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I visited I’m A Celeb Castle - one terrifying experience would have sent me fleeing in a second

UK's best Christmas markets ranked and rated - including 'biggest and most famous

Christmas Markets
opinion

‘I went through a secret London Underground station door — I was not expecting what I found’

London Underground

UK's first luxury sleeper with incredible cabins costs £11,000 to board and has three routes

Trains

Inside controversial pub selling most unusual beers - including Osama Bin Lager

Pubs

Terrifying moment pilot lands passenger jet in Spain's red-level storm chaos

Floods

Engineer who forgot password added hours to air traffic control meltdown that hit 700,000

Civil Aviation Authority

This tiny dog has been to a surprising number of countries and isn't done yet

Dogs

New UK train route will connect two major cities for the first time — but it costs £440

Trains

One small change could halve environmental impact of flying and would cost just £3.50

Aviation

UK's most disrupted airport over Christmas revealed — full list of best to worst here

Christmas

'I'm a British expat - if you think the Spanish hate tourists let me tell you how wrong you are'

Overtourism

Saudi Arabia unveils vast mountain hotel that looks suspiciously like city from Lord of the Rings

Saudi Arabia

Huge air show to return to UK airport closed for a decade ahead of its commercial relaunch

Aviation

Specsavers takes woman on trip of a lifetime after she confuses tomato factory for world wonder

Northern Lights

Italian city says it has 'too many tourists' and announces huge new measures

Overtourism

Jet2 to fly from London Luton Airport for first time - full list of 17 destinations

Jet2

Inside Andy Murray's luxury Cromlix hotel voted best in the country with amazing afternoon tea

Andy Murray

Pretty but perilous seaside town locals have rebuilt twice after its destruction

Best of Britain

Tiny but sunny European island announces first airport in bid to attract more Brits

European Destinations
Most Commented

Hurtigruten offers 25% off sailings to Antarctica, Galapagos and Alaska for limited time

Cruise Holidays

Ryanair surprise winner as its competitor is shamed as having the worst inflight meals

Aer Lingus

'My family lived out The Holiday dream and spent weeks in the sun for less than staying in the UK'

Family holidays
opinion

Inside the car-free ski resort with horse-drawn carts and sugar-dusted chalets

Skiing

Portuguese demands huge ban that would impact UK holidaymakers in tourism fightback

Portugal

Pompeii starts blocking visitors and introduces charge amid four million tourist surge

Overtourism
opinion

David Attenborough's Asia series - how to spot the Continent's majestic animals responsibly

David Attenborough

Extreme day tripper explains how he explores world for less than a UK day out

Cheap holidays

Incredible European island that transforms every Christmas — and it's still t-shirt weather

Malta

Cheaper alternatives to Lapland this Christmas including 'real home of Santa' with £57 UK flights

Father Christmas

Pretty European city just two hours from UK with best 'underrated' Christmas market

Christmas Markets

London Paddington and Liverpool Street stations to close for days over Christmas

Trains

'I went to Birmingham's German Christmas Market and something felt different'

Christmas Markets
opinion

'I felt like a model in a Vogue photoshoot at this stylish Greek hotel'

Greece
opinion

'I tried the new UK to Canada route that's incredibly cheap - but you make a steamy stopover'

Canada

Chris Hemsworth faces backlash after promoting country with notorious human rights record

Chris Hemsworth

European tourist hotspot to charge new hiking fee — and Brits will have to pay

Portugal

Magical village in tourist hotspot that only emerges after certain event

Staycation

Beautiful old village where Outlander was filmed named UK’s cheapest best place

Staycation

British Airways cuts huge 25% off ticket prices from London City Airport

British Airways
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Why Valencia's president is being blamed for Spain's flood devastation

Spain

Ryanair passenger thought staff member was joking over 'ridiculous' suitcase fee

Ryanair

‘I did a reverse Paddington and moved to Peru - the cost of living shocked me’

Peru

This year's best Christmas light trails including an illuminated underground railway

Christmas lights

UK city with beautiful German inspired Christmas market named one of UK's best

Christmas

Popular tourist destination starts selling 'canned air' for £8

Italy

Center Parcs announces brand new UK resort with 700 lodges and 'subtropical' water park

Center Parcs UK PLC

Woman's dream holiday in Tenerife takes an unexpected turn upon arrival

Spain

UK Christmas market named as the ultimate festive hotspot for 2024

Christmas Markets
opinion

'I went to one Europe's biggest theme parks to see if it's as creepy as I suspected'

Theme parks
opinion

'I was the only non-pensioner on an over-50s trip - it needs to be on your bucket list'

Malta

World's happiest place is a hidden gem known as the 'city of smiles'

Denmark

UK town with golden beaches voted best in UK to target holidaymakers with tourist tax

Tax

Home teeters on cliff edge as biggest landslip in 30 years hits seaside

Devon

Mum flies to Lapland forfour hours to go sledging, husky riding and meet Santa

Father Christmas
opinion

'I visited the best inn in the country and found out its unbelievable secret'

UK holidays
opinion

'I unlocked The London Dungeon’s chilling archive — and have been on edge since'

Halloween

World's first hot air balloon sauna invented by steam-mad twins takes to the skies

Hot air balloons
opinion

'I spent a night in one of the UK’s most haunted hotels - one moment still keeps me awake at night'

Staycation

Rachel Reeves mocks Rishi Sunak while slapping huge tax on private jets

The Budget
opinion

'Chancellor is right to raise Air Passenger Duty - now we must go further'

Air travel

'I paid for UK's most expensive fry-up - one crucial item left a lot to be desired'

Food

'We flew to Ibiza for 17 hours and partied all night to avoid booking a hotel'

Ibiza Town

Cheaper routes and more options for Thomas Cook customers due to Ryanair deal

Ryanair

Majorcans demand tourists are kicked out of 40% of beds in Spanish holiday hotspot

Overtourism

Halloween half-term events across the UK — our list of the top family frights

Halloween

Taylor Swift helps Heathrow's profits soar as airport sees record-breaking numbers

Taylor Swift

10 UK flight routes that 'should be cancelled' as trains are cheaper and quicker

Gatwick Airport

British Airways makes major in-flight change which has left some passengers fuming

British Airways

'Haunted' Tudor house in city centre becomes hotspot for ghost-hunting tourists

Halloween

Ghostly encounters at National Trust estate ideal for ‘Dark Tourism’ enthusiasts

Halloween

Brit backpacker lives and hunts with Amazonian tribe on incredible adventure

Ecuador

Airline testing new boarding method to catch out controversial travelling habit

American Airlines

Posh flats in 'Chelsea-on-sea' unsellable as second home ban 'drives out buyers'

Devon

Brits are ditching the summer and saving holidays for a different time of the year

Winter sun holidays

'This overlooked county has everything for an affordable half term break'

Staycation

Pretty and lesser known festive market where a mulled wine costs less than £2

Christmas Markets

UK town with pretty castle that's been named the most relaxing in Europe

UK holidays

Micropub boom sweeps the UK as beer lovers hunt for the best 'tiny' hidden gems

Pubs

Couples looking for the perfect holiday can pay to have an FBI investigator follow them

FBI

Thousands of marchers surround sunbathers in Spain as anti-tourist protests grow

Overtourism

New Google Flights trick lets you find the best possible deal in one click

Air travel

Dad spends £584 on family holiday lasting half a day and has no regrets

The Walt Disney Company

Another Spanish city brings in new laws that will impact Brit tourists

Overtourism

Sir Richard Branson to pilot luxury space balloon - you can join but it's not cheap

Richard Branson
opinion

European island with 300 days of sunshine a year 'feels like you're in paradise'

Cyprus
opinion

'My time in Bangkok was sacred — every experience was a cultural feast'

Thailand
opinion

Staying seafront in a UK resort with the last of its kind pier is like going back in time

UK holidays

Full list of UK Christmas markets for 2024 including Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds

Christmas Markets

Airbnb starts letting landlords hire other landlords to work for them

Airbnb

'I take people to the end of the world for my job - it changes them'

Cruise news
opinion

Inside Countryfile presenter's luxury farm given spooky Halloween makeover

Halloween

Ryanair 'will slash UK flights if made to pay more tax' - despite enjoying recent 50% cut

Ryanair
opinion

Amazing all-inclusive ski resort has Champagne on tap and looks after your kids for you

Skiing
opinion

Amazing all-inclusive ski resort has Champagne on tap and looks after your kids for you

Skiing

Next year's big Gen Z travel trend? Going shopping in a supermarket

New Trend

British Airways forced to abandon hundreds of flights from UK until 2025

British Airways

‘I was given a free holiday after my life fell apart - you might qualify for one as well’

Parkdean Holidays PLC

'Waterfalls' of rubbish including Santa hats cascade down Mount Snowdon in heartbreaking pictures

Mount Snowdon

Seaside towns that will be underwater by 2050 - is yours at risk?

Beach Holidays

Pub on tiny remote island that can only be visited by 12 people at a time

Pubs

First look at £1.1 billion Stansted Airport plans to add 70,000 flights a year

Stansted Airport Ltd.

Victorian pub five miles from UK city locals reach via a 30-second ferry ride

Pubs

Remote road featuring spooky trees made famous by Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones

Dreamy UK cove hidden by island named after a vegetable

The National Trust
opinion

'I tried the world's best pizza and realised a fundamental problem'

Pizza

Family with baby left sleeping on airport floor for two nights offered 'laughable' compensation

EasyJet

Woman’s warning after she ‘couldn’t see straight and thought she was going to die’ on holiday

Thailand
opinion

'I discovered unforgettable hospitality playing golf in the heart of Scotland'

Scotland
opinion

'I found peace and adventure cruising Scotland’s western isles on a tiny ship'

Scotland
opinion

‘I went to one of Europe’s over tourism capitals - locals are raging but they don’t blame the Brits’

Overtourism

Plan to fingerprint Brits as they enter countries including Spain and France delayed

European Destinations

'I moved to Mauritius to be a stay-at-home mum — I could never afford that in the UK'

Mauritius

'I travel to dark tourism locations — keep this in mind before exploring spooky spots'

Halloween

Incredible boat trip through UK's deepest canal tunnel is not for the faint of heart

UK holidays

Woman slapped with £460 fine and criminal record after taking tiny discount

Train tickets

UK home to world’s shortest flight that takes a lot less time than making a Pot Noodle

Air travel
opinion

'I visited three beautiful islands that were a Mediterranean food lover’s dream'

Road trips

Pretty but unremarkable little UK village where Nicolas Cage decided to live

Nicolas Cage

Town famous as home of the toilet now Cotswolds 'hippest and cheapest place'

Cotswolds

Idyllic hamlet with pretty thatched cottages that's named after an open sewer

Best of Britain
opinion

'I visited the new F1 exhibition — one display alone was worth the pricey entry'

Formula 1

Hypersonic jet could soon get Brits to the US in less than an hour

Air travel

'Devastation' as another European ski resort closes due to vanishing snow

Skiing

Couple travel 2,300 miles for their first date in Venice having never met before

Venice

Brits sent to count penguins for £46 a day as part of 'world's most remote job'

Penguins

Two UK attractions named the world's top destinations for ghost-hunting tourists

Halloween

Record number of British families are going on cruises as post-Covid holiday-mania continues

Cruise news

Tourism warning as one of UK’s ‘best towns’ is becoming 'coastal dead zone'

UK holidays

TUI issues alert to holidaymakers ahead of major travel change

European Union

Sundrenched destination in the same timezone as UK named best-value destination

Post Office
opinion

'I got a sneak peak inside Butlin's new state-of-the-art £15 million 'Playxperience''

Butlin's

Calls to slap £5 tourist tax on day-trippers to 'overrun' UK seaside city

Brighton and Hove

Locals call for new charges to stop 'squatter camps' ruining picturesque beach

Motorhomes

UK man's £88,000 bid to overcome Brexit 'heartache' to be with partner

Home Office

Incredible photos of rarely seen UK animals captured for new TV series

Scotland

Jet2 launches six new routes to hotspots in Greece from smaller UK airports

Greece

Huge seal pup population booms on remote UK islands humans abandoned 80 years ago

Scotland

Eerie Scottish island Vikings believed was home to trolls

Scotland

UK's barren arctic alpine zone where reindeer herds roam free

Scotland

Escape the UK winter blues with a sunny 5* all-inclusive stay from £18 a day

Turkey holidays

Travel warning as European easyJet pilots set to strike over half-term

EasyJet

Alton Towers unveils exciting Christmas plans and return of Santa Sleepover

Alton Towers
opinion

'A 'suspended supper' helped me conquer my fear 50 meters above Croatia'

Croatia

Flight attendant hospitalised as plane makes sudden landing due to ‘unusual smell’

Qantas

Couple name the UK's best Wetherspoons after visiting 500 in quest to reach them all

Wetherspoons

'I took my family to an incredible all-inclusive resort and didn't even leave the UK'

Holidays

Brits still flocking to Spain despite protests as foreigners buy a third of one island's homes

Spain

Greeks forced indoors as tourist numbers overwhelm beautiful island

Greece

Call for action over UK’s ‘absurd’ use of mega-polluting private jets

European Destinations

Europe’s best Christmas markets you can easily visit by train

Christmas Markets

Life onboard the TikTok viral £88,000 cruise as it finally comes to an end

Cruise Holidays
opinion

Who says six million cubic feet of concrete is boring? A river cruise in Portugal is full of surprises

Cruise news

Passengers face £1,000 fines for annoying behaviour including watching TikToks out loud

Trains

Thousands of rats force Albert Hall museum to close as 'risk to public' rises

Rats

Travel expert’s advice to avoid Mpox as deadly infection continues to spread

Central Africa

One in five couples admit sleeping in separate beds when on holiday

Consumer Reports

UK locals tell tourists to 'f-off' as beautiful destinations become swamped

Scotland

Foreign Office issue urgent warning for Brits to avoid parts of Thailand

Thailand

Historic town home of one of Britain's oldest and most loved sweets

Best of Britain
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