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March 18th - Welcome to Liechtenstein
Cheese dumplings, the castle of the princely family, a national trail and some excellent skiing. That’s some of the offering from one of Europe's bli…
1 year, 1 month ago
March 17th - Five years on from the first UK Covid travel restrictions
Hope you don't get flashback anxiety – I have been looking back with many a shudder at the extraordinary tangle of travel restrictions that blighted …
1 year, 1 month ago
March 14th - Is April the new August?
This year Easter is unusually late ... and that spells a very different holiday pattern for many people, especially families. Julia Lo Bue-Said, chie…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 13th - Game fishing from the Algarve shore
I'm in Portugal, and talking to Captain João Melo about the prospects for serious fishing 40 miles off the coast of the Algarve –and how the tuna are…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 12th - Etias postponed yet again
BREAKING NEWS! British travellers will not need an online permit to visit the European Union and wider Schengen Area until April 2027 at the earliest…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 11th - Could you soon be skimming along the River Thames at 30mph?
I am talking to Mikael Mahlberg of Swedish e-ferry manufacturer Candela. His firm makes the electric hydrofoil that darts between the islands of Stoc…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 10th - Could the post-Brexit rules we demanded be eased?
One of the many triumphs of the Brexit agreement was that British travellers to the European Union are now counted as “third-country nationals” – lim…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 7th - "We want to make cruising sexy again"
Explora Journeys might sound like an overland adventure company, but in fact it is an upmarket cruise line.
The president of the organisation, Anna Na…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 6th - Could the UN World Tourism Organisation finally get a female leader?
Gloria Guevara is campaigning for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations body that works to promote sustainable tourism around the world…
1 year, 2 months ago
March 5th - Wednesday 5 March is the first day that Europeans can apply for the UK ETA
I've been looking into Electronic Travel Authorisation ahead of the 2 April 2025 deadline – after which every foreign visa-exempt visitor to the UK, …
1 year, 2 months ago