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What to do when visiting an onsen in Japan
- Whether for health, relaxation, or cultural exploration, a visit to an onsen can be a highlight of any trip to Japan. Read on.
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- LifestyleThe Telegraph
‘It’s half the price of living at home’: Meet the people swapping dry land for a perpetual cruise
In the yard where Titanic was built, a residential ship is taking shape that will soon depart on a continuous world voyage. It will circle the globe every three-and-a-half years and visit 425 ports in 147 countries, including more than 100 islands.
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
Why you’ll need a QR code to visit the Eiffel Tower this July
From July 18 to 26, people visiting or living in large swathes of central Paris will need to show a QR code to simply walk down the street. Major attractions including the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Notre Dame, as well as Gare de Lyon station, will be inaccessible to anyone not in possession of a code. Does it sound like a Covid-19 throwback or something out of a dystopian novel? Absolutely, and perhaps this is why many Parisians are fed up.
- NewsThe Telegraph
The British coastlines that are disappearing fastest
Will Self’s 2006 novel The Book of Dave – in which the author mashes up a contemporary comic novel with a science-fiction dystopia – contains a map showing London After the Flood. All that remains of the rest of England, now called the Ing Archipelago, is a few jagged islands. It’s an extreme version of the apocalypse foreseen by climatologists.
- NewsThe Telegraph
The victims of Jack the Ripper deserve better than London’s lurid tours
And there, outside Aldgate East station, is the man. A strange-looking fellow, cadaverous, softly spoken, with an accent that’s somehow not quite of this world. He exudes a charismatic menace in the Whitechapel gloom.
- NewsThe Telegraph
The best cities for book lovers in the British Isles
From Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist to Sally Rooney’s Normal People, the British Isles has been literary strongholds for centuries. Writers such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Evelyn Waugh, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas and Virginia Woolf paved the way for modern literary giants. Many of the world’s greatest books have been set in Blighty from Hilary Mantel’s epic Wolf Hall to Monica Ali’s Brick Lane.
- LifestyleThe Guardian
Share a tip on your favourite UK national park – you could win a holiday voucher
Tell us about your favourite things to do and see in our national parks – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break
- LifestyleThe Guardian
South of France, but not as we know it: exploring Nîmes and the Gard
Unesco listing for the city’s Roman temple put this city on the map last year, but there are uncharted delights in the surrounding towns as well
- BusinessThe Telegraph
How Japan became one of the world’s great budget destinations
The words “weak” and “yen” generally spell out a litany of negatives for Japan – from soaring import costs to household spending cuts due to inflation.
- LifestyleEvening Standard
An insider’s guide to Gloucestershire, where The Gentleman was filmed
The on-screen stomping ground of Theo James and co. is the real life home Lady Bella Somerset. She reveals her favourite spots in the picturesque county alongside our in-house expert, Rosalyn Wikeley
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
Istria, the little-known Mediterranean peninsula that ticks all the holiday boxes
The idea of Croatia as one of Europe’s last hidden destinations has long passed its use-by date. This splendid segment of the Balkan Peninsula has developed dramatically since it slipped away from the fracturing Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Certainly, since the turn of the millennium, it has morphed into one of the most popular holiday options in the Mediterranean sphere. And its profile will surely grow further. Here in 2024, nobody would claim Dubrovnik as a seaside secret. The Dalmatian Coa
