Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Taylor Swift fans have been warned of heavy snow hitting Tokyo ahead of her four shows in the Japanese city. The superstar is performing four nights at the Tokyo Dome as part of her Eras Tour, […]
Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email “The Most Epic World Cruise Ever To Set Sail”: that is the claim from Royal Caribbean about the 274-night voyage aboard Serenade of the Seas. It is undoubtedly the 21st-century cruise that has caught the attention […]
Travel has nearly returned to its pre-pandemic glory. In November 2023, the UN World Tourism Organization noted that international travel was on track to reach 90% of pre-pandemic levels, with some 975 million people going abroad throughout the year. And many of those international travellers have one shared destination in mind: Turkey. In December, Euromonitor […]
Steve Wallis visited Ukraine for the first time in September 2021 and fell in love with the country. Having retired the year before, at 60, from his job as the director of finance for a south London academy, Wallis was keen to spend his newfound free time travelling the world. “As a child, I only […]
Luisa Yu dreamed of traveling to every country since she was 23. via February 5, 2024, 5:27 PM ET • 7 min read A 79-year-old woman has achieved her goal of traveling to every country in the world and she told “Good Morning America” it has been a “dream come true.” Luisa Yu said ever […]
In the US, the repatriation of Native Americans’ remains under NAGPRA has been a painfully slow process: those stored in the University of North Dakota, for example, only began being returned in 2022, more than 30 years after the legislation was passed.The process has often been hindered by institutional lethargy, poor museum recordsand (according to […]
I didn’t unlock fast travel in Red Dead Redemption 2 until halfway through chapter three. It was an accident – I’d managed to amass a healthy stash of money, and after maxing out the rest of the gang’s lodgings, stashes, and other necessary accouterments, I finally bit the shotgun slug and invested in Arthur’s. Lo […]
Be one with the wildlife in Kenya (Picture: Getty Images) Safaris usually conjure up images of 4x4s and thick, green rainforests — but when you go to Kenya, you can be sure you’re travelling in style. National Geographic has named Kenya’s horseback safari spots as the best place to travel in 2024, touting its conservation-first […]
The world is changing around us all the time, but one magical thing always remains a constant – lurve. Despite what the cynics might say, you can never have too much love in your life. And luckily for us, the world is full of some bloody lovely places. From heavenly island paradises to quaint little […]
(Image credit: Bella Falk) Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya is home to the last two northern white rhinos on Earth – but the world’s first IVF rhino pregnancy may offer hope for the near extinct subspecies. A A century ago, more than half a million rhinos roamed the grasslands of Africa and Asia. Today, these […]
