by David Hibbins | Oct 11, 2022 | Latest Travel News
You may be surprised to learn that the world’s oldest tropical lowland rainforest – which dates back about 180 million years to the Jurassic era – is in Australia.Queensland’s Daintree Rainforest, described by Sir David Attenborough as the most extraordinary place on...
by David Hibbins | Oct 11, 2022 | Latest Travel News
The first ever orbital launch on British soil is another step closer — with Virgin Orbit’s space plane set to arrive in Cornwall later this week.As early as next month, Sir Richard Branson’s Cosmic Girl will take off from Newquay with a 70-foot-long rocket...
by David Hibbins | Oct 11, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Colonia Americana in Guadalajara, Mexico, has been named the Coolest Neighbourhood in the World to visit right now by Time Out.It’s ‘an edgy blend of Art Deco and neoclassical mansions… contains some of the city’s best music venues’ and...
by David Hibbins | Oct 10, 2022 | Latest Travel News
The Mont Sainte-Victoire ridge rises 3,300ft from the thyme-scented hills overlooking Aix-en-Provence’s ancient boulevards and alleyways.One of France’s most recognisable geological formations, this huge chunk of limestone has been the subject of veneration and...
by David Hibbins | Oct 10, 2022 | 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: bargain getaways for the autumn.It could be the most enjoyable challenge of the cost-of-living crisis: finding a week...
by David Hibbins | Oct 10, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Above the big front door to this walkers’ paradise of a Lake District pub, a date is etched in curling red and black numbers: 1688.The Horse & Farrier, originally a farmhouse before the canny farmer switched tack, has had travellers dropping by well before the...
