Editorial Features - Page 64
May is often seen as an odd time to go on holiday, but savvy travellers know that it can be one of the best times to get away. Experiencing the quiet before the storm of summer of visitors often means shorter queues, comfortable temperatures and lower prices. Here’s our guide to where to go on...
"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page," said Saint Augustine, a man who did a fair bit of travelling himself. Those with a passion for books and for seeing the world often crisscross in the great Venn diagram of people’s passions. With the growth of literary...
Lee Valley White Water Centre was the first new 2012 Olympics venue to open to the public, so we sent Jonny Payne along to try out the fearsome white-water course set for the canoe slalom competition at the Games.
With the madness of the Brighton marathon filling the seafront streets and the masses of people celebrating the startling 19ºC (66ºF) weather on the pebble beach, you were hard pressed to find a quiet place to relax in Brighton.
If BBC's MasterChef has got you salivating on the sofa as it reaches its final stages, why not combine a holiday with some kitchen time at the elbow of an acclaimed chef to sharpen your cooking skills? We've selected our top five cookery schools worldwide to tickle the taste buds.
Hand baggage regulations get more and more puzzling every day, with airlines holding varying policies on size, weight, carry ons and hold. Now fines are being slapped on at departure gates for those who get their calculations wrong. Lauren Kelly tries to find her way through the mindboggling...
With tankards hanging overhead, and jars of pickled eggs at his elbow, our reviewer Jonny Payne tucked into a really big breakfast with more types of meat than he had ever seen on a single plate, at the Fox & Anchor in London's Smithfield Market.
The ash cloud of Eyjafallajökull caused serious havoc to travellers on and after 14 April last year. This Icelandic volcano is now open to visitors and offers a variety of activities including jeep tours, helicopter tours and volcano hikes. And there are lots of other volcanoes worth a...
With July marking the 100th anniversary of the rediscovery of Peru’s well-trodden Inca site Machu Picchu, Ruth-Ellen Davis shuns the clichés and unearths the insider info on this diverse South American destination.
Just a couple of miles outside Stratford is the setting for Robert Wise’s film The Haunting, here is a 4-star hotel in a glorious Grade-I-listed Gothic mansion replete with turrets and flags.
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