Food from these colourful markets, street-food stalls and cafes is not only delicious, it’s often cheap, too – and a great way to explore this bustling city Eating out is one of the highlights of Marrakech. The place to start is the immense, teeming Djemaa el-Fna square, which every evening sees up to 100 food…
Philippines tourism hotspot limits visitor numbers and clears out casinos and beach vendors The Philippines has reopened its famous holiday island of Boracay – spruced up and newly regulated after it was closed to mend decades of harm caused by unchecked tourism. The sandy idyll was closed to visitors in April after President Rodrigo Duterte…
As Havana prepares for its autumn ballet festival, we select places to watch and dance timba, salsa, rumba and more Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
Derry’s Halloween celebration is Europe’s biggest, one of the highlights of its cultural calendar with a week of creative events “I think my favourite costume was one that a girl made from 3,000 polo mints.” Jacqueline Whoriskey told me this as her three-year-old son was climbing over her and her publicity material for Derry’s 2018…
Going to the pictures is all the more special in an idiosyncratic indy. Tell us about the small independent you love It could be community-run, have a cracking bar, put on extras such as live music or have a striking interior unlike anything you’d see at a chain cinema. Please tell us about your favourite.…
Yok Don national park has stopped offering elephant rides and now encourages travellers to see elephants in their natural habitat Amid growing global condemnation of elephant riding as a tourist activity, Yok Don national park in southern Vietnam has ended the practice and replaced it with the first ethical elephant experience of its kind in…
Heritage minister says Gwynedd quarries shaped buildings across the world The shattered slate quarry landscape of north-west Wales is to be nominated for world heritage status, a distinction enjoyed by sites such as the Great Barrier Reef, the Taj Mahal and the abandoned southern African kingdom of Mapungubwe. The UK government can put forward one…
Improved train services mean it’s easier than ever to explore Sri Lanka but campaigners warn a surge in tourism could ruin its natural beauty Almost 10 years after the end of its civil war, Sri Lanka has been named the best country in the world to visit in 2019 by Lonely Planet. Better transport links,…
In these baffling times, the only way to gain control of our environment is to miniaturise it. By Simon Garfield A few months ago, with very little fanfare, a small new town opened to the public about 25 miles from the centre of London. The place provided an encouraging spurt of economic growth for the…
Owner Whitbread creates spin-off Zip as it refocuses after sale of Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola Premier Inn’s owner, Whitbread, is launching a no-frills hotel chain with small pod-style rooms as the company seeks to refocus its business after the sale of its cafe chain Costa Coffee to Coca-Cola. Called Zip by Premier Inn, the new…
