Wine village gets 5 star hotel
Image Gatien Baron, Sancerre The lovely French wine village of Sancerre has a new 5 star hotel. Les Hauts de Sancerre , in a converted...
Jul 31 min read
October launch for new EU's border checks?
Ferry passengers face new checks Much delayed new EU border controls now look likely to start in October. But they will be introduced...
Feb 101 min read
New budget flights to Cape Verde
Low fare airline easyJet will start flying to the Cape Verde islands for the first time from 31 March. It will operate three flights a...
Nov 21, 20241 min read
New Cruise & Walk trips launched
Combining small ship cruises with walking routes ashore, Ramblers Worldwide has added 18 new itineraries for 2025. Destinations range...
Oct 7, 20241 min read
Cruise line to open Patagonia hotel
Luxury cruise line Silversea is to develop what is claimed to be the world’s southernmost hotel. Located in Puerto Williams at the tip of...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Ski Club adds reps in three more resorts
Members of the Ski Club of Great Britain will have the servces of resident representatives in thre more resorts this winter. All in...
Oct 3, 20241 min read
Quebec gets ice restaurant and stars
A restaurant built of snow and ice is to open in Quebec City. To be launchjed in collaboration with the imposing Chateau Frontenac hotel,...
Oct 2, 20241 min read
New travel guide lists best birdwatching
A new guide to the world's finedst birwatching experiences comes from the Lonely Planet stable. It lists 60 of the "most enchanting"...
Sep 20, 20241 min read
New Georgia flights to take off
BA to launch new Georgia flights next spring
Sep 18, 20241 min read
Seville gets new 5 star hotel
Seville has a new hotel under the Only YOU “lifestyle brand”. With treats from a local pâtissier availably in its lobby, the five star...
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Faroes to launch tourist tax
The dramatically beautiful Faroe Islands are to introduced a tourist tax. No need to groan if you’e planning an imminent visit however -...
Jun 10, 20241 min read
Peru: new river cruises planned
Luxury travel company Abercrombie & Kent is to launch riverboat cruises in Peru next year. The vessel, described as a “floating boutique...
Apr 15, 20241 min read
Amalfi coast - new link planned
EasyJet is to launch sumer flights between Gatwick and Salerno, jumpng off point for Itall's specatcular Amalfi coast. With departures...
Mar 5, 20241 min read
Gatwick: car charge centre launched
Gatwick has become to first UK airport to open a dedicated electric vehicle chargimg forecourt. With 30 chargers - and available round...
Feb 1, 20241 min read
Venice day fee now payable online
Day trippers to Venice can pay the €5 charge in advance online – but travellers staying in the city and paying the tourist tax should go...
Jan 19, 20241 min read
Corsica: hiking holidays launched
Self guided hiking holidays have been launched by Corsican Places – including itineraries on the rugged GR20 route, one of Europe’s...
Jan 17, 20241 min read
New hotel for Manchester
Manchester is to get a new hotel The four star Malmaison is set to open on 1 February close to Deansgate, the mile long thoroughfare that...
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Nile launch for ultra luxury cruise boat
Upmarket tour operator Abercrombie & Kent is to launch what it claims will be the “finest new craft on the Nile”. The boutique boat,...
Jan 10, 20241 min read
Learn French and Ski
A package combining French tuition with a ski snowboard lift pass is on offer from the Alpine French School in Morzine. The resort is a...
Jan 9, 20241 min read
English churches - always worth a pause
When the comic film star WC Fields, a lifelong atheist, was in hospital, close to the end of his life, the story goes that a visiting...
Mar 20, 20232 min read
Food guide ratings -a question of class
The reincarnated Good Food Guide has revamped the ratings awarded to restsurants by its subscribers. Gone is the old one to 10 scale, in...
Apr 28, 20222 min read
Boutique hotel opens in Cape township
A smart place to stay has opened in the heart of Cape Town's Khayelitsha, the first upmarket hotel in the sprawling township near the...
Apr 12, 20221 min read
Alpine hiking - new trail
A new long distance walking trail across Switzerland's Bern Canton was scheduled to open this spring. The 305km long Via Berna will...
Mar 27, 20221 min read
Women only tours launched
A range of women only holidays has been launched by Trafalgar Tours in a move likely to appeal to single mature travellers. Destinations...
Jan 28, 20222 min read
