by David Hibbins | Mar 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
There’s a department store in Sweden so enormous that it’s become the country’s most popular visitor attraction, welcoming an average of five million visitors each year. The superstore – Gekas Ullared – attracts such vast numbers of...
by David Hibbins | Mar 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Here’s a novel idea – build your own book nook.And for inspiration here we present an array of cosy alcoves designed specifically for laid-back afternoons of page-turning and tea sipping, tucked inside everything from grand London townhouses to stylish New...
by David Hibbins | Mar 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Lying in my four-poster bed in one of Britain’s most haunted houses, the question is not whether I will see a ghost. It is: which one?Muncaster Castle was built 800 years ago, with granite walls 8ft thick to guard the Cumbrian coast against marauding Scots. And it...
by David Hibbins | Mar 22, 2023 | Latest Travel News
This tiny house is ready for take-off.Pictures reveal a zany new aeroplane-shaped cabin – named the ‘Jet House’ – nestled in woodland in Zala County, southern Hungary.Said by the architects to blend ‘function with fantasy’, the whimsical dwelling is fitted out...
by David Hibbins | Mar 22, 2023 | Latest Travel News
When it comes to good looks, Cape Town would win the sash in any beauty parade – a city lapped by pristine waters, festooned with fynbos flowers and with the mighty Table Mountain kissing the clouds at its centre.Over the past few years, the eclectic city has been...
by David Hibbins | Mar 22, 2023 | Latest Travel News
The idea of a lake that instantly turns animals that touch it into stone may sound like a concept from Greek mythology. But it’s a reality in Tanzania, where animals live in fear of one of the world’s deadliest lakes. ...