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• 'It was like Pompeii': British family recount moment they were forced to evacuate Spanish holiday apartment as raging forest fire approached
• Hotel in deepest, darkest Peru offers guests the chance to meet real Paddington Bear - but experts warn he's in danger of extinction
• Forget the iPad, pack the Play-Doh: The top toys to take on a plane revealed... as parents admit their main travel concern is keeping children entertained
• Kenya warns its citizens to avoid travelling through Heathrow Airport, after British holidaymakers advised to leave popular coastal area of Lamu
• 'I could have died': Holidaymaker suffers facial injuries after trapdoor fails to open on 110ft-high Vertigo waterslide in Benidorm
• Cops use Taser on drunk man who led them on a 30-minute chase round Legoland water park and told them his name was Pterodactyl
• Sacre bleu! France forced to launch 'homemade' logo for restaurants in bid to combat declining culinary standards
• Bye, bye boardies! Swimwear sales show 242% more men going for Daniel Craig-style briefs as women ditch itsy bitsy bikinis for retro high-waist beach styles
• £43,000 for a flight across the Atlantic is a 'dream come true'! English IT entrepreneur wins auction for place on historic Lancaster Bomber trip 
• Take me to your lido! The great British tradition of outdoor swimming pools is alive and well... and they make a great day out
• Clark Gable, Jack Kerouac, Simon and Garfunkel... they all found America with Greyhound, the iconic bus company marking 100 years
• See the Rock in style! Sunborn's new £120million 'yotel' (or yacht hotel) brings a touch of five-star class to Gibraltar
• Barcelona as you've never seen it! British photographer uses 26,014 images to create two-minute 'flow-motion' video masterpiece
• Summer in Shandong Province! Thousands pack onto the beach in Chinese city of Qingdao as temperatures soar into the thirties (but they're not out for a tan)
• New York-bound Delta Air Lines flight makes emergency landing at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion amid Hamas bomb threats on Israel airport
• World's most stylish tree house! Designers' three-storey glass creation is super chic (but it's not brilliant for hide and seek)
• Costa Brava without the crowds! See the real Spain from the seat of a bicycle without a tourist in sight
• Death of the travel agent? 75% of Brits now buy flights online 'because it's cheaper' and half book a holiday in just 30 MINUTES
• See the Rock in style! Sunborn's new £120million 'yotel' (or yacht hotel) brings a touch of five-star class to Gibraltar
• From The Beatles at Abbey Road to Oasis in Soho: Music fan superimposes iconic album covers over street scenes where they were photographed
• One giant leap... to New Mexico: Virgin Galactic unveils hotel partner for space tourists (and it's out of this world!)
• 'A tragedy waiting to happen': Police warn against tomb-stoning craze after reports of daredevils jumping off 30ft pier in Dorset
• 'I feel like hell but glad to be alive': British man recounts terrifying moment he was almost crushed by bulls at Spanish festival
• Iguanas on a plane! Endangered reptiles are so rare they were upgraded to fly home to Bahamas in plane CABIN after being smuggled into the UK in socks
• It was worth the wait! Photographer spends eight hours a night in the snow to capture jaw-dropping images of Northern Lights
• 'Drunk man abused passengers and cabin crew' on board Virgin Australia flight to Perth forcing pilot to return to Sydney
• Kissing snaps, 'duck face' pouts and sandy toes: The selfies we love to snap on holiday (but just 6% dare take a Kim-style 'belfie')
• A third of Brits sneak teabags into their holiday luggage but sleeping in our own bed is what we miss the most while away
• The green on the blue! World's only floating golf course that sits in the middle of a lake... and can only be reached by BOAT
• From jellyfish-infested waters to bright pink pools, the world's strangest lakes revealed (but would you dare to take a dip?)
• Are they ready for it? Most hated budget airline in the US to give 8,000 air miles to EVERY unhappy passenger who moans about it on social media
• Palaces, castles, mansions ... Photographer travels for two years capturing the decaying but grand abandoned buildings of Europe
• A real bird's eye view! Welcome to 'parahawking', the quirky sport that allows you to soar through the sky with VULTURES
• Auf wiedersehen! Flight searches from UK to Germany up 300 PER CENT as football fans jet off to watch World Cup final
• Flushed with success! Toilet tour of London offers holidaymakers a guide to city's quirkiest WCs (but you might not get a seat)
• 'Run Jason!': Shocking video captures heart-stopping moment young boy is chased by angry bison in Yellowstone National Park
• Set sail like a star! Yacht that hosted Sir Paul McCartney and Elizabeth Taylor now up for holiday charter (but it'll set you back £127,000 a week)
• One in 10 holidaymakers admits forgetting their passport when going abroad (with more men than women leaving ID behind)
• Half of women pack their partner's holiday suitcase ... with 7% choosing clothes for them as well (in attempt to avoid embarrassing outfit choices)
• At least it's getting shorter! Harry Potter fans queue for five hours.... after seven-hour wait on day one at Diagon Alley (but fans say it's worth it)
• A third of holidaymakers feel threatened into buying extra insurance from car rental desks ... with fears of losing £1,500 in excess charges
• Would YOU want to land here? China flattens mountain for £80m airport with nail-bitingly terrifying runway ... 2,000ft above sea level
• And the most popular tourist city in the world is .... London tops prestigious visitor poll ahead of Paris, New York and Beijing
• World's most expensive city for airport taxis revealed - and it isn't London or New York
• Stepping out of the shadows in splendid South Africa: How jubilant Johannesburg is joining Cape Town as an A-list metropolis
• 'We will help you get absolutely s*** faced': Now Barcelona cracks down on drunk tourism with bid to ban booze cruises offering unlimited beer and sangria
• 'It will revoluntionise the way we holiday': From on board skydiving to a 300ft-high observation pod, Royal Caribbean unveils virtual tour of 'world's most futuristic ship'
• The Grand Canyon at its grandest: Beautiful images of waterfalls and hidden corners in Arizona's most celebrated natural landmark
• Holidaymaker offered SIX STAMPS as compensation after Royal Mail loses his passport forcing him to cut holiday short and spend £500 on new flight
• 'Get ready to board now': easyJet to send passengers 'helpful' texts about when to open passports to avoid delays at airport
• All flights suspended from Brisbane airport after woman drives CAR through fence on to runway in major security breach
• Virgin Atlantic pays £47,000 compensation to passengers who set up Facebook group to complain about 26-HOUR flight delay
• No need to worry about drinking and driving! Dutch hotel offers beds in giant WINE BARRELS (and it throws in a bottle for free)
• Marco Pierre White: 'I didn't set foot abroad for 30 years but now I love to sail the seas - as long as I can take some HP sauce along with me'
• Just don't ask me to swim with fish! Actress Lisa Maxwell has the trip of a lifetime at the five-star Dinarobin resort in Mauritius
• On the Tour de France route: Max Wooldridge joins a group of Australian cyclists in Provence before heading to Mont Ventoux to watch the professionals fly past
• 'You're sleeping on three months of other guests': Three-star hotel chain's cleaning schedule leaked (revealing mattresses are only washed every THREE MONTHS)
• The Pompeii of the North: Tables laid for breakfast and clothes neatly folded... new museum shows cottages frozen in time by Icelandic volcano that devastated an island
• Bahamas beach from THAT Daniel Craig Bond scene 'under threat' from fashion tycoon Peter Nygard... who plans to build anti-aging research centre on the coast
• After shocking Magaluf video, Blackpool tourism bosses ban Geordie Shore cameras from filming wild nights out in seaside town
• Mind your heads! F16 fighter jet lands dangerously close to plane spotters during display at RAF Waddington Airshow
• Seconds away from disaster: Dramatic moment two planes almost collide on runway at Barcelona airport caught on video
• Ban on term-time family holidays is 'hurting' British tourism, claim Cornish businesses... as hotel group goes into administration
• Sex acts in public, drunken orgies and 'causing carnage' ... what really happens at 'out-of-control' parties run by Magaluf company involved in THAT shocking video
• Day three at 7.30pm ... Brits reveal the precise moment they begin to switch off while on holiday (but 5% admit to CRYING the day they have to return home)
• All aboard! Ferrari designer unveils plans for new £30m ultra-luxury train in Japan ... with glass walls and high-end bedroom suites
• Turtle in a hamburger, guns inside Mickey Mouse and a corpse wearing sunglasses ... the five most bizarre items passengers have tried to smuggle on planes revealed
• The British Riviera! Wild beaches and warm people abound on a break to the Isle of Man
• Diabetic mother trapped in hotel lift for THREE HOURS awarded £300 payout ... and survived by having Rich Tea biscuits slipped through the door
• Holiday like an A-lister on the cheap! Luxury private Thailand resort where Kim Kardashian stayed auctions breaks for charity (at 70% less than she paid)
• The year of Sarajevo: War history tours are the best-selling excursions, but life has changed for the Bosnian capital
• Make mine a schooner! New infographic reveals Aussies spend the most money on beer in the world ... but pints are cheapest in Ukraine
• 'We urge people to hang up': Bogus holiday offer warning as scammers target airline customers with promise of credit for flights
• Fly under water! The hand held fin that lets you swim like a dolphin while being dragged behind a SPEEDBOAT (just don't forget to come up for air)
• Tidal traffic lights! Sully Island installs warning to stop daytrippers getting stranded in Bristol Channel ... half a mile from land
• Wigwam village that will never blow away as it's made of CONCRETE (but don't worry, you can still use the wifi)
• Making hay while the sun shines! Barn hotel offers guests the chance to sleep on straw bales for the ultimate rustic experience
• 'It objectified women': Air New Zealand safety video featuring bikini-clad models dropped after thousands sign petition calling it sexist
• For sale: Stunning 200-acre Mediterranean island goes on the market for £1.2m... complete with its own Roman ruins
• British Airways forced to make emergency landing at Heathrow after 'burning smell' in cockpit
• Is this the end of elbow wars on planes? Device wraps around passengers' arms to create a portable rest ... meaning no more mile-high fights
• The ultimate selfie tour! 3G-enabled cars launch in South Africa so holidaymakers can take photos and share them online instantly
• 'Mickey Mouse treats us like we're crazy': Disability charity takes Disneyland to court for 'institutional discrimination'
• Houseplant Hotel! Charlie Dimmock launches flower-sitting service after 43% of Brits admit to returning from holiday to find shrubs dying
• Sunbathing topless, skinny dipping and getting a tattoo: 60% of Brits admit to daredevil behaviour on holiday (including things they would NEVER do at home)
• 'God knows where my picture has ended up': Investigation under way after newlywed issued passport with WRONG woman's photo
• Best views from the cockpit! Pilots reveal their top 10 airport approaches (and the London skyline scoops second place)
• Pilot arrested for indecent exposure after stripping down to his pants in front of passengers in protest over airport security
• It's not a mirage! Secret swimming pool hidden in the Mojave Desert ... but travellers need to crack GPS coordinates to find it
• 'Wearing bikinis can attract sexual attacks': Indian minister tells tourists to cover up on Goa beaches... and avoid going to bars
• 'It sickens me': Gemma Atkinson hits out at the Pamplona bull run - and the tourists who take part in the notorious Spanish fiesta
• Return To Sender! Graceland may remove two tourist attraction aeroplanes once owned by Elvis Presley (leaving fans All Shook Up)
• Cristiano Ronaldo and Joey Essex set the trend as research shows men are more concerned with a holiday tan than women
• 'Everything in Dubai is the best of the best!' TOWIE star Lydia Bright reveals her top five favourite hangouts in celeb holiday hotspot
• 'What happens in Magaluf, stays in Magaluf': The Wanted's Tom Parker designs hilarious clothing range for summer tourists
• From Iran to Timbuktu: Elderly couple travel around the world to spread the word about their favourite football team
• Spotting the Northern Lights tops bucket list of things to see before you die (and the Niagara Falls and Egyptian Pyramids make the top five too)
• Orient Excess: TOM MANGOLD boards an Art Deco train that takes you from Bangkok to Singapore - and gives you lots to boast about
• A little piece of heaven: Glyndebourne is right up there with 'the finest things God ever made'
• Is this America's most patriotic tourist? Holidaymaker creates video of himself visiting all 50 US states to wave the Stars and Stripes
• Packing light! One-fifth of travellers only fly with hand luggage for a two week break (but a third get fined because it's too heavy)
• Flight tickets 'to rise by £5' per passenger - to make up for the compensation airlines have to pay out to delayed tourists
• Boozy Brits abroad: Half of us drink every day on holiday, while a third admit they make a start in the DEPARTURE LOUNGE
• Vodka with a twist of Louis Vuitton? World's first perfume bar invites guests to match their cocktail to their favourite SCENT
• At least you won't hear the people next door through the walls: The no-frills Chinese hotel made out of an OLD CONCRETE PIPE
• The world's top tippers? Americans and Germans lead the way, with just a quarter of Britons leaving a gratuity (but that's better than the French and Italians)
• Muddy hell! Hotel searches soar by 92% after rainy Glastonbury forecast (and 2% admit they will lie and say they camped)
• The world's most powerful passports: Infographic reveals which nations have the best access to the world (clue - Britain trumps US Canada and Australia)
• Lighting up the skies! Amazing video shows mind-bloggling extent of air travel between Europe and North America in 24-hour period
• In the footsteps of the Starks: Game of Thrones super fan visits ALL the series' film locations (and manages to keep her head!)
• Our perfect holiday includes six Facebook updates, four Tweets and four Instagram snaps (and we want seven 'likes' in return)
• Istanbul in the flow lane: Jason Goodwin heads out on to the Bosphorus to get the best view of the city's awe-inspiring sights
• A woozy weekend with a Tuscan temptress Florence is a place for gentle strolling, loafing in gardens and very very long lunches, says Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
• Mrs Brown's Boys D'exhibition: Dublin museum opens special display, where you can try on Agnes Brown's clothes and see the set from the hit show
• A squiffy kangaroo, a snacking giraffe and a surfing gentoo: Just some of the sensational entries to the National Geographic competition. Could you do better?
• Andy Murray's hotel selling alcohol at six times its retail value (and the top wine is £800 CHEAPER at London's Berkeley)
• Now that's a flying visit! The £12 zipline that whisks you from Spain to Portugal at 50mph (and transports you one hour back in time)
• Want to see what Hell looks like? The burning crater that is set to become Turkmenistan's hottest tourist destination (thanks to a blunder by Soviet scientists)
• As The Only Way Is Marbs returns to our screens, Lauren Pope reveals her ultimate guide to the popular Spanish beach resort
• Is he auditioning for Planet of the Apes? Cheeky monkey grabs tourist's phone slaps his girlfriend then turns camera on himself to film a selfie
• Passenger sues BA after booking flights to historic Granada, in Spain, and ending up 4,000 miles away in Grenada, the Caribbean
• The Tenthouse Suite! Inside Glastonbury's lavish pop-up hotel... complete with spa and butler service (but you'll need £8,950 if you want the true VIP treatment)
• 'There were too many pebbles on the beach!': Holiday company reveals its most outrageous complaints (and some very bizarre special requests)
• A £1,000 Kim Sears 'Hairover' and tennis fitness lesson at Victoria Beckham's top spa... your guide to the ultimate luxury Wimbledon experience
• The Crafty Traveller: Package holidays are in rude health - Fred Mawer reveals how to make the most of them
• Touring South Africa one sip at a time: Discover a wine-taster's paradise on a gourmet trip to Cape Town and Franschhoek
• Reality TV bites! Remy gets taste of Made In Chelsea and TOWIE as Kimberley Garner and Sam Faiers test new Ratatouille attraction
  at Disneyland Paris
• Lost treasure and a log flume for brave shipmates: Inside Legoland's new Pirate Shores and hotel rooms (Jack Sparrow would want to spend the night)
• Iran and North Korea ARE open to tourists! Here are the world's most intriguing political tours you can go on right now (but be sure to book travel insurance)
• EXCLUSIVE: Best seen from sea - From the Northern Lights to Sydney Harbour, cruise ship captains reveal their favourite destinations
• 'Y'all come back now!' Classic Southern hospitality makes an epic Georgia road trip
  a hot ticket for the
  entire family
• Perfect strangers: The Cotes du Rhone flows
  as adventure and camaraderie await on
  a glorious hotel-barge cruise in France
• Tennis fans smashed! Wimbledon hoteliers hike prices to an average £205-a-night (up from the usual £125) for the Championships
• Inside the most world's most expensive restaurant: Levitating food, light shows and waitresses dressed as air stewardesses - for just £1,250 per head
• Is this Brazil's hottest celebrity hotel? Inside Rio's Fasano, where Coleen Rooney, One Direction and David Beckham have all hit the rooftop infinity pool
• An Inspector Calls: Find a conference hotel with character near Thorpe Park and Heathrow at Runnymede-on-Thames
• The Star Wars effect: Abu Dhabi sees leap in hotel bookings as scenes for hotly anticipated new movie are shot in the desert
• A third of Britain's 'passive passengers' would turn a blind eye to drivers drinking alcohol at the wheel ... and 93% are scared to criticise a partner's road skills
• Heavenly stairs! Amazing mosaics, famous faces and rainbows that make cities smile - see the world's most stunning painted stairways
• Generation Careless: Young British tourists regularly travel without insurance, and think mum, dad and the taxpayer will foot the bill
• Ireland is a dog's best friend: Mabel the pug gets VIP treatment in
  the craggy south-west
• Would you spend a penny there? Couple transform a derelict public toilet block into a trendy ice cream parlour selling homemade gelato and fresh coffee
• British holidaymakers warned about highway thieves in Spain, after more than 120 drivers are targeted near Barcelona
• Heartbreak holidays: One-fifth of Britons book a trip to get over a breakup (and a quarter admit it's to find a new love interest)
• No one to save her bacon! Shock as popular cartoon character Peppa Pig detained at customs and banned from entering the UK
• One green juice diet you probably don't want to try! Shocking video shows tourists sampling fresh frog smoothie in Peru (apparently is boosts sex drive...)
• Investigation under way after 13 planes mysteriously vanish from radars in Europe for 25 MINUTES in 'unprecedented' incident
• The other side of Mykonos: Culture and cuisine on a Greek idyll It has a wild reputation. But Mykonos is also a place where you can relax, says Harry Mount.
• 'Come on boys'! Stuntman shows support for England at the World Cup by leaping out of a plane in St George's Cross wingsuit over Rio beach
• Sailing the dream: Emerald sea, pastel villages nestled amid sheer cliffs, a coastline to die for... it can only be Amalfi
• First families of passengers on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight receive £30,000 in compensation
• The World Cup effect! England football fans flocking to Brazil to watch the beautiful game boosts country's tourism by 240%
• Antiquity, poppies and wine: Cycling around the glorious heartland of Umbria makes for a heady mix (just watch out for the hills!)
• From Times Square to the Empire State Building, New York's most popular tourist attractions captured in stunning time-lapse video
• That's a lot of keepy-uppys! Freestyler films himself playing football in spectacular destinations around the world for TWO YEARS in run up to World Cup
• Luxury mansion that played host to Winston Churchill, Edward and Mrs Simpson and Charlie Chaplin opens as boutique hotel among animals in a safari park
• How to dress like David Gandy or Harry Styles: Designer to the stars to offer celebrity makeovers at five-star hotel
• Pampered generation! Infographic reveals how Millennial travellers are more interested in high-end holiday services than Boomers
• Is this the future for holidays? Expedia now accepts Bitcoin for hotel bookings (but don't throw out your credit card just yet) .
• The edge of reason! Adrenaline junkies take their chances on 8500ft-high 'swing at the end of the world' as volcano ERUPTS
• Can't afford a holiday? New crowdfunding website promises to raise the cash for you (so long as it's 'meaningful travel')
• My holiday with Brad Pitt! Bride-to-be wins Groupon trip of a lifetime to New Orleans to meet her hero (and gets a kiss too)
• The cheapest day for flights? Tomorrow! Passengers told to ignore their Friday the 13th superstition to get the best travel deals
• 'Sickness, vomiting and diarrhoea': £50,000 payout for couple whose dream Caribbean beach wedding turned into a nightmare after bug wipes out seven family members
• At least he's travelling light! American student tours Europe for the summer wearing just a BATHROBE
• Warning to holidaymakers as first case of chikungunya virus confirmed in US Virgin Islands - adding to 135,000 reports in Caribbean
• JFK? Wasn't he a famous sailor? Only 40% of children know the famous names airports are named after (and a third think Gandhi was a Disney character)
• All aboard the loveboat! Singletons have a 14% chance of finding love on a cruise (but you'll need to take your family along too)
• London, Paris and New York top the list of the 10 most expensive city breaks in the world ... while Hanoi is crowned cheapest
• How much of a football fan are YOU? England fans called upon to get a patriotic flag chest wax ahead of the World Cup
• 'Bring back stolen items, no questions asked': Hotels launch amnesty as luggage trolley, patio furniture and cigarette machine among items taken by light-fingered guests
• Off-the-pitch luxury! From beachfront resorts, to mountain retreats, the five-star Brazil hotels where the football teams will be staying for the World Cup revealed
• Too revealing! 98% of women hate partners wearing Speedos on the beach ... while 2% of men say girls should cover up in kaftans
• Perfect sunsets, samba beats and celebrity hotspots: Six things everyone should do in Rio de Janeiro (and not a football in sight)
• From patriotic sunbathers to colourful VW Beetles: Incredible photos capture everyday life in Brazil ahead of the World Cup
• Name and shame! Photos of holidaymakers carrying too much luggage on board flights shared on social media in new campaign
• Selfies at 30,000ft! F-16 pilot takes astonishing GoPro photos in the sky as fighter jets escort Netherlands' first Dreamliner
• Come on in, the water's lovely! The 10 best infinity pools in the world revealed, from clifftop retreats to slick city terraces
• Countryside, a full English, and the Queen: The top 50 favourite things we love about Britain revealed (and even the weather and the BBC get a mention)
• Most expensive cities for a beer revealed: Why you shouldn't drink in London, Oslo or Zurich - but should have a party in Warsaw
• Blurry Florida family holiday photo beats man obscured by leaf and nan doing tequila shot to be crowned world's worst travel snap
• A real Nordic saga in elegant Oslo: Screams, ships and splendid food in Norway's capital
• The beautiful game: Stunning images reveal amazing street art on walls of Rio and Sao Paulo as Brazil prepares for a footballing feast
• Don't roll over! Incredible photos show climbers camping 1,300ft up a sheer rockface (and each 4ft-wide bed holds TWO people!)
• Smile more and don't flash your cash! Italian holiday resort takes out advert to advise Russian tourists on etiquette
• Capital city! Stunning new video reveals London's top 10 most-visited attractions - and the British Museum scoops the top spot
• Holiday like Beckham! Brits can follow in star's footsteps in Brazil on new luxury tour of the Amazon for £4,000 (but sightings of tiny frogs that spooked him not guaranteed)
• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? AirAsia sparks collision fears after it hits a 'nok' (Thai for 'bird' - and the name of a budget airline)
• Have phone, will travel: Luxury Turkish resort advertises for Chief Instagram Officer (whose only job is to snap pictures as they relax in five-star comfort)
• 'Oh, you should go to... Costa Rica'. Latin state is shock winner in list of countries people would recommend to other travellers
• World's cheapest airline flies again! People Express takes to the skies (but this time won't do £89 flights to America or take payments on board)
• Wifi more important than clean hotel and good mattress for Brits on holiday (but a good view ranks top ... so we can tweet it)
• The world's tallest rollercoaster! 55-storey Skyscraper that drops riders at 65mph, and boasts stunning views of Orlando (if you're not too busy screaming)
• Tulum: A hipsters paradise? Beards and model spots are on the up on the Mexican coast, but there's still space to chill next to Cara Delevingne
• Top 100 restaurants in Europe revealed and the UK secures seven spots (but only ONE in the top 50 thanks to Heston Blumenthal)
• Games areas, panoramic windows and seats that harvest body heat to power the cabin: Airbus reveals what flying will be like in 2050
• No more sand in your smartphone! Beach locker that clips on to sunlounger promises to keep holidaymakers' valuables safe