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Ryanair passengers accuse airline of ‘blackmail’ after being BANNED from flying over refund row

Furious Ryanair customers have accused the budget airline of ‘blackmail’ after it apparently blocked passengers from taking flights over disputed re... read more

Book Auto Erotica is a grand tour through British car brochures from the 1960s to the 1980s

There was a time, Jonny Trunk reminds us in the introduction to his new book, Auto Erotica, when cars had no electric windows, no sat navs, no central locking, ... read more

The world’s best hotels and resorts revealed in Conde Nast Traveller’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2021

BEST ISLAND IN NORTH AMERICA: Cape Breton Island, Canada BEST RESORT IN CENTRAL AMERICA: Hacienda AltaGracia, Auberge Resorts Collection, Perez Zeledon, Costa R... read more

Three bear cubs tip each other on to the ground as they try to struggle to get into a hammock 

My turn! Three bear cubs tip each other on to the ground as they try to struggle to get into a hammock Three baby bears hilariously fail to get into a hammock i... read more

Foodie river cruises: Voyages to tickle your taste buds along Europe’s waterways

Food and cruising go together like oysters and champagne. So it’s no surprise that many cruise lines offer taste-bud tingling itineraries along Europe’s wa... read more

Airbnb crackdown in Margate over fears it’s ‘killing the community’ due to lack of rental properties

One of the UK’s most popular seaside towns is to consider a motion that will restrict the number of Airbnbs allowed after locals said it was ‘killing th... read more

Hobby cruises: The best special-interest sailings, from nudism to yoga

When you want to spice up your cruising experience, why not take a hobby cruise? Music-lovers can throw themselves into rock cruises or classical forays; gourme... read more

Pictured: The Belmond British Pullman train carriage redesigned by film director Wes Anderson

The Belmond British Pullman is one of the most distinctive trains in the world – but even more so now, because one of its carriages has been redesigned by... read more

Iconic Blockbuster Films Shot in Amazing Kenyan Destinations

Kenya has some of the most photogenic yet dynamic panoramic views, making it an ideal shooting location for films of all kinds. The country’s wide-open s... read more

Mission la dolce vita! A stay at Rome’s finest hotel – at the same time as Tom Cruise

We decided to escape London for a work trip as guests of the 15th Rome Film Festival. As our plane descended the skies over Rome to Ciampino Airport, we could s... read more

Caribbean holidays: Your guide to the best islands and hotels

The Caribbean has long been a favourite of British holidaymakers drawn to the islands’ sheer beauty, laidback vibe and fabulous weather. Here, in the first pa... read more

Great British boltholes: A review of The Bradley Hare, Wiltshire

Great British boltholes: The pub with rooms near one of England’s greatest landscaped gardens that feels bloomin’ perfect The Bradley Hare in Maiden Bradley... read more

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag on a Danube river cruise

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: See Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag – and sail to three great capitals By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 9 Oc... read more

Britain’s best townhouse hotels, from Bath to Edinburgh

There may not have been dancing on the tables at Beaverbrook Townhouse but there was a buzz that felt just as life-enhancing. Groups of friends were crammed int... read more

Travel firms are recruiting guest lecturers to help turn holidays into extraordinary experiences 

Every week our Holiday Hero Neil Simpson takes an in-depth look at a brilliant holiday topic, doing all the legwork so you don’t have to. This week: Holidays ... read more

Lose the crowd in the heart of Paris: The joys of exploring the island of Ile St Louis 

Lose the crowd in the heart of Paris: The joys of exploring the island of Ile St Louis Ile St Louis is a little island in Paris connected to Notre Dame by a foo... read more

Bargain holidays: The best getaway deals to be had as we say goodbye to the red list

This week’s announcement that almost every country in the world — barring seven — is being removed from the red list is the best travel news for months. A... read more

Staycation travel: Discovering the Forest of Bowland in Lancashire, a hikers’ and cyclists’ paradise

Dark satanic mills, racing pigeons and curlers at the checkout — if this is your idea of Lancashire, you really need to watch less telly and get out more. The... read more

Greece holidays: Enjoying a family getaway in the eco-friendly Sani Resort in Halkidiki

This might just be the most luxurious Covid bubble in the world. Unfolding along a secluded private bay in the north-east corner of mainland Greece, Sani Resort... read more

Unmissable winter adventures from Icelandic ice caves to the ‘world’s polar bear capital’

Winter holidays to cold places do not have to be all about skiing or snowboarding, if you know where to go for an icy adventure. Here, we round up the northern ... read more

Morocco holidays: The cool beach town of Taghazout Bay was once a rundown fishing village

Soon after leaving Agadir, the clattering of motorbikes and horn-honking fades, the landscape flattens and the Atlantic ocean fills the horizon. And then it app... read more

Cruise holidays: Sailings around the UK are booming – and there’s a world of adventure to discover

Who would have thought that it would take a pandemic to discover Britain’s coastal treasures? When cruise ships on domestic-only voyages set sail earlier thi... read more

Staycation travel: Bopping along to tribute bands with fans at Cheshire’s Alvaston Hall Hotel

Can you have too much of a good thing? If you had asked the balding, greying, young-at-heart punters at the tribute bands festival at Alvaston Hall Hotel last m... read more

Why Gran Canaria is perfect for a winter holiday

Name’s got nothing whatever to do with birds,’ says the only other Englishman at the Grand Hotel Residencia, Maspalomas. He is clearly an authority on the C... read more