This week marked the return of eager Britons being able to travel to the US, perhaps heading to the heat of Miami or buzz of New York. Plenty will have seen the British Airways and Virgin Atlantic plane take-off simultaneously to the Big Apple from Heathrow to mark the occasion and it may have them …
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A travel vlogger has captured eerily beautiful scenes of rows of planes sitting in a large aircraft graveyard in the centre of Australia during a $500 flight tour. Dennis Bunnik posted a video of his tour of the nation’s largest aircraft storage facility in Alice Springs on Monday and discussed his experience of seeing the …
If you’ve run out of ideas for a holiday somewhere beautifully exotic, help is at hand – this new book conjures up an intoxicating itinerary for a tour of the Far East with the stunning photographs revealing the region’s most alluring spots. Far Far East – A Tribute To Faraway Asia, published by teNeues, showcases …
Starstruck by Portugal: From meteor showers to midnight canoe tours – Alentejo’s dark skies are out of this world The Dark Sky Alqueva reserve in Portugal is an area in which local municipalities commit to clear night skies Visit Lake Alqueva and Monsaraz on the lake’s north-west shore – also known as ‘the balcony of …
These pictures show one of the most unusual temples in the world – built, the creator claims, on the orders of Jesus. The ‘Temple Of All Religions’ incorporates multiple religions into its architecture, combining the design tropes of a Jewish synagogue, an Orthodox and Catholic church, a mosque, a Chinese pagoda, and a Buddhist temple …
Hundreds of passengers were left waiting for hours at JFK airport yesterday when three planes reportedly arrived at once on the day the US border reopened. Furious travellers blasted officials for the ‘disgraceful’ planning as the aircraft landed from Manchester and weary customers flooded into customs. One flyer posted footage of the chaos on social …
The first official interior renderings have been unveiled for the world’s largest yacht, Somnio, which will serve as a jaw-dropping floating condo for the super-rich. The 500million-euro (£430million/$600million) ‘yacht liner’ – which has a length of 222m (728ft) – will offer 39 ultra-luxury apartments starting at 9.5million euros (£8.1million/$11.2million). Each of the huge apartments will …
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Here’s a landscape photography competition that’s keeping it real. The Natural Landscape Photography Awards has revealed its 2021 winners, with each entrant adhering to strict rules on photoshopping and editing so that viewers ‘would not feel deceived by the end result if they were to see that original scene themselves’. The founders of the contest …
A century ago, with the smoke of the Great War only just clearing across an exhausted Europe, a writer of anti-war poetry was quickly becoming the most celebrated poet in Britain. But, sadly, he wasn’t alive to see it. The writer of the best-selling book, called simply ‘Poems’ and costing six shillings, was Wilfred Owen, …
Paws & Stay claims to be the UK’s only dog-first travel website A new website has launched that will give dog-owning holidaymakers-in-waiting paws for thought. It’s called Paws & Stay and claims to be the UK’s only dog-first travel website. Its aim? To find ‘perfect places to stay for dogs and their humans’. The site …
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