Category Archives: Travel
The best five-star hotels in Majorca
The intriguing Bond-like caves at Cap Rocat, one of Majorca’s best five-star hotels – photo: StuartPearce.com © All rights reserved/Stuart Pearce All hotels were independently reviewed and selected. If you book through the links below we will earn a commission but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are often hosted free of charge… Read More »
Steve Brown’s obituary
Virgin Atlantic flight accidentally goes faster than the speed of sound
Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 – Robert Smith/MI News/NurPhoto /Getty Extremely strong winds in the upper Atlantic pushed commercial flights to near record speeds over the weekend; some passenger planes recorded ground speeds in excess of 800 miles per hour. Eastbound planes, including a Virgin Atlantic flight from Washington DC to London, landed much earlier than… Read More »
The best bars and nightlife in Zante
Many of the best bars in Zante are located right on the beach Away from the noisy two-mile strip of Laganas, Zante’s nightlife scene is much more relaxed. Cafes and bars spread out from Solomas square in the town of Zante, attracting locals who sit in large groups to greet their friends, eat traditional mandoles… Read More »
Readers’ favorite ancient England sites
We go to the theater to feel something, and that’s what people do. Trigger warnings won’t stop it
London has become the Disneyland of the super-rich
Located in the Grade II listed Bow Street Magistrates’ Court and Police Station, NoMad London is one of many historic building-turned-hotels to open in recent years – Courtesy of Sydell Group I found myself a little emotional when I learned on Wednesday that London’s BT Tower had been sold to US-based MCR Hotels. The building… Read More »
The untold budget safari destination that’s becoming easier to reach
Elephants cross the Shire River at Majete Game Reserve – John Warburton-Lee/Alamy A lion’s eyes have always frightened me, hard and glassy, with the power to pierce even the thickest veil of darkness; It even scared me even more when I found myself looking directly at them on a night safari. I was on a… Read More »
Jamaica to turn colonial buildings into slavery monuments
Luxury cruise ships like this one docked in Falmouth, Jamaica will take tourists to learn about a darker side of the history of the British Empire – ISTOCK Jamaica will preserve British colonial sites as slavery monuments in a bid to boost the “dark tourism” industry on the island. Local activists have led demands for… Read More »