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Expert guide to Courchevel Overview Hotels Restaurants Apres ski Snow reports Of Courchevel’s six villages, Courchevel (also known as 1850) has by far the biggest selection of hotels, many of them with four-star, five-star or Palace status – the top hotels or ultra-luxury chalets lining the pistes can cost upwards of £1,000 per person per

Now, more than ever before, is the time to think about staycations. Lucky for us, there is something of a hotel boom this year, after a slow start. Exciting openings range from the most popular new opening in Cornwall for years, to a former hosting house of King Charles II. Not all of the below

“What was that?” I gasped. “It’s just the wind,” my mum sighed. “Since when does the wind sound like a weeping woman?” I snapped. “Since we’re in the middle of the worst storms these parts have seen all year,” she shrugged before rolling over and going straight back to sleep. I was at Roch Castle

The world of wellness is ever evolving, especially at the moment with the travel industry starting to reemerge from lockdown. Last year it was all about IV infusions, goat yoga and CBD treatments, this year it’s immune-boosting therapies, private spa experiences and socially distanced loungers. With a constant flurry of new hotel openings, there’s always

Expert guide to Alpe d’Huez Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Crowd-pleased Alpine favourite Few resorts in the Alps match Alpe d’Huez for its suitability for skiers and snowboarders at both ends of the skills graph, as well as in the middle. The terrain here is as well suited to experts as it is to beginners, while

Expert guide to Alpe d’Huez Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Most people visiting Alpe d’Huez stay in self-catering apartments, though there are some chalets and luxurious hotels available, as well as a Club Med resort. The resort village is split into eight small districts, or quartiers, with the Cognet quartier close to both

Province of Lecce 3 Rane Ristoro, Lecce   This little charmer near the Baroque centre of Lecce offers fine gourmet food at prices you’d pay in an ordinary trattoria.  In a small, simple dining room (six tables, sundry vintage chairs) ‘artisan cook’ Maurizio Raselli and the ever-amiable wait staff will pamper you with meticulously prepared food

Much of St Lucia is mountainous and covered in a blanket of thick rainforest, and the south-west corner has arguably the most arresting sight in the whole Caribbean: of the green and precipitous volcanic cones of the Petit Piton and Gros Piton rising out of a blue ocean. That is not to say that St

Expert guide to Sölden Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Austria’s snow sure secret agent Sölden is not as well-known on the British market as it deserves, partly because it’s not on the books of many UK tour operators. Intermediate-friendly and with much livelier nightlife-wise than nearby Obergurgl, which is more familiar to Britons, it

Were you meant to be in Majorca right about now? Was your Vegas escape a write-off? Whatever the foreign escapades you had in mind for this year were, it’s certain the pandemic has complicated things. Still, Britons stuck at home this year can at least pretend they’ve made it further afield by visiting cleverly conceived

Expert guide to Innsbruck Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Austria’s fairytale city A cobbled history-rich city in the heart of the mountains, Innsbruck kills three birds with one stone – imperial, Alpine and urban – putting it high on the list for a city/ski break.  Snow-covered mountains tower above Innsbruck on all sides, and the lively

A non-profit campaign to thank hard-working intensive care nurses with luxury hotel stays has seen all 6,200 rooms on offer snapped up within six hours. The founders of Nights On Us said they were “delighted” with the response, which has seen thousands of NHS staff members who worked tirelessly throughout the heights of the coronavirus

Expert guide to Innsbruck Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Innsbruck has a huge choice of city accommodation and for those booking a short break, finding a hotel in the Alps that will take bookings of less than a week is easy – which is unusual in the Alps. None of the traditional ski tour operator to

Expert guide to Sölden Overview Hotels Restaurants Après ski Snow reports Most of Sölden’s accommodation is in comfortable hotels, which are predominantly four-star. At the less expensive end of the scale there are also traditional Austrian pensions and some apartments to rent. The two access gondolas, Giggijoch and Gaislachkogl, are at opposite ends of the

LOGO: Test4Travel Boris Johnson has thus far resisted growing calls for Covid-19 testing at airports, stating that it would give “a false sense of security”, despite growing pressure from The Telegraph’s Test4Travel campaign for an end to quarantine. But a new and improved on-the-spot test could be the key to opening up travel in the

In April, mid-lockdown, if you’d asked me to name the travel destination that would next lure me out of Margate, my money would have been on an international big-hitter. Perhaps California, where I have family, or Colombia, where I have unfulfilled travel aspirations. As it turns out, it was Cheshunt that finally got me out

One of the best things about watching films is that you can recognise the odd street corner, familiar scenery or even a favourite city. When somewhere has a sentimental value, it is enjoyable to remind yourself of this place. Whether it is where you and a friend have visited, you have been there with a

A Tirolean British favourite Mayrhofen has the chameleon quality that is the forte of so many Austrian resorts – it will be whatever visitors want it to be, and very successfully too. It can rock, it can rap, it can be the king of cool where even the gnarliest of snowboarders are happy to hang out and

And so to Devon, and the final leg of our West Country road trip. Partly in the jaunty, relaxed spirit of a classic road trip, and partly to avoid the traffic jams that had been angrily reported during our few days in Cornwall, we meandered across Dartmoor National Park to a destination that has long

Maria la Gorda is in Pinar del Rio province in western Cuba. It is mostly synonymous with the diving camp that is situated there. The entire settlement consists of a hotel, diving centre, small shop, sandy beach and 2 restaurants. However, even if you are not a diver, it is a nice place to spend