well as superb food and swish rooms? The following are The...