EXPLAINED: 62 - The Real Truth

Your wanderlust wonder list for 2025: the 25 coolest places to travel

From Okinawa to Sarajevo to yes, Devon — by raft, camel or barefoot — here are this year’s hotspots

Evening Standard · Jan 23, 2025

Plane passenger reveals major ‘downgrade’ in food quality between two identical on-board meals

The meal in question included a bowl of pasta, a side salad, a bread roll, and a cup of Magnolia Bakery’s banana pudding

The Independent UK · Jan 22, 2025

Alternative wonders: why Egypt’s Colossi of Memnon are my giants of history

Emerging from the heat shimmer, these two enormous statues in Luxor appear completely otherwordly – like giants in a wheat field

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22, 2025

Alternative wonders: why Tibet’s Samye monastery is my spiritual inspiration

The region’s first Buddhist monastery is a complex of chapels and stupa towers from a vast mandala – a symbolic and spiritual representation of the whole universe

The Guardian - UK · Jan 21, 2025

The most exciting destinations to visit in 2025: from Koh Samui to Sarajevo

From the Indonesian island that has travel insiders buzzing, to the far-flung archipelago where opportunities for adventure are unrivalled, this is our ultimate guide to where to holiday this year

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

This summer is set to be a scorcher in the UK! The chicest new hotels to book

From London to Littlestone Beach, these are the launches to have on your radar this year

Evening Standard · Jan 21, 2025

Share your tip on a discovery in France to win a holiday voucher

Tell us about your favourite place in France – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays break

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

A sprawling megacity of multi-level madness: why Chongqing in China is my wonder of the world

This megacity is like Hong Kong on steroids – a vertically sprawling, astonishing urban phenomenon that can only be understood in three dimensions

The Guardian - UK · Jan 20, 2025

Is this the coolest new hotel in Iceland? Northern lights, cross-country skiing, hot springs and chic cabins

The team behind Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon geothermal spa have opened a new, extremely remote hotel in the north of the island, only accessible in a special wagon. Hanna Hanra checked in

Evening Standard · Jan 20, 2025

City break to safari: actor Luke Evans on the perfect southern African itinerary

From climbing Table Mountain to spotting giraffes, here’s why everybody should put the Cape Town to Botswana route on their bucket list

Evening Standard · Jan 19, 2025