Take three: Active volcano tours around the world
Filed under: World travel Magma stream into ocean (Big Island, Hawaii). HTA/Tor Johnson Ever fancied getting up close and personal with a volcano? Now's your chance! There are around 1,500 active...
View ArticleEver seen a road rainbow?
Filed under: Travel News Michael Elion/Caters This colourful arch is a real rainbow made by an artist, who created it as part of a public display in a street in Cape Town. Michael Elion made the...
View ArticleVideo of the day: Underwater statue of Christ in Malta
Did you know that there's a statue of Christ 10m under water between the islands of Malta and Gozo? No, nor did we until we spotted this Youtube video. Apparently the statue, which measures around 3m...
View ArticleWin a holiday of a lifetime! Today's trip: Everest adventure
Our friends at Peregrine Adventures are celebrating big time! It's 35 years since they started up as an independent adventure tour company, and to mark the occasion, they are offering the chance to...
View ArticleVideo: Plane in Russia makes dodgiest take off ever
Filed under: Travel News We've seen some scary take-offs in our time, but this Russian aircraft taking off in swamp is definitely among worst. This video, posted by NYCAviation TV, was taken in...
View ArticleCute video: Wild koala crawls up tourist's leg for a cuddle
Filed under: Travel News Herald Sun A Canadian couple on a working holiday in Australia had a lucky - and very cute - encounter with a koala during a hike along The Great Ocean Walk in Victoria. The...
View ArticleLondon's iconic Admiralty Arch to be turned into luxury hotel
Filed under: Travel News, UK travel Getty London's iconic Admiralty Arch is set to be turned into a luxury hotel and restaurant with views over Trafalgar Square and Buckingham Palace after being sold...
View ArticleWin! A Michelin-starred break for two in the New Forest
Filed under: Travel News www.davidgriffen.co.uk We're offering you the chance to get away from it all and enjoy a gourmet break for two at The Montagu Arms Hotel in the beautiful New Forest National...
View ArticleRemember, remember... Britain's best Bonfire Nights 2012
Filed under: UK travel Glasgow Fireworks. PA Can't decide where to go for Bonfire Night this year? We've found the best spots for explosive fireworks displays, monster bonfires and traditional...
View ArticleVideo: Cruise ship tossed around in hurricane
Filed under: Travel News With Hurricane Sandy gathering pace across the pond, the place we'd least like to be right now is on a cruise ship off the east coast of the USA. Videos of cruise ships being...
View ArticleThis week's best deals: Turkish Riviera, Lisbon and Tallinn
Filed under: Travel News Escape to the Turkish Riviera for two weeks from £195 per person Cheapflights.co.uk is offering a fourteen-night stay at the three-star Semiz Suite Hotel in Turkey from only...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy: 33 killed, thousands of travellers stranded
Filed under: Travel News New York loses power - Monday 29 October. Getty Sandy, now a post-tropical storm, has caused widespread devastation, including unprecedented flooding and power cuts to the US...
View ArticleTen of the world's most beautiful bays
Filed under: World travel Les Saintes Bay, Guadeloupe From Vietnam's Ha Long Bay to Les Saintes Bay in Guadeloupe and Ireland's Keem Bay, these inspiring inlets and bays show some of the world's most...
View ArticleBA resumes flights to Boston - but thousands of Britons are stranded
Filed under: Travel News PA Now that the worst of Hurricane Sandy is believed to be over, British Airways has resumed flights to Boston as normal, with the first flight scheduled to leave at 11.20am...
View ArticlePresident Obama declares Superstorm Sandy a 'major disaster'
PA Barack Obama has declared a 'major disaster' in New York and Long Island, due to the devastation caused by Superstorm Sandy. The Telegraph reports that at last 16 people were killed and over seven...
View ArticleTake a View: Landscape Photographers of the Year
Filed under: UK travel Graham McPherson The winners of the 2012 Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards have been announced, and the results are rather spectacular. 'Take A View' was launched to...
View ArticleDocumentary makers discover polar bear sanctuary in the Arctic
Filed under: Travel News AFP/Getty A team of BBC2 documentary makers has discovered a previously unknown polar bear sanctuary in the Arctic, which is home to an estimated 20 bears. For most of the year...
View ArticleVideo: Sandy in time lapse over Manhattan
Filed under: Travel News Richard Shepherd created this time lapse video of Superstorm Sandy hitting New York City by using images from the New York Times webcam, positioned on the 51st floor of the...
View ArticleGuess the TV location: How many stately homes do you recognise?
Filed under: UK travel How well do you know your period dramas? We asked TripAdvisor to select the best grand stately homes from well-known TV programmes and films and have put them in a quiz for you...
View ArticleBritain's worst waxworks museum to close
Filed under: Travel News, UK travel Rex Louis Tussauds House of Wax, a museum in Great Yarmouth which has been labelled the worst waxworks museum in the world, is facing closure after more than 50...
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