Travel

Read about Jay Williams's first week in northern Corsica here  We begin our second week on Corsica with a trip to St Florent, a cosmopolitan marina town known as the ‘St Tropez of Corsica’, armed with a picnic lunch. Although it’s always nice to shop local, I have to admit that the Spar stores here are amazing, with endless charcuterie choices. I found the general rule to be that the gnarlier looking the salami, the tastier, if that helps. Some...

LGBT tourists splash out an estimated £160bn annually on foreign holidays, but many choose to steer well clear of countries where homosexuality is still criminalised.

The best thing about living in London is that all the great European cities are just a hop skip and a jump away. Even closer than Europe is the famous cities that span the entirety of the UK. My partner and I are on a mission to get to know Britain better and embarked on a weekend trip to Oxford in March. Oxford, around an hour out of London, is home to some of the world's leading universities and exceptional...

Who says that an escape to the beach is the only holiday where you can truly relax and unwind by the water? Or that you have to leave Britain to experience a completely unique family break? In our constant quest to find holiday destinations which allow us to completely de-stress and recharge our batteries, we rarely look to our own backyard for inspiration. Which is why there has never been a better opportunity to visit a CLC World Travel Centre...

The night drive from Bastia to Murato is not for the faint-hearted.  It is an ear-popping, nerve-shredding pinball ride through the madly winding hilltop lanes of northern Corsica, where the white line in the middle of the road appears to serve purely for decorative purposes.  At one heart-stopping point a young wild boar leaps out of the gorse and into our path to stare us down.  His body language says: "It's a hire car, pally.  Even if you drive into...

If you’re planning your next cruise, there are some mouth-watering, short haul fly-cruise destinations on offer for the 2019 season. With so many popular places to choose from, you are spoilt for choice and won't have to negotiate a long connecting flight prior to relaxation on the water. Cruise destinations Spain, including the cities of Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga, Barcelona and Cartagena, along with the islands of Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza, remain high on the list of places that cruise passengers...

This month, TLE caught up with Willa and Luke, a teacher and a tech worker from Cali who packed their lives, bought a van and hit the road. They didn't choose the van life, the van life chose them... Tell us a little bit about you both? Hey all! Luke and I originally hail from Northern California. Myself from San Francisco, Luke from Merced. (Luke would like me to point out that it's in the central valley area- lot of...

Travel Money Guide: What you need to know to get the best deal on your foreign currency this summer Are you counting down the days until you jet off to exotic climes? If you’re preparing for far-flung adventures this summer, exchanging money may be on your to-do list, but how can you make sure you get the best deal on your foreign currency? If you need advice, you’ve come to the right place! With the help of the travel money...

Of the many reasons one might choose to visit Dubai it would seem culture and heritage seldom appear at the top of the list any more. In a region that is steeped in history the Emirate has almost become a victim of its own success in shifting the gaze of tourists towards its uber modern infrastructure and outlook. Where Babylon is famed for its hanging gardens and Giza is renowned for its great pyramids, Dubai is considered to be a...