In a town rich with Dylan Thomas heritage, chef Nick Priestland is scaling back his highly-regarded restaurant to focus on B&B accommodation. Well, that was the plan Lovely Laugharne, on the Taf estuary, with its grand but dilapidated 12th-century castle and views over Carmarthen Bay is linked in verse and visitors to Dylan Thomas. On…
Menus are bulging with seasonal produce at this time of year, often amid traditional food festivals. From Andalucía to Tuscany, via the Scottish Highlands, our tipsters forage for treats Every October the town of Aracena, Huelva province, (a 90-minute drive north-west from Seville) hosts the Feria del Jamón Ibéric (Ibérico ham festival) to celebrate its…
Part of the Yorkshire Dales has been named as the happiest place in Britain. For those of us lucky enough to live in God’s own country, that’s no surprise Residents of Craven have something else to smile about. A new Office for National Statistics survey of the nation’s wellbeing has concluded that the district in…
Spain is the top destination for British tourists but increased demand is straining resources and prices may rise by up to 10% for 2018 holidays With a record 18 million people visiting last year, Spain is by far the most popular foreign destination for UK holidaymakers. But as the country “fills up” with tourists –…
Civil Aviation Authority intervenes after 34 routes suspended and firm announces second wave of cancellations, affecting 400,000 passengers How have you been affected by Ryanair’s flight cancellations? Ryanair is facing enforcement action from the Civil Aviation Authority for “persistently misleading passengers” about their rights, piling more woe on the no-frills carrier as it announced a…
With the half-term break on the horizon tell us your day trip tips on museums and galleries that have a wow factor for kids Long gone are the days when children wandered around our revered institutions in a state of extreme boredom, when the best they could hope to see was a skeleton in a…
In our weekly look at people’s travels through a trio of Instagram images, Jure Matičič captures the Albanian seaside town of Durrës Continue reading… Source: Gaurdian
Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Che’s death, our writer follows in his final footsteps in the Bolivian villages of La Higuera and Vallegrande Deep in southern Bolivia – where peaks and cacti soar and condors glide – is a cluster of white-washed homes and a former classroom turned shrine. Inside this school house, 50…
A short vaporetto ride from the Doge’s Palace, the island of San Giorgio Maggiore is not only a lovely landmark, but a setting for free major art shows, especially during the current Biennale Across the water from the Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Square, the island of San Giorgio is an integral part of the…
The beleaguered Irish airline is refunding passengers for cancellations but getting compensation for all those other pre-paid holiday extras will be a much harder proposition warn consumer experts As Ryanair launches a massive seat sale offering one million flights from £4.99, travel insurance companies are warning all air passengers to check the small print of…
