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Whenever I’m on vacation or visiting a city on a short break, I try and soak up as much of the real, local culture that I can – I find it the best way to really explore a new place. I’m not a huge fan of crowded tourist sites where people aren’t people anymore, they

Turn confinement into the ultimate luxury staycation, says Emma Love, by giving your house a hotel makeover, complete with a party-starting cocktail bar and in-room spa One of the best things about checking into a hotel is that moment when you unlock the door and arrive in the sanctuary of your room. Now that most of

I feel I’ve got to know Ben Curtis and Marina Diez pretty well over the past eight or nine years. He’s from Oxford and she’s a Madrileña — a native of Madrid, the city where they are raising their two children.  Right now, because of the Coronavirus emergency, they’re home-schooling the children and not getting

We love to travel and here we list the best travel quotes. If you know some more, please add them as a comment… especially if you might have one, which you created on your own! Get inspired to travel the world: “I’d rather have a passport full of stamps than a house full of stuff.”

Where would you rather be right now? It’s a question many of are asking ourselves, our friends and our families on loop. I’m currently living in an alternative universe: this weekend, I was supposed to be scooting around the streets of San Francisco with a friend before driving to Napa Valley. When I’m not lamenting

More than a century after Norwegian explorer Fridtjof Nansen skied across Greenland, Hurtigruten is celebrating his polar endeavours with a second hybrid expedition ship named after him – and what a beauty she is. A near identical twin to sister ship Roald Amundsen, the stylishly-designed ship offers adventurous itineraries and expertly-led expeditions.  This month the

Holland America Line’s Zaandam and Rotterdam have finally reached port after 12 days at sea. The two ships, which are carrying Zaandam’s original passengers split between them, have been sailing together since Rotterdam came to her sister ship’s aid on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal.  Zaandam had been sailing a South America cruise

Viking Cruises is to introduce Mississippi cruises from August 2022, with the longest itineraries connecting New Orleans with St Paul. Sailing on a custom-built vessel, the Viking Mississippi, the voyages will cross through seven US states. Ports of call will include Louisiana (Baton Rouge, Darrow, New Orleans and St Francisville); Mississippi (Natchez and Vicksburg); Tennessee

Festival organisers in Edinburgh have pulled the plug on five major events this summer, including the International Festival and the Fringe, over concerns about the coronavirus pandemic. It is the first time in its 70-year history that the world’s biggest arts festival will not take place, with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Edinburgh Art

With the Foreign Office advising against all but essential overseas travel, and airlines including easyJet and Ryanair grounded all their flights, countless British holidaymakers have had their upcoming trips ruined. Thousands are now battling to get refunds and those who want to rebook for a later date are unsure when foreign travel will once again

Deciding on what part of the Drakensberg to visit can be difficult. I lived in the Drakensberg for over 15 years and of course I have my favourite areas to visit, but here, I’ll discuss the regions and their attractions briefly so that, when you decide to visit, you’ll have an idea on where to

You may recall a poem by Robert Frost. Everybody does. It is about “taking the road less travelled”. He takes it, of course. And is just a bit smugly self-satisfied, too, if you ask me. But frankly you want to be a bit circumspect about this sort of poetic nonsense in a real wood, in

P&O and Cunard have pushed back the resumption of sailings, from April 11 to May 16. The continued travel restrictions are also set to impact the launch of P&O’s new flagship Iona, the largest ship built to serve the UK market. In a video he filmed himself from his home, P&O Cruises president Paul Ludlow

They were the words I didn’t want to hear but I knew would come eventually: “Foreign Secretary advises all British travellers to return to the UK now.” Thus ended a three-month sabbatical in Palo Alto, California, which had been months in the making for me and my husband, Seb. I had arrived 15 days earlier,

At a time when many hotels around the globe are shutting their doors and the world of travel has been suspended for many of us, the hotels team of Telegraph Travel has decided to celebrate their favourite hotels. It is these places we return to in our memories when we are feeling blue, and certainly

With Britons ordered to stay indoors during the coronavirus outbreak, how can you relive the experience of being at sea from within your four walls? One couple went viral on social media as they recreated their cancelled cruise at home, sitting in front of a TV screen showing moving footage of the ocean blue while

Our cruise experts share their love of cruising and why they are confident the sector will bounce back, stronger than ever ‘Precious shared memories’ We were journeying through the heart of Europe, my 84-year-old granny and me. A first-time cruiser, she had taken to it like one of the downy ducks at the water’s edge.

The typical British skier or snowboarder only gets one to two weeks on snow in a ski resort each year, and many of us struggle to make the most of it because we leave targeted fitness training until the last minute – or don’t bother with it at all. The result when we get to

As the UK enters its first full day of lockdown, we want to know where you will be travelling once the coronavirus crisis is over (whenever that may be). Because yes, we may have been advised to stay indoors, but there’s absolutely nothing stopping our imaginations from whisking us around the world. A hop between

Away from the slopes, snow-themed computer games might be the next best thing when it comes to getting your fix of winter sports action. Here’s our roundup of some of the best ski and snowboard video games, past and present. From the first Eighties retro fun to the latest mobile-specific adventures, which of these made