Indonesia volcano erupts: Is it safe? Latest travel advice following THIRD eruption
10/4/2018, 11:58:32 AMINDONESIA has been affected by a third volcano eruption on the island of Ternate, just days after an earthquake and tsunami killed 1,400. Is the country no longer safe for travel? ✔ Indonesia volcano eruption: Latest travel advice from the UK Foreign Office (Image: Twitter/MAGMAINDONESIA/Getty) This often results in the evacuation of villages within a 3 to 7 kilometre radius and disruption to air travel in the wider region ✔ More than 500 people were killed following the earthquake in Lombok in July
A holiday in Iraq or the Congo? Introducing the travel hot spots of the future
10/4/2018, 9:30:03 AMundefined ✔ Mtskheta, one of Georgia's oldest citiesCredit:istock Sat at the crossroads between Asia and Europe, Georgia packs a lot in: from snowy mountains to sandy shores, with rolling vineyards, ancient cities and Unesco-listed monasteries in between ✔ Note there is no British Embassy in the Republic of Congo
Host An '80s Dinner Party And We'll Give You An '80s Career
10/4/2018, 11:37:06 AMTravel back in time. ✔ Tiramisu Fruit salad Viennetta Mississippi mud pie Pineapple upside-down cake Arctic roll Via Getty Images / BuzzFeed Getty Images / BuzzFeed The Goonies Via Warner Bros
These Are The 10 Best Cities In The World For Foodies
10/4/2018, 6:09:35 AMWill travel for food 🍜
EasyJet hand luggage: Baggage rules explained for UK passengers travelling long-haul
10/4/2018, 9:47:50 AMEASYJET flights are some of the cheapest on the market. Following their announcement to join forces with Virgin Atlantic to offer more long-haul travel, how much hand luggage is allowed onboard? ✔ EasyJet recently announced their merger with Virgin Atlantic to extend their long-haul travel destinations ✔ This must fit into the suitcase and not be a separate bag to be put underneath the seat ✔ The weight limit depends on which ticket has been bought, although economy travellers are allowed just 10kg
The world's 27 greatest bars that capture the spirit of their city
10/4/2018, 9:09:10 AMYesterday, the world’s finest drinking spots were crowned in the annual World’s 50 Best Bars selection, this year’s winner being Dandelyan in London. Rather than replicating this list, however, what appears over the following pages is a selection of bars that for Telegraph Travel writers best sum up the soul of a city. ✔ Everything about them suggests the possibility and danger of adult pleasures: hushed voices, the rattle of ice in a cocktail shaker, conspiratorial laughter, the mingled scents of aftershave, alcohol and perfume ✔ They serve wine, food and cocktails, but here, I’d drink vodka neat, in the Russian style
Kaia Gerber flaunts her Halloween style in graphic sweatshirt
10/4/2018, 6:44:33 AMHalloween is only 28 days away. And it seems Kaia Gerber is ready, if the sweatshirt she wore for a day of travel on Wednesday is any indication. ✔ Scary stuff! The 17-year-old daughter of Cindy Crawford wore a black sweater emblazoned with an image of the horror character Pinhead Classic character: Of course Pinhead stars as the antagonist in the Hellraiser movie series Fresh-faced: The teenager appeared mostly make-up free save for some subtle blush and pale rose lipstick The teenager appeared mostly make-up free save for some subtle blush and pale rose lipstick
The Big Picture photography competition: round 489
10/4/2018, 10:02:22 AMThe Big Picture photography competition: round 489 ✔ Jackie Skinner from Reading The happy crowd on the Indian side of the border at Wagah await the lowering of the flags ceremony between India and Pakistan ✔ Louise Waldron from Peterborough An icy mountainscape captured at Spitsbergen in Norway ✔ Roger Litton from Harrogate In Argentinean Patagonia, hardy backpackers wake after a night sleeping on the shores of a glacial lake
Get a 3-night FULL-BOARD Benidorm break with return flights and hotel from £99pp
10/4/2018, 8:24:46 AMBENIDORM is the perfect spot for some last-minute Spanish sun now that winter is on its way. Those with the winter blues will want to book a holiday to Benidorm’s beaches with a deal from Living So… ✔ You'll find plenty of family entertainment here such as as mini golf and lots of restaurants, which cater to all different types of cuisine ✔ Sun Online Travel previously revealed that you could bag a trip to see the Northern Lights in Iceland from £169pp
There’s a Ryanair sale on with 25% off – and fares under £8 one-way
10/4/2018, 9:57:41 AMRYANAIR has a sale on and there are some seriously cheap flights out there with discounts of up to 25 per cent. The low cost airline’s sale has flights to the likes of France, Italy and Spain at ro… ✔ RYANAIR has a sale on and there are some seriously cheap flights out there with discounts of up to 25 per cent ✔ You could also choose flights to Kefalonia from £12.73 one way or Ibiza from £12.99 one way ✔ There are also flights to Tenerife South from £21.55 one way and Gran Canaria from £21.55 one way ✔ Click here to find out more about the new baggage charges
New aircraft will fly like a jet and get you where you're going fast
10/4/2018, 10:13:50 AMImagine walking off an airplane and right into your office. Transcend Air's VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft lets you skip the airport and is geared toward business travelers. ✔ Imagine walking off an airplane and right into your office ✔ If all goes as planned, travelers will be able to get from NYC to Boston in 36 minutes, Los Angeles to San Francisco in 55 minutes and Toronto to Montreal in an hour ✔ Although the aircraft will have the feel of a private charter, it will cost a fraction of what typical private aviation costs
Turkey: Britons should book cheap holidays NOW - Turkish lira CRISIS as currency plummets
10/4/2018, 8:28:19 AMTURKEY holidays are at their cheapest as the Turkish lira continues to slide, with inflation at its highest level in 15 years. Britons should book flights now and bag a bargain holiday thanks to the strong pound against the lira. ✔ Turkish lira: Turkey is the place for cheap holidays for Britons following the currency crisis (Image: Getty) Turkish lira: Holidays to Turkey are increasing in popularity as tourism increases once again (Image: Getty) Bookings are up 84 per cent year on year with popular destinations including Ankara and Istanbul
This London bar has just been named best in the world… but it's shutting DOWN
10/4/2018, 10:33:49 AMTHE best bar in the world has been named – and it’s in London. However Dandelyan actually announced that it was going to shut on October 2 – a day before it won the award. The bar took top spot in … ✔ Each course folds a tale from the colourful world of cocktails into the wonderful world of tea and scones ✔ Or you can try the King Pig Sour, with rum, salt cedar, pig weed, pine and lemon ✔ There's also the man who's hooked on staying in luxury hotels - that cost as much as £16,000 a night
The world's most visited cities
10/4/2018, 7:42:24 AMThe world's most visited cities ✔ Belek itself is virtually a new town, but fortunately it is handily located for visiting some of Turkey’s best ancient sites, he adds ✔ Alternative: Traditionally ignored by tourists in favour of neighbouring Bath, Bristol is worth a visit for its street art, sophisticated bars and boutiques, industrial heritage and flourishing community scene
What’s your holiday type? Five of the best in Turkey
10/4/2018, 10:29:31 AMWhether you're a beach bum, culture vulture or party animal, there's a type of holiday to suit everyone in Turkey. Discover five of the best ✔ Booking your trip with Jet2holidays gives you a wide range of choice ✔ Water-taxi services run from the town beach to the beautiful canyon of Butterfly Valley, and to Paradise Beach where the scent of pine hangs heavy in the air ✔ To find out more and book visit jet2holidays.com
10 of the best off-grid adventures in Europe: readers’ tips
10/4/2018, 6:59:41 AMFrom islands in Sweden to peaks in Georgia, readers reveal their favourite unspoilt corners ✔ Photograph: Anders Blomqvist/Getty Images Off-the-beaten-track cove Cala Coticcio, Caprera island, Sardinia ✔ All our journalism is independent and is in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative ✔ By clicking on an affiliate link, you accept that Skimlinks cookies will be set
The 10 best cocktails in London hotels you really need to try
10/4/2018, 11:05:11 AMTelegraph Travel's ultimate guide to the best hotel bars in London and which cocktails to try – including Dandelyan at the Mondrian, The American Bar at The Savoy, Artesian at The Langham and Duke's Bar. ✔ The notion of celebrating science and technology carries well in mixology, where flavour and flair can be matched ✔ Think 'low exposure' Gran Torino, a mellow twist on a classic Negroni made with whisky, vermouth, orange liqueur and ginger and egg-white foam, topped off with a dried lemon and served in a beautiful cut glass (£19), to 'high exposure', which is all about the bright and refreshing drinks, such as the floral Flower Power, which changes colour as you pour (£20)
Winners of the Photobox Instagram Photography Awards – in pictures
10/4/2018, 7:22:29 AMTed the poodle saw off competition from 180,000 other entrants to win the top prize ✔ Overall winner of the Photobox Instagram Photography Awards 2018 was @darrenwilliamhall with this shot of his miniature poodle, Ted An aerial view capturing the wake of a boat in Jersey by @bam_perspectives won the sport section A runner-up in the art category, a minimalist conceptual portrait by @ericbenierburckel An intimate shot of two boys by @matthias_magen won the love category A runner-up in the sport category depicts a boxing match in Manchester by @sullyphotograph A whimsical family portrait won the family category, by @eclectic_street A participant in the Zinneke Parade in Brussels by @gilles.guilbert won the travel prize Storm Ophelia lashing the Welsh coast won @mccarthy.karl a runner-up prize in the landscape category A runner-up in the travel category by @jpduverge shows a Punjab man in India Top prize in the festival category, capturing a colour festival in Roda de Berà, was by @saian_vergne
Unique pearl on secret island
10/4/2018, 7:05:55 AMundefined ✔ When I came here in April 2016, my main focus at the time was to increase awareness about Phu Quoc as a destination ✔ I never heard of Phu Quoc before ― even though I lived in Phuket, Hawaii and other places, said the American, who has lived in Asia for 16 years ✔ According to him, a variety of facilities such as villas, shopping malls, hotels and a new golf course will come under the initiative
You can currently get Northern Lights breaks in Iceland from £169pp but be quick
10/4/2018, 10:33:54 AMGroupon currently has deals on Northern Lights breaks in Iceland from £169pp including your return flights, hotel stay and a tour to search for the Aurora ✔ (Image: SWNS) Read More How to see the best of northern Iceland and its jaw-dropping natural wonders including the Northern Lights Still, considering that Iceland is one of the best countries for seeing the Northern Lights, you're putting the odds in your favour
Gisele Described The Moment She Found Out Tom Brady's Ex Was Pregnant
10/4/2018, 11:45:22 AM"I felt my world had been turned upside down. Needless to say, that wasn't an easy time." ✔ She said: My heart expand in ways I didn't know was possible ✔ She wrote: Thank you for your love, for being the light of my life, for being the most incredible teachers and allowing me to travel on new roads, discovering deeper meanings and purpose ✔ You are my inspiration every day to do all I can to make the world a better place
Family forget 5-year-old daughter at the airport after returning from holiday
10/4/2018, 9:07:51 AMA FAMILY coming back home from holiday left their five-year-old daughter at the airport, in scenes straight out of the Home Alone films. The incident happened at Stuttgart Airport, located in the s… ✔ Alamy 2 Several people witnessed the five-year-old girl walking aimlessly around all by herself in the airport's arrival hall (stock image) Earlier this year, a British couple were charged with child abandonment and their kids taken into protective custody after they were reported to cops for drunken behaviour in Majorca
Ptuj locals reveal how to pronounce their city
10/4/2018, 9:17:03 AMThe city of Ptuj was recently revealed in a survey as the world's hardest city for British holidaymakers to pronounce. ✔ And after the Icelandic volcano, the top 10 most difficult-to-say famous landmarks list comprises Chao Phraya River (second, 74 per cent), Park Güell (third, 68 per cent), Khaosan Road (fourth, 57 per cent), Burj Khalifa (fifth, 55 per cent), Sagrada Familia (sixth, 53 per cent), Machu Picchu (seventh, 48 per cent), Arc de Triomphe (eighth, 45 per cent), Louvre (ninth, 37 per cent) and the Eiffel Tower (10th 35 per cent)
Pound to euro exchange rate: Sterling advances despite Theresa May no-deal Brexit warning
10/4/2018, 7:04:26 AMTHE POUND has picked up against the euro following a difficult start to the week despite Theresa May’s speech confirming a no-deal Brexit could take place in March 2019. ✔ Exchange rate: The pound has advanced against the euro despite no-deal Brexit threats (Image: Getty) Exchange rate: The pound is currently trading at €1.127 (Image: Bloomberg) However, she also confirmed she would be willing to allow the UK to leave the EU next year without a Brexit deal
Isle de Porquerolles: rare peace and quiet on the French Riviera
10/4/2018, 10:07:11 AMThere is a fragility to lovely places that nags at me even as I wallow in them – the Ile de Porquerolles being one of them. ✔ There is a fragility to lovely places that nags at me even as I wallow in them – the Ile de Porquerolles being one of them ✔ Everybody knows this wooded offshore hidey-hole just south of the Côte d’Azur ✔ en Aout! Then she remembered September and October and beamed
New Zealand to order tourists to hand over phone password at border or risk fine
10/4/2018, 9:42:43 AMNew Zealand has introduced a new Customs and Excise law where tourists will have to hand over their phone password when requested ✔ However, the official can keep hold of the phone for as long as the search takes ✔ For example, foreign nationals travelling to the USA can also be requested to hand over their phones - and failure to comply could see them refused entry into the country
The best hotels for spa breaks in Ireland
10/4/2018, 11:05:15 AMAn insider's guide to the top spa hotels in Ireland, including the best for vitality pools, relaxing treatments, refreshing saunas and steam rooms, in locations including Dublin, Mayo, Kerry, Laois and Donegal. ✔ The excellent Spa Solis looks out onto the hotel gardens: it’s modern and sleek, with indoor and outdoor relaxation areas, infinity pool and eight treatment rooms.Read expert review From£191per night Check availability Rates provided by Booking.com • The best hotels for spa breaks in the UK The Merrion Hotel Dublin, Ireland 9Telegraph expert rating The very lovely 18-metre swimming pool in The Merrion's Tethra Spa is especially worth experiencing: flanked by symmetrical columns and tiled in lapis lazuli-blue mosaic, this is as Roman as they come, and beautifully relaxing
'Anti-Trump hotel' opens in Washington DC
10/4/2018, 11:59:47 AMEaton DC offers platform for campaigners as world’s first ‘activist’ hotel. Clever marketing or genuine attempt to broker change? ✔ But the hotel, with rooms starting at $199 a night, is just one pillar of Eaton Workshop and serves as a source of revenue for its nonprofit initiatives ✔ It is perhaps best seen as an unlikely experiment that happened due to the good fortune of a billionaire’s daughter having right-on politics and the vision to pull it off
WATCH: Heart-stopping moment tourist safety rope BREAKS while jumping 500-foot bridge
10/4/2018, 10:24:20 AMA VIDEO has gone viral after a tourist attempted to jump across a dangerous bridge in China nearly 500 foot from the ground, only for the safety rope to break. ✔ Viral video: A tourist attempting a dangerous bridge attraction was shocked to find his rope failed (Image: Weibo/Ziao Fen Hen Mang) Viral video: The rope fell off as the man made the very last jump to safety (Image: Weibo/Ziao Fen Hen Mang) The bridge attraction is currently closed while this is investigated
Google Maps Street View: Bikini-clad woman chooses very odd position to sunbathe
10/4/2018, 11:00:11 AMGOOGLE MAPS Street View has captured a young woman in her bikini attempting to sunbathe in Canada. The position she has chosen is rather odd. ✔ Google Maps Street View: She chose to sunbathe outside her own garage (Image: Google Maps) Despite having a number of chairs available, the woman seemed very content with her position ✔ One man’s modesty was hidden by an umbrella pole as he leant over completely naked ✔ Another man also attempted to sunbathe in his own garden
13 beautiful places in Britain that inspired its greatest poetry
10/4/2018, 10:37:06 AM13 beautiful places in Britain that inspired its greatest poetry ✔ There is a cliff, whose high and bending head Looks fearfully in the confined deep: Bring me but to the very brim of it, And I'll repair the misery thou dost bear With something rich about me: from that place I shall no leading need ✔ 50 of London's most unusual (but fascinating) museums
Are Brits falling out of love with Benidorm? UK overnight stays drop by nearly half a MILLION
10/4/2018, 11:29:44 AMNEW figures suggest the popular Spanish resort could close 2018 with the loss of 500,000 British overnight stays. Local hotel owners’ fears have been raised due to yet another drop in Septemb… ✔ The resurgence of the Spanish market has propped up hotel occupancy in the second half of the year in Benidorm, meaning occupancy rates were 91.3 per cent, a drop of 2.7 per cent compared to 2017 ✔ Click here to read how Benidorm transformed from sleepy 1920s coastal town to stag and hen do capital rife with nudity, boozing and brawling
Ruth Langsford unleashes her secrets for looking good: Coconut hair masks and fake tan
10/4/2018, 7:19:19 AMTV presenter Ruth Langsford has revealed the secret to looking good at the age of 58 – coconut hair masks, fake tan and fresh lemon. Mother-of one Ruth, 58, who gets up at 5am on Fridays to present This Morning, moisturises regularly and even puts cream on her feet and elbows to maintain healthy looking skin. ✔ And once the summer glow fades, Ruth starts to use a gradual tanner to maintain a tan throughout the winter months ✔ ''But I like affordable skincare, you really don’t have to spend a fortune if you know something does the job well ✔ Good food is good for everything; good for your skin, and good for your soul
California legalized the sale of homemade food. It should remove barriers for other industries too
10/4/2018, 11:13:25 AMThe state's overzealous regulation of occupational licensing hurts those at the very bottom. ✔ As autumn begins and Thanksgiving approaches, I’m already looking forward to tamale season, the Mexican American holiday tradition that for many begins in home kitchens filled with corn husks, masa and fillings, and which those of us who are less skilled in the culinary arts celebrate with a delicious purchase ✔ By 1950, one in 20 workers in the state required a license
When Is Testosterone Replacement Therapy a Good Idea?
10/4/2018, 10:46:46 AMAn expert weighs in on when TRT could harm more than help. ✔ Unfortunately, the potential risks and safety concerns that come along with testosterone therapy aren't as widely discussed ✔ More testosterone can cause the prostate to grow larger and can worsen this problem ✔ [See: The Real Sperm Killers.] Prostate cancer ✔ 9 Male Fertility Myths and Facts View All 12 Slides
Cat Power: Wanderer review – the beautiful sound of the road to nowhere
10/4/2018, 11:59:44 AMChan Marshall’s latest album adds Auto-Tune, Lana Del Rey and a Rihanna cover version to her folk, blues and American roots music. It’s the work of a woman going her own way ✔ Lana Del Rey) – video The songs are great, grounded in folk, blues and other American roots music – it’s not such a stretch to imagine the a capella title track stripped of its ghostly echo and performed by a church choir back in Marshall’s native Georgia – but they never seem reverent or forced
Why is the gay leather scene dying?
10/4/2018, 10:36:11 AMNot long ago, many clubs catered to enthusiastic leathermen. But predatory property developers, changing attitudes to gender and the rise of rubber threaten the scene’s existence ✔ In a dimly lit sidestreet in London’s East End there is a black box of a building scrawled with graffiti ✔ Photograph: Matt Spike From the 70s onwards, fan clubs for leathermen popped up in London, Brighton, Manchester, Birmingham, Bournemouth and elsewhere under the guise of Motor Sport Clubs, disguising the gay fetish as a passion for biking
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