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World’s best superyachts are named in Boat International’s World Superyacht Awards 2020

The world's most jaw-dropping superyachts have been named at a prestigious awards ceremony.Boat International Media's World Superyacht Awards 2020 took place last week with the [...]

World’s highest outdoor lift: China’s gigantic elevator zips tourists up cliff that inspired Avatar

Towering more than 1,000 feet up the cliff face that inspired the landscape of the blockbuster film 'Avatar', the world's highest outdoor lift whisks brave [...]

What are the benefits of phone trackers?

Our mobile phones are the real sources to connect us to the world. These gadgets are irreplaceable in your daily routine. No doubt, mobile phones [...]

Tourist advice: Reddit users reveal what visitors should NEVER do in their countries

Don't touch anything in Australia – because 'everything wants to kill you'.That's the advice of one contributor to an internet thread dedicated to the dos [...]

Bollywood supercouple Gauri and Shah Rukh Khan open their New Delhi home on Airbnb

Bollywood icon Shah Rukh Khan (SRK) and his celebrated interior designer wife, Gauri Khan, have officially become Airbnb hosts by offering a once-in-a-lifetime stay in [...]

Inside the abandoned ‘Las Vegas of Italy’, which once lured well-heeled visitors from Milan

It's certainly one of the grander ghost towns – and being Italian, it even has a functioning bar.These pictures give you a mesmerising glimpse inside [...]

The best luxury hotels in the UK for a Christmas stay, from Claridge’s to Highland luxury

At Christmas, Britain’s most beautiful hotels are far grander than our four walls and come with stately proportions, splendid traditions and no arguments over the [...]

Australian government offers Kiwis $2,000 ‘big OE in OZ’ as part of travel bubble with New Zealand

New Zealanders to be handed $2,000 to visit Australia as the tourism sector cries out for holidaymakers – but there is a big catchThe Australian [...]

Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich are the world’s most expensive cities and Damascus is cheapest

Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich are the world's most expensive cities, a new survey has found.Researchers looked at the prices of 138 products and services [...]

British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld launch transatlantic Covid testing trial

British Airways, American Airlines and Oneworld have launched a Covid-19 testing trial on selected flights from the U.S to London Heathrow in a combined effort [...]

2020 International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition reveals winning images

Definitely a tonic for troubled times. These are the winning and shortlisted images in the 2020 International Landscape Photographer of the Year competition, with stunning shots [...]

Lonely Planet names 2021’s most eco-friendly destinations and experiences, from Sweden to Greece

Each year Lonely Planet produces a much-anticipated bucket list ranking of the top spots to travel to in the following year, called Best in Travel.This [...]

A BA captain was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight 30 years ago and lived to tell the tale

This is your captain screaming: Incredible story of the British Airways pilot who was sucked out of a cockpit window mid-flight 30 years ago yet [...]

American Airlines cuts all flights to London from JFK, Chicago and Charlotte in December

American Airlines said that it will halting a large number of it flights from major US airports to London in December as demand plummets due [...]

How living at America’s northernmost airbase in Greenland helped a serviceman cope with lockdown

'Being deployed in such a remote place, I learned to appreciate moments of solitude, to be the only person around for miles, away from the [...]

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Tour London’s Royal palaces with TV star Suzannah Lipscomb

Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Tour London's Royal palaces with TV star Suzannah LipscombBy Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 12:02 GMT, 16 November 2020 [...]

A review of Coombe Lodge, Somerset

Luxury, peace… and all that jazz: Coombe Lodge in Somerset is a magnificent mansion with gleaming chandeliers, a grand piano and spacious suitesCoombe Lodge is [...]

Exploring Jersey is easy when you’re on a bike that does all the work

The popularity of e-bike hire sites across the globe suggests they’re here to stay – and with an electric motor that kicks in when the [...]

Mad for Madeira: Portugal’s Atlantic outpost is ready to wow us this winter

We know tourist boards are introducing a range of emergency measures. But they’re also coming up with emergency slogans. Madeira’s is ‘Safe to Discover’.Clever, that. [...]

Learn a new language in lockdown – and you’ll never be a tongue-tied tourist again

We all have our own holiday stories where our lack of nous with the native lingo has landed us in tricky situations.From struggles with deciphering [...]

The best walking apps and websites for exploring the UK

With most UK Covid restrictions limiting us to local exercise, websites and apps listing the best walks close to home have been booming.The National Trust [...]

Coronavirus: Cruise ship docked in Barbados has at least five cases

At least five people aboard the first cruise ship to set sail in the Caribbean since the start of the pandemic have tested positive for coronavirus [...]

Sketch suggests Michelangelo could have been behind mystery carving on Florence town hall

A delicate wall carving of a curly-haired man on Florence's town hall could be the work of Michelangelo, a historian has claimed. For years, tour guides [...]

Ireland’s ‘most haunted house’ is up for sale: Loftus Hall is on the market for £2.2m

Here's a property for sale that's bound to spook the market - Loftus Hall, Ireland's 'most haunted house'.The asking price is 2.5million euros (£2.2million) - and [...]

Welcome to Romania’s bizarre ‘Merry Cemetery’, which contains colourful crosses and amusing epitaphs

Death isn't always tragic, at least not in this Romanian cemetery, where the dead beguile visitors with tales of their lives.The Merry Cemetery in the [...]

Britons reveal the 2021 experiences they’re most desperate for post-Covid

Britons reveal the 2021 experiences they’re most desperate for post-Covid – and it’s Lake District walks that’s No1, followed by a Cornish cream tea and [...]

5-star hotel bed tester wanted with successful applicant spending first night at The Savoy

Get paid to sleep like royalty: Five-star hotel bed tester wanted - with successful applicant spending the first night on the (dream) job at The [...]

Fascinating book Phantom Atlas reveals the myths, lies and blunders on maps throughout the ages

Australia had a vast inland sea, California was an island - along with Korea - and bizarre and terrifying sea creatures populated the oceans. Welcome to [...]

Belize private island for sale: Stunning resort hits the market for £3.3million

Forget going on holiday in paradise – own it instead.A stunning private island resort in Belize has hit the market for £3.3million ($4.5million).And it comes [...]

End of UK duty-free will cost ‘billions’, say Gucci and Tiffany

End of duty-free 'will cost billions': Luxury goods firms including Gucci and Tiffany warn that ending VAT refunds will hit UK economy hardRishi Sunak is [...]

Top things to do in Bansko, Bulgaria

Bansko is a small town located in southwestern Bulgaria 160 km from Sofia, at the foot of the Pirin Mountain at about 1200m above the [...]

Aussie expats stuck in Bali say the former tourist mecca has turned into a ghost town

Australian expats who have stayed in Bali during the COVID-19 pandemic have told how the once bustling tourist mecca is now a deserted ghost town. Footage [...]

Meet the headmaster of Reykjavik’s Elfschool, where you can learn all about elves and hidden people

Meet the headmaster of Reykjavik's Elfschool, where you can learn all about elves and 'hidden people' - magical beings that are real for 54% of [...]

Angling for the riverbank: Here’s where to go fishing in the UK

Whether it's Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man And The Sea or Herman Melville's Moby-Dick, efforts to land a big catch have always inspired stirring tales.But [...]

Afghanistan’s Jihad Museum pays tribute to the Mujahideen victory over the Soviet Union

The Jihad Museum in the Afghan city of Herat sits in a hillside garden, surrounded by blooming rose bushes and the detritus of the war [...]

Surfin’ bird: Heron glides along the surface of a river after it hitches a ride on a hippo

Surfin' bird: Heron glides along the surface of a river after it hitches a ride on a hippoFootage was filmed at Kruger National Park, in [...]