by David Hibbins | Jun 8, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Festival fever is back this year after a period of enforced hibernation. And there’s no excuse for not finding an event to match your interests.Indeed, there’s a case to be made for giving the UK the title of Capital of Festivals. So here are just some of...
by David Hibbins | Jun 8, 2022 | Latest Travel News
It’s the final frontier of superyacht design.Behold the ‘Zion’, a £480million ($600million) vessel that the designers say takes inspiration from a black hole, ‘the most mysterious yet beautiful phenomenon of the universe’.The designers achieve the ‘black hole’...
by David Hibbins | Jun 8, 2022 | Latest Travel News
If you want your next holiday to be a right regal romp, plan a trip to one of these fairytale French chateaux.Here we present 20 stunning examples, from Brittany to Burgundy, listed by travel firm Sawday’s – ‘passionate defenders of all that is...
by David Hibbins | Jun 7, 2022 | Latest Travel News
Scottish traffic police looked stunned when they found an alpaca peering out a car window during a routine check.The black estate car was travelling on the A84, Craigforth, Stirling, on Monday when it was stopped for an inspection.Police were looking for vehicle...
by David Hibbins | Jun 7, 2022 | Latest Travel News
John Steinbeck wrote to his wife of Bruton: ‘There’s something here that clears your eyes. I wish you could feel this place, just let it seep into you. There’s a goodness here.’The great American author made the tiny Somerset town his home in 1959, living in an old...
by David Hibbins | Jun 7, 2022 | Latest Travel News
You would never know this is a Hilton. Which is precisely the intention — and they’re all at it.Hilton has its Curio offshoot; Marriott has the Autograph Collection; InterContinental has Six Senses.The idea is to come over all boutique, while keeping the corporate...