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Expert guide to Salzburg Overview Hotels Attractions Restaurants Nightlife Itineraries Mozart on one corner, Maria on the next – Salzburg’s two biggest exports have made a massive mark on this city, whether you’re into high culture or Hollywood. And Salzburg offers plenty of high notes in terms of sights and setting, with baroque finery, a

Expert guide to Obergurgl Overview Ski area Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Austria is well-known for the high standards of its friendly, clean and usually family-run hotels and Obergurgl is no exception to the rule. Rather than traditional British-run chalet options, UK tour operators tend to offer good-value, half-board packages to a selection of

Hotels across the UK and overseas have reacted to the government’s suggestion of trialling airport testing at Heathrow this month. With a coronavirus testing facility on stand-by, Heathrow’s chief executive John Holland-Kaye said that talks with Downing Street had been “progressive” and testing could be operational within a couple of weeks. One test would be

Expert guide to Obergurgl Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Austria’s snow-sure family favourite Obergurgl is one of the highest ski villages in Europe, set at 1,930m at the end of the Ötztal valley near the city of Innsbruck. The height of its own slopes, plus a mid-mountain link to neighbouring Hochgurgl, which has

Portland, Oregon figured out how to offer travelers the best of each city rolled into one. A reliable light rail system, responsible urban planning featuring parks and walking/biking trails, an eclectic art scene and an evolving food market makes this Northwest city a travelers haven. Its bustling culture positioned between the Tualatin Mountains, Oregon Coast

Expert guide to Wengen Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports The majority of visitors to Wengen stay in hotels, mostly three- and four-star and varying a lot in character. The main street is by far the most convenient place to stay – some accommodation, including most of the rental apartments, is up or down

Expert guide to La Rosière Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports La Rosière’s accommodation is much more upmarket than it once was, and includes two four-star hotels as well as a good range of smart apartments and catered chalets. The village is in two parts, Centre and Les Eucherts, and much of the more

It seemed all too predictable as I geared up for my travels to the Caribbean. Vibrant turquoise water to swim in, white sandy beaches to stroll along and fruity cocktails to accompany my adventure was what initially came to mind. But as I stepped foot in Trinidad and Tobago, the predictable thoughts I had of the islands

Nowhere does wilderness quite like Australia. From the burning deserts of the Red Centre to the pitiless expanse of the Nullarbor Plain and the scented forests of the Blue Mountains, Australia is a place of epic frontiers and big skies. So it’s a delight to discover a wilderness that is pristine, relatively compact and easily

Please note our writer visited the following hotels prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Suffolk is no slouch when it comes to spa breaks, with at least half a dozen hotels that boast excellent facilities. There’s a real variety too, ranging from well-established places with pools, gyms and plenty of treatments to those that have added standalone,

Expert guide to Les Gets Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports For a small resort, Les Gets has good selection of comfortable hotels, from two- to four-star. There’s also a fair choice of apartment accommodation, however there are surprisingly few catered chalets run by UK tour operators. Hotels Hotel Christiania The small, 20-room Christiania

Expert guide to Salzburg Overview Hotels Attractions Restaurants Nightlife Itineraries Please note our writer visited Salzburg prior to the coronavirus pandemic.  You might not have Salzburg down as an all-night raver – and you’d be right – but there’s still plenty happening when the sun dips behind those mountains. Evenings move to a chilled beat

“You just can’t do this at home!” whoops Rachel, her ecstatic voice once again attempting but failing to compete with the intense buzzing of our Tuk Tuk’s engine, as we weave in and out of the wandering cows and water buffalo sharing the road. Like most volunteers Rachel works full-time back home, she’s a Metropolitan

They say clichés exist for a reason. This is never more true than in Australia, where crystal clear waters, cute koalas and epic road trips keep visitors coming back time and again.  These 20 bucket list experiences are well known, but for a very good reason. Australia may not be welcoming tourists just yet, but

Top UK spa hotels including Rudding Park, Grantley Hall and Sopwell House are backing a new accreditation body to make treatments and therapies more accessible for people with cancer. Holistic practices such as massages and reflexology are said to be a “lifeline” for many people undergoing hospital treatment, but spas and hotels have been known

Expert guide to Passo Tonale Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow report Snow-sure beginner favourite Passo Tonale is set on a high pass, which separates the region of Trentino from neighbouring Lombardy. It developed as a ski resort because of its high, snow-sure setting. It is also in the Val di Sole (Sun Valley), which

A little luxe, Highlands It’s hard to beat the location of Eagle Brae, found between Glen Affric and Glen Strathfarrar and surrounded by rugged munros. With three major lochs on the doorstep, as well as the Farrar and Glass rivers, you can head out to catch your dinner before curling up under the red cedar-wood

Expert guide to Passo Tonale Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow report Three-star hotels that vary greatly in degree of comfort make up the bulk of the accommodation in Passo Tonale, and there are a few four-stars. Most hotels are located on the main road through the resort, and quite convenient for the lifts, however

Expert guide to Courchevel Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Glamorous French giant Courchevel is at one end of the world’s largest lift-linked ski area, the Trois Vallées, which has 600km of pistes and 166 lifts. With many north-facing slopes, the snow in the Courchevel valley is usually some of the best in the whole

Ever booked a trip somewhere after reading its outstanding Wikipedia page?  Economists have found that adding a few extra paragraphs and pictures to a town or city’s Wiki page could increase tourism by nine per cent (sometimes more) and boost revenue by up to £100,000. The research carried out by the Collegio Carlo Alberto in