by David Hibbins | Feb 24, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week: luxury hotels in the Dominican Republic.History and luxury collide at five-star resort Casa de Campo, which has...
by David Hibbins | Feb 24, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Most parents will know the feeling of getting home, opening the door and realising your child has somehow lost a shoe.Scientists now think it could be a feeling that tens of billions of parents have felt for millennia.A 3,000-year-old toddler’s shoe from the...
by David Hibbins | Feb 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
A property that looks just like the White House – complete with neoclassical-style columns, a circular front façade and the US flag flying proud – has hit the market for $8.5 millionLocated in Evansville, Indiana, the home is nowhere near the...
by David Hibbins | Feb 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
Around 300 plane passengers ended up landing right back where they started after a nightmare seven-hour journey in Japan. Japan Airlines’ flight JL331 was due to depart on a two-hour domestic flight from the Haneda Airport in Tokyo to...
by David Hibbins | Feb 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
The Blakeney Hotel is the grand dame of the north Norfolk coast: expensively dressed, well-mannered, self-assured — and been around for ages.It occupies prime position on the quay, with spectacular views of the estuary and salt marshes to Blakeney Point and the seal...
by David Hibbins | Feb 23, 2023 | Latest Travel News
After the Roman invasion of Britain in AD43, the Emperor Claudius arrived in person, once the fighting was all over, and founded Camulodunum, present-day Colchester, making it the capital of his new province.There had already been a settlement here for hundreds of...