by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
How to get from Manhattan to the airport in time for a flight is a perennial conundrum for Big Apple visitors. Gridlock can wreak havoc with taxi journeys, the subway can be too confusing, helicopters are fast (obviously) but getting to the helipad on time can be...
by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Talk about upping the ante. While other pubs with rooms are adding shepherds’ huts, wood cabins and perhaps a treehouse to their offerings, the Beckford Arms has gone all aristocratic with accommodation in a superb stone archway.The edifice in question is the Grade I...
by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Girona is often overshadowed by Barcelona, but it ‘deserves more attention’ Often overshadowed by Barcelona, Girona deserves more attention. Led by the Michelin-starred El Celler de Can Roca, the city is home to fantastic restaurants. And the...
by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Exactly 250 years ago on board his ship, the Resolution, Captain Cook wrote in his journal: ‘At about a ¼ past 11 o’Clock we cross’d the Antarctic Circle… and are undoubtedly the first and only Ship that ever cross’d that line.’Back in Cook’s hometown of Great...
by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Every (non-pilot) airline passenger has done it – imagined if they could land the plane if the pilots became incapacitated.If these musings are realistic, they shouldn’t end well. Most wouldn’t even know which switches to flick to talk to air traffic...
by David Hibbins | Mar 31, 2023 | Latest Travel News
There’s much to be said for the Bavarian Alps. For a start, they are smaller than those in Austria and Italy, so you can walk up them and cycle around without first having to update your will. And there are also lakes, for this is Germany’s Lake District.We are in...
