by David Hibbins | Jun 24, 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: why Stockholm is perfect for a midsummer mini-break.Looking for a sunny city break in July or August? Ignore the crowds...
by David Hibbins | Jun 23, 2022 | Latest Travel News
The engineers behind this road clearly believe in the saying ‘one good turn deserves another’. A version of it, anyway.The recently built Panlong Ancient Road in West China contains so many bends – over 200 – that it has rapidly become a tourist...
by David Hibbins | Jun 23, 2022 | Latest Travel News
A weekend in a rented campervan in West Sussex? In a normal year, it wouldn’t be many people’s first choice. But when turning up at the airport with a boarding card in your hand doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going anywhere, well, it makes perfect sense.Recent...
by David Hibbins | Jun 23, 2022 | Latest Travel News
The church of San Trovaso in Venice is just the kind where the choral works of Italian composers from Monteverdi to Scarlatti were intended to be performed.Just a short stroll from the breezy Giudecca Canal, it is an imposing Renaissance building that’s distinct for...
by David Hibbins | Jun 23, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Take a globetrotting tour of some of the world’s most fascinating abandoned islands courtesy of this new coffee-table book. Abandoned Islands by Claudia Martin, published by Amber Books, is a lavishly illustrated compendium of ‘some...
by David Hibbins | Jun 23, 2022 | Latest Travel News
A British couple’s dream holiday in Canada ended in a ‘nightmare’ when they were ordered off their plane by armed police without being given any explanation.Retired surveyor Richard Brailey, 71, and his wife Patricia, 66, were among at least 25...
