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Thousands of Britons on holiday in Croatia race to reach home

An estimated 20,000 Britons in Croatia are scrambling to get home with just hours before the new 14-day quarantine rules come into effect at 4am [...]

Live like the Queen: Inside the Buckingham Palace-style Parkdean Resorts holiday caravan

Live like the Queen – for £13.25 a night! Inside the holiday caravan refurbished in Buckingham Palace style - with chandeliers, gold-plated toilets, red-velvet thrones [...]

Britons dash for Bank Holiday break in Portugal as flight costs rise SIXFOLD but hotels slash prices

Flights to Portugal have risen sixfold, but hotels have slashed prices as Britons plan a late summer getaway now the country is back on the [...]

Top Fabulous Experiences for your Honeymoon in Dubai

Congratulations on your wedding life! Are you planning on a honeymoon in Dubai? Great! Dubai is the pluperfect place to initiate your married life. Through [...]

Covid-era flying review: Heathrow vs Gatwick vs City and BA vs easyJet vs Loganair

Many people haven't yet flown in the post-lockdown era and are probably curious about what the experience is like.A fascinating new video by The Points [...]

World Health Organisation warns the Balkans is a ‘hotspot’ for coronavirus

Fears grow for thousands of Brits’ holiday plans after World Health Organisation warns the Balkans is a 'hotspot' for coronavirus as Croatia is poised to [...]

Covid-19 lockdown prompts landscape photographer to self-publish a book of his favourite images

A landscape photographer whose work was cancelled during lockdown used the time to self-publish a book of his favourite images to inspire others.Thomas Heaton, 36, [...]

My flights to France aren’t cancelled and my airline won’t refund me

My flights to France have not been cancelled despite the new quarantine restrictions put in place.I was due to travel next Monday but now my [...]

The new ‘step bridge’ that spans a dramatic gorge over Norway’s Voringsfossen waterfall

Pictured: The spectacular new 'step bridge' that spans a dramatic gorge over one of Norway's most jaw-dropping waterfallsVoringsfossen plunges 182 metres (nearly 600ft) from the [...]

VisitEngland Awards: England’s best places to eat, sleep and go

England's best places to stay, its most mouthwatering eateries and its most enthralling visitor attractions have been named in the 2020 VisitEngland Awards for Excellence.The [...]

National Geographic Traveller (UK)’s Photography Competition 2020 finalists revealed

'A window on the world we hope to explore again': National Geographic Traveller reveals the breathtaking shortlisted images in its 2020 photography competitionLaunched in 2011, [...]

Discovering the New Forest shoreline: Coast your way to staycation contentment

A gentle paddle to see the castle built by Henry VIII was what we had expected. Instead, my husband, our three teens and I, who [...]

UK Airbnb properties available to book NOW for August bank holiday stays

Fancy an August bank holiday staycation stay somewhere sensational?These Airbnb properties fit the bill and, remarkably, are still available to book for the weekend of [...]

Six UK National Parks for hikes, from Exmoor to Loch Lomond

There are an extraordinary 15 National Parks in the UK and as wonderful as the likes of the Lake District, New Forest and Snowdonia decidedly [...]

Crouchers Hotel Chichester review by the Daily Mail’s Inspector

A 'drab' room, a 'tough and tasteless' steak and 'teeny weeny' breakfast eggs: An Inspector calls at Crouchers Hotel near Chichester and awards it just [...]

Airlines plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport coronavirus tests to get round quarantine

Airlines BA, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet and TUI plead with Boris Johnson to introduce airport Covid tests to allow arrivals from 'high risk' nations like the [...]

Head to Lyme Regis – the setting of novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant’s Woman

Book me in: Put on your Meryl stare and head to Lyme Regis - the setting of classic novel and Oscar-nominated movie The French Lieutenant's [...]

Britain’s best residential staycation training courses, from painting to storytelling

Learn about birds, bees... and pottery: Britain's best residential staycation training courses, with many taught amid stunning scenerySongwriters can perfect their art on a five-night [...]

Climbers ignore social distancing rules at the top of Ben Nevis

If you can't socially distance on Ben Nevis where CAN you? Climbers ignore Covid rules as they press together in queue for selfie at the [...]

TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp reveals why ‘diverse’ India is her favourite travel destination

Locations, locations, locations! TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp reveals why 'diverse' India is her favourite destination and that the village of Beer in Devon is her [...]

The Holiday Guru tackles travel issues including confusion over credit notes and Croatia entry rules

The Holiday Guru is always on hand to answer your questions.This week the issues tackled include claiming a refund for a cancelled trip to the [...]

Drone photographer Johan Vandenhecke’s epic images of the world from above from Australia to Belgium

Johan Vandenhecke taught himself drone photography by watching 'a ton of YouTube videos' – and it's clear he was paying attention.Because his aerial snaps are [...]

Great British boltholes: A review of The Pig at Harlyn Bay, Cornwall

As a Cornwall resident, I’ve seen Rock, Polzeath and Padstow draw staycationers by the carload. But now there’s a great new diversion from the main [...]

From walking trails to Michelin-starred restaurants, the best things to do in Ribble Valley

There is a horse on the ceiling. Not Pegasus, but Kettledrum, winner of the 1861 Derby. This, in the apse of a church, is surprising.Designed [...]

Greece? Book me in! Author Victoria Hislop raises a glass to the country that stole her heart

She had scarcely travelled anywhere at all. Yet, recently separated from my father and keen for adventure, my mother, Mary, decided to whisk my sister [...]

The best hobby-based holidays around the world, from painting in Greece to knitting in Ireland

For all its frustrations and difficulties, lockdown had some silver linings. Simply being able to avoid crammed commutes was the biggest for many, while for others [...]

Celebs love to paddleboard in exotic locations, but what’s it like for a beginner in Pembrokeshire?

The workout that rules the waves! Toned celebs love to paddleboard in exotic locations, but what’s it like for a beginner in blustery Pembrokeshire? Stand-up [...]

Fascinating maps show how Sydney has transformed over the past 250 years

A fascinating new series of maps and a mesmerising animation reveal Sydney's eye-popping transformation over 250 years from a swathe of virgin land to a [...]

An extraordinary account of how a Welsh and American team conquered Afghanistan’s highest peak

As tough climbs go, there are few more gruelling than getting to the top of 24,580ft (7,492m) Mount Noshaq - the highest mountain in Afghanistan.It's [...]

Coronavirus UK: Tourists in France WILL have to quarantine

France was added to the UK's quarantine list yesterday in a savage blow to tens of thousands of British holidaymakers.After a week of speculation ministers [...]

Tiny Channel Island of Sark tries to DOUBLE its 492 population

The idyllic car-free Channel Island of Sark is now trying to double its falling population which now stands at just 492. German entrepreneur Swen Lorenz, [...]

Nightmare on the beaches for Tui: Crisis triggers record £1.3bn boss

Nightmare on the beaches for Tui: Travel giant battles for survival as pandemic triggers a record loss of £1.3bn in just three monthsBy Tom Witherow [...]

Hotels.com giving away experience of watching Uefa Champions League Final 2020 with Eric Cantona

Lucky football fan can score the best seat in the house for the Uefa Champions League Final 2020 – and watch it with ex-Man Utd [...]

British holidaymakers in France could be SPARED quarantine

British holidaymakers in France could be spared quarantine for now despite a surge in coronavirus cases.A review due to be completed today is expected to [...]

A review of the James Bond-style Six Senses Krabey Island resort in Cambodia

The southern coast of Cambodia is flourishing with new sustainable hotel openings that are doing wondrous things to boost the country's green credentials.Sitting at the [...]

MailOnline sails by yacht from Dover to Dunkirk across the world’s busiest shipping lane

We suddenly got a warning on the VHF radio that a Belgian warship was within range and that we should keep clear. We weren't keen on [...]