by David Hibbins | Jul 18, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Rivers, mountains, gorges, primordial forests, vineyards, a (small) Mediterranean coastline, caves, castles, alpine churches — and all in an area smaller than Wales.This is Slovenia — sitting prettily between Italy (to the west), Croatia (to the south and east) and...
by David Hibbins | Jul 18, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Only the hardest of hearts can resist being stirred by the sight of a sea of Union Flags fluttering across the stalls of the Royal Albert Hall as Elgar blasts from the orchestra pit at the Last Night Of The Proms.The problem is getting a ticket for the finale. But...
by David Hibbins | Jul 18, 2022 | Latest Travel News
The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions.Here, he helps a reader whose BA flight to Brussels was cancelled at the last minute, advises another on the best place for fado music in Porto and recommends a travel firm that can build a tailor-made...
by David Hibbins | Jul 18, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Wild bison will be released into the Kent countryside today as part of a £1.2million project to ‘rewild’ Britain and help slow global warming.The huge beasts, which weigh up to a ton, have been extinct in this country for 6,000 years.Now it is hoped the European bison...
by David Hibbins | Jul 15, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Warning: Excessive visitor numbers could damage your well-earned summer staycation.Consumer publication Which? Travel notes that last summer, the population of Cornwall swelled 40 per cent, beachgoers in Bournemouth left behind 33 tonnes of rubbish and there was even...
by David Hibbins | Jul 15, 2022 | Latest Travel News
There’s nothing wrong with letting your imagination take over — particularly when you’re on an island as evocative as Hvar.As I board the bespoke Maslina motor launch taking me from Split to this fabulous little island — around the same size as Malta — I feel the...
