Looking pale after months of grim weather in the UK, Anneka Rice was in need of some sun. After emailing her son's old nanny Becky, who now lives in Australia with her own young family, they agreed to meet in the middle....read
The real taste of China: TV chef Ching-He Huang handpicks her favourite foodie destinations
Celebrity chef Ching-He Huang talks top sights, unusual street food and why we shouldn't be scared about experimenting when on holiday in China.
Cruising the bright, brash America way: Comedian Ellie Taylor heads to St Lucia
The Snog, Marry, Avoid presenter tries her luck in the casino and relaxes in the spa on board the glamorous Carnival Valor cruise ship as it sails towards the Caribbean island.
Culinary capital: Judith Chalmers enjoys a quick (and VERY spicy) bite of Hong Kong
The TV presenter has always loved Hong Kong but, on her latest trip, she only had two days to explore the frenetic city. Top of her list was the chance to sample some of the culinary treats at the city's famous food markets.
Dom Joly's 10-day Italian detox: Jet-washed, starved and tortured...it was lovely!
L'Albereta in Lombardy is the only Henri Chenot spa in the world apart from his famous Palace Merano. Dom Joly's stay at the luxury spa turned him into a detox devotee. But by day three he was ready to burgle the kitchen...
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My idle isle: Jane Horrocks is happy doing nothing on a fine family escape to Menorca
Sometimes, a family holiday can be all about keeping the kids entertained. Sometimes, it can be about relaxing and doing nothing. Actress Jane Horrocks finds the ideal balance during a week on the idyllic island of Menorca....read
Stylish Brighton rocks: Pearl Lowe explores the city's antique shops and Regency gem
The designer has always loved Brighton for its quiet, faded glamour. But now the South Coast resort has begun to smarten itself up - and the renaissance is being led by the iconic Grand Hotel.
Coming soon to The Archers...Adam Macy's cocoa farm in Colombia!
Andrew Wincott's friends were rather anxious when he announced that he was planning a trip to Colombia. But the star of the Radio 4 show was bewitched and bedazzled by the historic and colourful corner of South America that defies expectations.
Ride the high country: Olympic champion Amy Williams swaps her skeleton sled for a horse on a trip to the beautiful Pyrenees
People seem to think that when athletes go on holiday all they want is to relax, but Amy Williams prefers to stay active. She saddles up with Team GB pentathlete Mhairi Spence for a riding holiday that offers stunning scenery, picnics and pure peace...
How actor Stephen Tompkinson put on a stone on a cruise - and came home happy
Many people put on weight on holiday. Including actor Stephen Tompkinson. Needing to put on a stone for a role, he loaded his plate on a cruise in the Middle East.
Caribbean coronation: Corrie star Catherine Tyldesley finds her ideal break in St Vincent
It can be tricky for the stars of Coronation Street to take time off, so every holiday has to be worthwhile. Would Catherine Tyldesley find what she wanted in St Vincent?...read
The best of Western Australia in pictures... taken by former Neighbours star Dan Paris
He is best known for playing Drew Kirk in the Australian soap in the late Nineties, but now Dan Paris is helping to promote the best of WA with his spectacular landscape shots.
Strictly come to the Caribbean: Dancing star Sophie Ellis-Bextor has family fun in Antigua
Needing to rest her feet after her adventure on the Strictly dancefloor, pop star Sophie Ellis-Bextor took her kids and husband away to the sands of the Caribbean.
Michael Palin celebrates his globetrotting career... and confesses how it nearly didn't happen
The Monty Python star talks to Kate Garraway about his first travel show Around The World in 80 Days and how it was nearly presented by someone else...
Brazil without the football: Lucy Cooke reveals what World Cup fans will be missing
The explorer and TV presenter attempts the unthinkable - an active holiday in Brazil's laziest state, trekking into the rainforest, leaping into cool waterfalls and surfing on the perfect beach...
Captivating Croatia: How Hvar won the heart of Welsh rugby star Jamie Roberts
With its elegant hotels, historic city centre, luxurious beach clubs and glorious views, Roberts thinks the island is Croatia's answer to Monaco.
Meet the relatives: Martin Roberts' 'mind blowing' encounter with Rwanda's gorillas
The star of TV's Homes Under The Hammer was doing charity work in the country when he discovered a way to get up close and personal with our nearest primate cousins for a fraction of the cost.
David Beckham lands in Rio de Janeiro for Carnival - and we take a sneak peek inside his stylish Ipanema Beach hotel
The Fasano hotel is the most stylish address in fashionable Ipanema Beach and it's where Beckham is supposed to be staying while he's in town for Carnival.
Beach BBQs, ocean sunsets and a trip to Stingray City: Antigua and Peter Island make a big impression on Rory Bremner
The comedian's mission was to compare and contrast the two holiday experiences. Would he prefer the laid-back, popular Antigua or Peter Island's exclusive private resort? And would the local island-hopping airline get him there on time?
A Med without sunbeds: Kay Burley finds Majorca has a lot to offer pale-skinned Brits
When the newsreader was younger, Majorca was the ideal affordable getaway to the sun. Now that she's more aware of the dangers of UV rays, she assumed Majorca would no longer appeal. But she was wrong.
From Coronation Street to Canada: The show's stars take a whirlwind Ontario tour
Coronation Street is apparently massive in Canada. Two of the soap's stars - Sue Cleaver and Tony Hirst - visit Ontario to wax lyrical about Weatherfield, then set off to explore one of Canada's largest provinces.
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- Win the chance to fly with KLM in the world's FIRST commercial aircraft, which dates back to 1944 and was even used in WW2 Just email your name to travel@mailonline.co.uk
- Mr and Mrs Jones? Prince William and Kate Middleton used common British surname for flight home from Australia (but gave the game away by checking in 90 bags)
- America's wild side: Photographer captures spectacular landscapes on three-year, 20,000-mile trip around the US
- World's strangest hotel complaints: Unhappy dogs, overly handsome waiters and goat bells
- The ultimate bucket list! From Northern Lights to Route 66, Britons' top 25 travel experiences revealed (and the UK claims two spots)
- The barbecue picnic table that means everyone can play chef (but at nearly £2,000 you'll need quite a few sunny days to make it worthwhile)
- Enjoy a 24-carat cake! London hotel offers UK's first afternoon tea made of solid gold - for £150 a head
- Harry Styles or Piers Morgan? The top 10 most bizarre items cruise passengers have taken on holiday
- Batten down the hatches! Huge number of midges due to hit Scotland next month
- One in five Brits avoids beach breaks due to body insecurities - with 5% skipping holidays altogether due to their weight
- Rollercoaster fanatics who have visited Thorpe Park every year since their first date in 2005 get engaged at Nemesis Inferno (and plan to hold wedding there)
- All-glass design, concrete balconies and a menu of its famous dishes: Nobu to open its first European hotel in London
- Holiday like an A-lister! £275,000 VIP Cannes Film Festival trip includes a stylist, bodyguard and £1million worth of diamonds
- Egypt tourism continues to plummet as Thomas Cook loses quarter of a million holidaymakers due to turmoil
- Thousands of Britons' summer holidays ruined as UK travel company goes bust, cancelling villa breaks in Spain, US and Portugal
- Women with hourglass figures should go for vintage and apples should avoid thin straps: Infographic reveals how to choose the RIGHT swimsuit for your body type
- Inacreditável Jeff! Chris Kamara creates the ultimate guide to Brazilian Portuguese for World Cup fans
- Sir Richard Branson to develop hypersonic commercial planes that could travel up to 19,000mph, flying from New York to Tokyo in ONE HOUR
- From a waving bear to a smiling chameleon: The top 10 STUNNING entries to the National Geographic photography competition
- Welsh charm! Hotel that costs just £37 A NIGHT voted among the best in the world for customer service
- Around the world in cocktails! From Creature Comforts in Australia to Science in Europe, five of the hottest bar trends to try while on holiday
- 'I'm going to pass out!': Amazing video shows what happens when a normal man gets to fly in a Thunderbird F-16 - and his reaction is ASTOUNDING
- Loved the film? Now you can take a Grand Budapest Hotel cruise - complete with director Wes Anderson on board
- Knight Rider Hasselhoff to lead fleet of supercars down Edinburgh's The Mound for15th anniversary of Gumball 3000 rally
- An iPad pocket, 18 compartments and a lip-balm pouch: The stylish £90 plane-friendly trench coat that means you will NEVER exceed carry-on luggage allowance again
- Ah, they'll be made up! Liverpudlian cabin crew are the friendliest (but staff with a neutral British accent are voted the most professional)
- Brazil's Bin Laden-themed bar, complete with lookalike owner, set to welcome England fans during the World Cup
- Watch out Marbs! TOWIE star Bobby Cole Norris prepares to party in the Spanish sunshine after conquering fear of flying
- 'I'm going to pass out!': Amazing video shows what happens when a normal man gets to fly in a Thunderbird F-16 - and his reaction is ASTOUNDING
- Wonderful London! Video crosses vintage footage from 1924 with modern street scenes to celebrate the history of the capital
- A royal view! Inside the stunning 15th-century palace built into a hillside that's been converted into a luxury hotel - complete with India's first zip line
- Diamond-filled cocktails in New York and champagne in Monaco: The world's most luxurious drinking tour that promises a financial hangover - with a £750,000 price tag
- Dive right in! The luxury £9m Marbella holiday villa with a stunning GLASS-BOTTOM infinity pool built on its ROOF
- The Saturdays ask for submissions to help create Britain's ultimate summer playlist
- No Speedos on the streets! Holidaymakers who leave Majorca beaches dressed in swimwear face £500 fines
- Ryanair falls out of favour as Norwegian Air and easyJet voted best for budget flights (and BA is named UK's top airline)
- From Sir Isaac Newton's tree to Robin Hood's forest: Britain's top 10 green spaces honoured with green plaques
- Hot tubs, swim-up rooms and even au naturel weddings: Is this the most luxurious nudist beach resort in the world?
- Too exotic for the UK! A third of Britons believe the Cairngorms, Durdle Door and the Forest of Dean are overseas
- World's unfunniest pilot? Captain's cringey comedy routine fails to get a laugh on board busy Southwest Airlines plane
- Room with a view! Bristol hotel's new 1950s-style roof-top vintage caravans lifted into place by CRANE
- Devon Farm that inspired War Horse opens museum about WW1 and the real-life stories behind Michael Morpurgo's book
- Don't honk in New Zealand or give the OK hand sign in Brazil: 15 customs you shouldn't break in other countries
- Around the world in selfies! Brit officially sets new record after visiting all 201 countries without flying (and films himself in every location in four-minute movie)
- Are YOU brave enough? 918ft high and a GLASS floor - new vertigo-inducing Glacier Skywalk opens in the Canadian Rockies
- It beats Ryanair! World's fastest private jet is available to charter in Europe for the first time - at £99k for a flight from London to Dubai
- Stephen Fry cancels Coworth Park hotel stay after owner Sultan of Brunei passes law calling for gays to be stoned to death
- Adrift in France - and we love it! Following in Rick Stein's footsteps along the peaceful waterways of Aquitaine
- Inside the Derbyshire hotel that Gary Barlow raved about on Twitter
- New heights on the high seas: Royal Caribbean cruise line launches capsule to transport guests 300 feet above the ocean
- Decadent Dubai days: For fun, sun and retail therapy the Gulf state has no equal
- House fit for a King! Elvis and Priscilla's Palm Springs honeymoon home for sale for $9.5m (complete with rock and roll memorabilia)
- Don't look down! French 'free climber' scales luxury hotel in China to promote new Spider-Man movie as crowds below watch
- A sneak peek inside the Macau hotel where David Beckham took THAT topless selfie
- Anneka Rice's Thailand challenge: Can the TV presenter organise a reunion that spans three continents?
- Room with a view! Bristol hotel's new 1950s-style roof-top vintage caravans lifted into place by CRANE
- Tickets go on sale a YEAR in advance of Alexander McQueen exhibition in London
- Riding the crime wave: Lawyers reveal the world's most dangerous cruise ports of call
- A hotel with star appeal: Nicole, Leonardo and Victoria Beckham have all passed through The Carlyle's revolving doors
- Ask Frank: Can you recommend a villa abroad with a pool that will be safe for our three young children?
- Heaven? You'll find it a few miles from Whitby at breathtaking rural retreat, Raithwaite Hall
- Shakespeare the travel agent: Rome, Egypt, Denmark and other top holiday destinations, as recommended (or not) by The Bard
- Don't forget to tip! New Hard Rock Hotel in Ibiza to open the most expensive restaurant in the world - at £1,235 A HEAD
- Motorists would rather take a road-trip with their IN-LAWS than Kim Kardashian or Katie Price
- The sound of summer! From Bestival to Outlook, the top 10 music festivals around the world revealed
- Mass tourism is ruining Barcelona and turning it into a 'theme park', claims controversial new documentary
- Where you have to travel in 2014! The 33 best new hotels in the world revealed - and the UK secures THREE places
- Naked yoga retreat in Ibiza forced to add more dates after becoming sell-out success
- You'll have a blast! Luxury Connecticut island that comes with its own CANNON (not to mention a six-bedroom mansion) up for sale for $11MILLION
- World's first museum about Tiananmen Square massacre to open in Hong Kong
- When Spider-Man met Mickey Mouse: Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone arrive in Paris as Disneyland announces summer residency for the webbed wonder
- Hawaii from a hexacopter: Stunning pictures show some of tropical islands' most stunning locations
- Bargain breaks! Cashback sites DO work and can save you hundreds of pounds on the cost of a holiday, according to Which?
- Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge, take a 'selfie' with Mickey Mouse and get a tattoo in LA: The top 40 trips to take before you turn 40
- By 'eck! Yorkshire staff BANNED from calling Tour de France tourists 'love' or 'mate' in case it causes offence
- Warning to holiday-makers after boy gets stuck in QUICKSAND on popular beach
- What makes England GREAT? From mini-skirts to the Magna Carta, Harry Potter to Harry Styles, the ultimate Hall of Fame revealed
- Half a seal, a flower photobomb and a man blocking the Pyramids: The photo fails vying to be named the world's worst travel snaps
- An American Odyssey: First colour postcards of the 'New World' show life in the US at the end of the 19th century
- All aboard! The sleek new Nile Train reviving travel across war-torn Sudan (but a 186-mile journey takes twice as long as the bus)
- The end of the staycation? British tourists can get more for their money by travelling further afield this summer
- Holiday like the Camerons: Sun, warm seas and surfing in volcanic island Lanzarote
- Britons spend SEVEN DAYS and over £100 each year just preparing for their holidays
- Henry VIII's maritime guild opens to the public for one day only as it celebrates its 500th year
- In full bloom: From the South East to Wales and all the way to Scotland.. Happy Easter garden hopping!
- Turtly overweight: Fat Ernie is put on a diet after sporting 'flabby flippers'
- Hold on tight! Point Of View video shows cyclist tackling terrifying mountainside in Utah
- 'Britain's countryside is GREAT': Singer Katherine Jenkins joins tourism campaign to promote UK's rural beauty
- Terry the lamb is rounding up visitors as the National Trust's newest member of staff
- Tweet Jesus! Meet the globe-trotting nun with over 14,000 Twitter followers who is spreading God's word via social media
- Road rage: Families last just 33 minutes in the car before they start arguing
- Still wish you were here? London hostel offers chance to spend a night in a prison cell at court where The Clash were fined
- The REAL reason airplane food tastes so bad (and it has nothing to do with the chef)
- Chinese tourists accused of disrupting local university and even using an ancient moat as a toilet in historic Thai town
- Even GERMANS hate compatriots who reserve sunloungers on holiday, according to new research
- You can leave your top on: Southend funfair bans bare-chested men
- Antonio Banderas given a star welcome as he returns to Spain to lead Holy Week celebrations
- The world's most terrifying roller coaster? Record-breaking Zumanjaro - with tower TWICE the height of the Statue of Liberty - gets ready for first riders
- Boomerang emigrants: Brits living abroad return home because they miss fish and chips and Corrie (and the weather!)
- 3D Alice in Wonderland app will bring famous children's tale to life in Llandudno
- 'Spread the wealth': The top five countries to book a holiday to RIGHT NOW if you want to make a difference
- Extreme surfing! Friends trek 2,000 miles to ICELAND in search of the perfect wave (and even swim between icebergs)
- The universal Underground map: How city Tube maps would look if they were all designed the same way
- 'Breathtaking tours': Regular flights return to Isle of Skye for first time in over 20 years
- Dom Joly's 10-day Italian detox: Jet-washed, starved and tortured...it was lovely!
- Room with a view! Iconic 'floating' holiday home 132ft off the ground reopens with floor-to-ceiling windows (but you MUST have a head for heights)
- Luxury hotels now on stream: River cruise ships are often superior to ocean liners
- Children vote Ant and Dec and Joey Essex as 'great' explorers alongside Christopher Columbus and Sir Ranulph Fiennes
- Fancy a 'gaycation'? Or 'honeyteering'? The ridiculous words travel companies use to try and tempt you abroad
- The Nile needs you! It's a great time to book a river cruise and help the people of Egypt
- Star attraction: 100 billion delights in the dark heart of Brecon Beacons National Park
- Islands on the edge of the world: Sarfraz Manzoor and his family have Cape Verde's beautiful beaches all to themselves
- Country charm, green wine and Cliff Richard's vineyard in Portugal's Algarve
- Ghouls, poltergeists and underpants: The UK's ghost walks are spookily good fun
- Glamour and drama at every turn: Lucy Cavendish takes an eye-opening tour of the Stratford canals
- Vegan tattoo parlours, £1,000 sushi dinners and no-carb plates for kids: How to do LA the Gwyneth Paltrow way
- Sir Richard Branson launches search for the boy who inspired Virgin Galactic... in a 1988 phone-in to TV show Going Live!
- Spectacular video showing a huge cloud engulfing Alicante beach prompts fears of a fire in the city
- Leave the iPad behind! Tech savvy children still favour 'traditional' activities on holiday
- The 'Professional Instagrammer' and the stunning travel pictures that kick-started her social media career
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Win tickets to the Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen as well as flights and a hotel stay for two!
- Shared rooms, sirens and survival drills... The £1m hotel offering guests offshore OIL RIG training
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It's got to be purrfect: The luxury hotel for cats fitted with webcams for owners who can't bear to apart from their four-legged friends
- The real Ministry of Silly Walks: Pranksters recreate iconic Monty Python sketch with improvised street sign in Norwegian town
- Living on the edge! Photographer perches on cliffs and skyscrapers around the world for extreme self-portraits
- Andy Murray's new Cromlix Hotel investigated after five-star reviews appear on TripAdvisor BEFORE official opening
- Camera with a view: Cafe in South Korean countryside is shaped like a vintage Rolleiflex
- Top 10 hotel perks: Holidaymakers vote with their stomachs as free hotel breakfast is considered more desirable than free wifi
- Flights without a twist: High prices squeeze LIMES off airlines' on-board drinks menu
- Tanks, what tanks? Crimean tourism minister claims country is ready for six million tourists this year
- London vs Paris: The infographic that puts the two capitals head-to-head in their battle for supremacy
- A capital city! London is crowned the top destination in the UK (and the third best in the world)
- Bad taste: New York bar names drink after missing plane MH370
- Brazil airports won't be ready in time for World Cup as experts warn travellers to expect delays and chaotic scenes
- Millions of holidaymakers can't be wrong! New York crowned best destination in US (but Florida falls five places in top 10 list)
- Disunited states of Europe: Satirical maps which show the continent divided by coffee drinking, love of potatoes, beer and weather
- Heartbreak hotels: Inside the luxury holidays the A-list take after a break-up
- From Japan's Spa Land, to the Las Vegas strip: The 50 most-visited tourist attractions in the world revealed
- Flying high! Photographer captures eight hours of take-offs at LAX airport in ONE stunning image
- The best 100 restaurants in the world revealed - and Heston Blumenthal gets mentioned twice!
- How many have you been to? The colour-coded map that shows the most popular countries in the world for holidays
- The Gwyneth and Chris effect: 40% of Brits admit to holidaying with an ex (and 38% prolong relationships to avoid cancelling a break)
- Ireland urges Game of Thrones fans to visit with special set locations map and promises it 'won't cost an arm or a head'
- Do they serve porridge? Restaurant run by inmates inside HMP Brixton opens to public
- Frozen in time... on one hand: Dancer snapped doing handstands in front of Paris landmarks becomes Instagram sensation
- 'Australia has everything ... except you': Heartwarming moment British grandparents find out they are the focus of emotional BA campaign to reunite expats
- Queen of Candy Land! Sweet-themed Katy Perry waxwork unveiled at Madame Tussauds for Easter
- Taking the plunge: Florida hotel launches 'mermaid wedding packages'... complete with 'his and hers' tails
- 'I'm going on a working holiday with the National Trust': How to have a great break on the cheap
- Tiny Sydney! Stunning time-lapse video shows Australian city's top tourist attractions - in MINIATURE
- My idle isle: Jane Horrocks is happy doing nothing on a fine family escape to Menorca
- Is THIS the best job in the world? Californian who gets paid $93,000 to skydive, abseil and hang out with famous faces to promote Australia
- Grab the sunbeds early! How sunbathing in the morning helps you to lose weight on holiday, say scientists
- Ever wanted to use the same diving board as Tom Daley? Now you can as London's Olympic Park officially opens to the public
- Get it covered! The six things you need to know when buying travel insurance
- Visitors flock to see glowing blue lights along Chinese coastline which sparked radiation alert... but was actually caused by tiny animals known as sea sparkle
- British Museum reclaims title of second most popular cultural institution in the world as London scoops three spots in the top 10
- Ask Frank: Where can I find a solo tour of China? The Mail On Sunday's Travel Editor helps a reader who wants to venture to China - without her husband.
- Slowing down to Kerala time: Monty Don finds inner peace on an Indian yoga breakIndia
- Forget the no make-up selfie! Half of women admit to going bare-faced on holiday
- Get me out of the mud! Pop-up hotel to offer showers and beds for Glastonbury goers
- On your bike! Man attempts toughest cycling routes in Europe on a PENNY FARTHING
- British beaches could now have lethal riptides following winter storms and 100mph winds, warns the RNLI
- 'What happens over Vegas, stays over Vegas': Love Cloud promises discreet Mile High Club flights above Sin City
- Cliff-top roads, busy cities and drivers who lean on their horns - no wonder Britons voted Italy the worst place to drive abroad
- Art or awful? The view from the top of the ArcelorMittal Orbit, London's new attraction
- North Korea invites foreign tourists to take part in Pyongyang marathon for the first time - and holiday companies are inundated
- Mexico's 'lost' city: Inside the surreal jungle gardens created by an eccentric Englishman as an elaborate joke
- Cramped travel, bad hotel breakfasts and passport control gripes - how holidays haven't changed since the Victorian era