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More insider guides for planning a trip to Amsterdam 48 hours Hotels Attractions Restaurants Free Nightlife These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. From the traditional bruin cafés still firmly rooted in once-working-class Jordaan to

More insider guides for planning a trip to Dubai 48 hours Attractions Restaurants Nightlife Shopping Hotels These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. Prepare to be overwhelmed with superlatives and to repeatedly hear ‘the

Holidays are banned, and even essential travel comes with a whole heap of severe restrictions, including a requirement to take a Covid test before you return to the UK and two after you get home, where you must isolate for 10 days. It’s as if we’re suddenly living in the Soviet Union. That could change

More insider guides for planning a trip to Dubai 48 hours Attractions Restaurants Nightlife Shopping Hotels These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. When the less well travelled ask Dubai expats how they cope

Greece looks certain to be one of our summer holiday options, with its government this week confirming plans to reopen to tourists in May. Britons hoping to visit will need to show evidence of a Covid vaccination, a negative PCR test taken within the previous 72 hours, or an antibody test proving they have already

A second Mother’s Day in lockdown is going to be tough for many, but the good news is that family reunions and shared experiences are not too far away. In the meantime, here’s our pick of the best gifts you can send, from hotels across the country, throughout the weekend. Ham Yard afternoon tea, London Savoury

More insider guides for planning a trip to Hong Kong 48 hours Hotels Attractions Restaurants Free Nightlife These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. For a city that regular ranks as one of the

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writers visited these hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Hotel’s will soon reopen (hopefully from May 17) and the UK will be in full spring bloom. To make the most

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writers visited these hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Golf season is almost upon us and in a few weeks’ time – from March 29 – golf courses in England

Why go? Ask Disney’s ‘imagineers’ to create the perfect medieval town and they would come up with Tallinn – although Estonia’s jewel of a capital is thoroughly authentic. A firm favourite among guests on a Baltic voyage, the majority of cruise lines call in at some point from May to September. Cruise port location The

More insider guides for planning a trip to New York 48 hours Hotels Attractions Restaurants Nightlife Bars These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. New York city has a reputation for being pricey. And

The Governments has announced that international holidays could be permitted again from May 17, prompting a surge of bookings.  However, as things stands all travellers returning from abroad must self-isolate at home for 10 days and three Covid tests (once in the 72 hours before they depart, and twice more after they return at a cost of

It is the question on everyone’s mind. Will we, or will we not, be able to travel abroad this summer? And if so, where? At this very moment, the rules are straightforward: you are not allowed to travel overseas for non-essential reasons. Those who do will have to take a test before travelling home, and

Ask a New Yorker where to shop, and you’ll likely receive a mile-long list. With a patchwork of department stores, luxury boutiques, and indie shops scattered throughout the city, New York could be deemed a shopper’s paradise. Unlike shopping in some other cities, though, NYC retailers aren’t limited to a few districts. Instead, stores pepper

More insider guides for planning a trip to Marseille 48 hours Restaurants Attractions Nightlife Hotels These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. The key attraction of Marseille is the city itself – the atmosphere,

Come for the art, stay for the street life With dazzling light and bright blue skies for much of the year, Madrid would be an energising city even without the world-class museums and the buzzing nightlife. The centre is smartening itself up, too, with new boutiques, delis, cafés and gastrobars opening every week, but it

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Please note our writers visited these hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Whether your children are looking for the full gamut of watersports while on holiday (surfing, stand-up paddleboarding or diving), educational gains

Coronavirus Article Bar with counter .. Cyprus will allow British tourists who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 into the country without restrictions from May 1, its tourism minister said on Thursday. British visitors are the largest market for Cyprus’s tourism industry, which has suffered from the coronavirus pandemic. Arrivals and earnings from the sector, which represents

More insider guides for planning a trip to Mexico City 48 hours Restaurants Attractions Nightlife Hotels These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Note that our writer visited pre-pandemic. Regionalism is a powerful factor in Mexican cuisine. Oaxaca does its

These are unusual times, and the state of affairs can change quickly. Please check the latest travel guidance before making your journey. Please note our writers visited these hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the most exciting new places to stay in Madrid are actually hostels, which often seem to have a clearer