Green Getaways | Nature & Outdoors (Image credit: Eat Shoot Drive) In Finland’s Halipuu Forest, a family has developed a novel way to save their fragile forest: by inviting guests in to hug the trees. N Next summer, the fifth-annual World Tree Hugging Championships will take place in Finnish Lapland. Located around 170km north of […]
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Passengers on Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate World Cruise have shared videos on TikTok of the flooding on board, only three weeks into their nine-month-long trip. The clips come less than a month after the ship departed from […]
By Harriet Sime Deputy Travel Editor 00:50 05 Jan 2024, updated 00:57 05 Jan 2024 It is the first time anywhere in the UK has made the list by travel company Abta When picking your next holiday, thoughts might naturally turn to the beaches of Bali or the slopes of Chamonix. But families should perhaps look […]
Temperature in April: 21°C high; 10°C lowSeason: springTravel time from UK: 4 hoursTime difference: GMT +3 The holiday season doesn’t get started until May on the Turquoise Coast – which is precisely why in-the-know Istanbulites go in April for an early dose of spring sunshine, before the crowds, when the coastline is bursting into riotous bloom. Find yourself […]
When I arrived in the Yucatán in November, just weeks before the opening of the Tren Maya, the first thing I saw was a floor-to-ceiling image of an ultramodern white, teal and gold train speeding through a jungle. A strange cross between an Indiana Jones film poster and a commuter advert, the image also showed […]
From cutting through the countryside to connecting a country’s great cities, the world’s best railway journeys offer entirely new perspectives on a destination. Train travel always delivers plenty of magic. Sometimes it’s in the cars, as you meet fellow travelers, or as you eat and sleep with the sound of wheels rolling on the steel […]
Lily Harley lost her life at the age of just four following a battle with Grade 3 Ependymoma cancer, leading parents Emily Morton and Josh Harley to place mementos around the world on her behalf Emily and Josh lost their daughter Lily earlier this year(Josh Harley / SWNS) Grieving parents travel the world and leave […]
In Lapland, Finland, two women in their eighties and a pack of huskies whizzed by on a sleigh, roughing it out in -4˚ F weather. Their names: Sandy Hazelip and Ellie Hamby. What seemed like an easy tourist-friendly recommendation from their hotel turned out to be the real deal—a sled with no seats and a […]
Adventure & Experience | History (Image credit: Flavio Vallenari/Getty Images) For thousands of years, our ancestors found solace in the winter solstice. Today, that belief is still reflected in the astonishing sight of the sun setting on Orkney’s Maeshowe tomb. L Located 10 miles off Scotland’s north-eastern coast, the Orkney islands are a treasure trove […]
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email The world’s most dangerous countries to visit in 2024 have been revealed in a new study. South Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya and Somalia were named as the riskiest nations in the 2024 risk map compiled by […]
