Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Take a sailing ship to Iceland and meet TV’s Kate Humble By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 22:01 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 7 November 2020 If you need something to look forward to next year, Iceland makes a stunning destination. Its landscapes featuring towering waterfalls, … Read more
Captain Sir Tom Moore recalls his travels – his love for Yorkshire, India and Menorca and how driving Route 66 in a Bentley is a dream trip (he has tips for dealing with mosquitoes, too) By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 13:33 GMT, 7 November 2020 | Updated: 13:33 GMT, 7 November 2020 … Read more
An Inspector calls… at The Pig at Harlyn Bay, the Cornish outpost of a shabby-chic hotel chain that can seemingly do no wrong The Pig at Harlyn Bay is an ‘exceptional’ manor house – it has been booked solid since it opened in July The Inspector liked the ‘shabby-chic’ interiors and said his room was … Read more
High above Frigate Bay, a large brown pelican circles, pauses, does a swift about-turn, then swoops 20ft into the blue waters of the Caribbean. A minute later, the same bird is perched nonchalantly on the side of a catamaran, digesting its breakfast, while we are tucking into bacon and eggs, and fresh fruit on the … Read more
Florence unmasked: Beat the crowds and unearth little-known treasures in Italy’s cultural capital Jane Keightley travelled to Florence with two of her girlfriends to explore the city’s lesser-known sights They visited the English Cemetery – the resting place of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and other notable expats Another highlight was a trip to the National Museum … Read more
Early snow cover at altitude in the Alps is the deepest in recent years. Sadly, we can’t enjoy it at the moment. But it’s my belief that the European ski season will have a strong second half from mid or late February until late April. In Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy too many livelihoods depend … Read more
Let’s face it, car ferries are hardly laden with glamour — but there is an exception, and it’s just been launched on the Liverpool-to-Belfast route. As a die-hard cruise fan, I was first in line for a ticket and can report that it’s an ideal way to reach Northern Ireland; the eight-hour sailing across the … Read more
You may well find yourself in kinship with W. H. Auden’s soldier from his poem Roman Wall Blues at some point when walking Hadrian’s Wall. ‘Over the heather the wet wind blows/I’ve lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose/The rain comes pattering out of the sky/I’m a Wall soldier, I don’t know why.’ … Read more
British Airways and Lufthansa become first airlines to gain a Covid-19 safety rating from Skytrax, with both awarded a ‘commendable’ four stars The rating is based on a ‘detailed investigation’ of Covid-19 safety measures It covers ‘customer risk and concern elements in the airport and onboard’ BA’s airport standards were based on its operations at Terminal … Read more
Pictured: The incredible ever-burning ‘fiery mountain’ that locals use as a handy barbecue The inferno hillside, called Tashkooh, is located in Iran’s Khuzestan province – near the city of Ramhormoz The constant inferno is caused by natural gases combusting as they rise up and escape sulfur-rich soils Visitors are drawn to the hillside and … Read more