Category Archives: Travel
North-south holiday divide – how does your postcode limit your travel options?
Londoners have 373 non-stop options for summer holidays; Only 53 in Belfast – Getty Your holiday options depend on where you live and where you are new. Telegram The research reveals that Londoners enjoy more than twice as many non-stop flight options as people living in Manchester, Edinburgh and Birmingham. Using data provided by OAG,… Read More »
It’s not British tourists who are ruining Mallorca, it’s cowboy hosts
The Balearic Islands’ biggest problem is not tourists but illegal holiday rentals, tourism chiefs say – AFP/Getty Last year the Balearic government sent a loud and clear warning to British tourists. If you misbehave in 2024, you will be sent home. The silly balcony sport could come with a £30,000 price tag. Some package resorts… Read More »
A holiday in France will teach you how to parent better
Writer Sally’s son Leo tries grape juice ‘wine’ tasting at Château Capitoul – Sally Howard “Does it taste like a strawberry lollipop from the supermarket, or more like your mother’s perfume?” Christine Bertoli, oenologist at the Languedoc resort town of Château Capitoul, asks my seven-year-old son, who carefully holds a white wine glass by the… Read More »
Spain’s best kept secret? Andalusia in winter
Even though there may be snow in the mountains, it will be warm enough to eat lunch outside on the beach. – Sergey Dzyuba / Alamy Stock Photo If you’ve seen photos of people in swimsuits on the beaches of Spain’s southern coast last week, where temperatures reached as high as 28 degrees, you might… Read More »
How is Europe following Sadiq Khan’s war on drivers?
Bologna in northern Italy recently implemented a 30 km/h speed limit throughout the city – Shutterstock With the expansion of London’s Ulez scheme and the introduction of 20mph speed limits across Wales, British motorists could be forgiven for feeling discriminated against. But the war on drivers is not limited to Britain’s roads. From Spain to… Read More »
‘This is impossible!’ Why UK theaters have gone crazy for magic and crazy special effects
The real reason we’re obsessed with the Mona Lisa
Trend – Getty writes: ‘There are many other portraits of equal or greater visual power and historical significance.’ Sunday was pumpkin soup. Two years ago someone threw a cake. It was acid coated in the 1950s. But Mona Lisa’s smile never changed. He has become accustomed to the worldwide notoriety of such attacks and I… Read More »