INSANE: 10 - The Real Truth

The major holiday hotspots cracking down on overtourism

From tourist taxes to caps, here are the holiday hotspots taking measures to bring down escalating visitor numbers

The Independent UK · Sep 14, 2023

Venice set to finally introduce tourist entry fees after years of wrangling

Decision due just weeks after Unesco warned of irreversible damage to popular Italian city

The Independent UK · Sep 12, 2023

Venice awaits Unesco heritage ruling as beds for tourists outnumber residents for first time

‘We feel like foreigners in our own home’ says activist as city’s population dwarfed by visitors

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11, 2023

Forget skiing – Andorra is an unexpected summer holiday hit

Relatively few Brits visit this tiny Pyrenean principality outside of the winter sports season. But Julia Hammond travels there by the scenic route to find that there’s plenty more to recommend it than ski slopes

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

‘Fed up with airports’: Long-distance trains take on air travel in Europe

New long-distance train connections are providing an alternative to air travel between European countries, and demand for this environmentally friendly mode of transport is soaring. But there is still plenty of room for improvement on the tracks.

France 24 · Aug 15, 2023

Traveller queuing time to double at French border thanks to Brexit

Waiting times could even triple with the UK’s ‘third-country nationals’ no longer in the EU

The Independent UK · Aug 15, 2023

Pizzica: the centuries-old Italian folk music still whipping up a frenzy

Pizzica has transcended its Dionysian roots to find its place in the centre of the biggest festival in Italy, and is now performed worldwide – but as with all ancient arts, adapting to modernity hasn’t been easy

The Guardian - UK · Aug 15, 2023

Anger as Barcelona restaurants turn away solo diners in favour of tourist groups

‘The last time I got very upset and told them that if it was a matter of money, I was willing to play their game,’ says local resident

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2023

Train to Bavaria — a lovely way to travel, if you can live with the delays

From London to Altotting, via Augsnurg — Melanie McDonagh finds German trains are no better than our own

Evening Standard · Aug 4, 2023

A weekend in Venice: travel guide, things to do, food and drink

Venice, the “floating city” in northeast Italy, has an intangible magic. The canals coursing between the 118 islands on which it is built, and under the almost 400 bridges connecting them, are alive with boats and gondolas, which remain the lifeblood of Veneto’s regional capital. Its architecture defies gravity, and…

The Week · Aug 4, 2023