Use a camera rather than a phone when travelling? If so, and uou know how to use it, enter our competition and be in with a chance of winning a wildlife holiday for two to Costa Rica with Exodus Travels There is no theme this year, so the field is open. Whether it’s a stunning…
News that the British low-cost airline has been placed into administration has left many travellers wondering how they will get home What happens with Monarch Airlines now? Monarch has gone into administration after failing to gain a renewal of its Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (Atol) from the Civil Aviation Authority. This meant it was no…
It’s easy to grab a burger in Times Square but much more rewarding to walk a block or two and eat well with the locals. We asked our NYC correspondent to choose great places to eat near the city’s major sights Amy Ruth’sThe south end of Central Park is all tired-looking horses pulling carriages and…
There are more than 50,000 hotpot restaurants in the megacity doling out the fiery, tongue-numbing broth, though luckily they all sell cold beer too “Hotpot is an institution. It’s about the atmosphere, not just the food,” says Jordan Porter of Chengdu Food Tours. The spiritual home of Sichuan mala (numblingly spicy) hotpot is Chongqing in…
Robin McKie climbs aboard the Rocky Mountaineer for a feast of fine food and spectacular Canadian scenery Robin Williams once described Canada as a luxury loft apartment that sits above a really great party. The comparison flattered the United States (presumably the fun place underneath), but you can see what he meant. Canada is a…
Simon Jenkins’ new book tells the history of Britain’s railways through the island’s 100 best stations. We pick 10 gems, from grand old York to a Highland outpost Nowhere is British railway architecture so honoured as in Huddersfield, one of the few stations fit to rank with the great union terminuses of the continent. Sir…
In the 20 years since the Guggenheim opened, the Basque port city has not looked back – the museum acting as a magnet for great art and architecture as well as buzzing nightlife and restaurants This year sees Bilbao celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Guggenheim museum, an institution that brought art and its lovers…
For a stressed-out urbanite in need of a little quiet, a weekend wandering through the Australian Alps is the perfect tonic The air is crisp and cool, and with each exhale, my breath is transformed into clouds of condensation. On either side of the path, there are lichen-coated rocks, logs sprouting mushrooms, and countless varieties…
One of London’s most-treasured museums, the Horniman, is developing the World Gallery to showcase the way ‘people from every continent live their lives’ South London’s much-loved Horniman Museum is planning to open a major new gallery that will showcase more than 3,000 objects from around the world. With a focus on “fascinating objects that tell…
Booming Brno, with its creativity, history and subterranean mystery, is the perfect antidote to overrun Prague and its forests of selfie sticks The phenomenon of “overtourism” has been in the news a lot this summer. How cities such as Prague and Vienna are swamped with visitors, restaurants booked weeks in advance, bars rammed with outsiders…
