A century later and the overgrowth has barely covered the trenches and craters on the Western Front from the Battle of the Somme. They are now vividly clear in drone footage. Fields across a swathe of northern France became home to soldiers from Britain and the Commonwealth, France and Germany as they faced off across the front in the summer of 1916. Today grass covers the Lochnagar Crater, a dent in the earth that spans 91 meters (299 feet) wide and 21 meters (69 feet) deep. It's a huge, unusual peace memorial near the French town of Ovillers-la-Boisselle.

Accommodation in New York city is notoriously expensive, with average nightly rates being in the hundreds. But one quirky rental, located within 10 minutes of Times Square, is offering guests 'exceptional views of the city' for just $39 (£29) a night. The only catch is that it's inside a renovated taxi - and there's no shower facility.

Russian trio Ivan Kuznetsov, 22, Alihan, 20, and Ivan Semenov, 24, who operated the drone, showed no fear earlier this month when they took on the 985ft-tall structure. But they had to be cunning with their delivery to avoid being caught by tower security in Paris. And incredibly, the three thrillseekers did not wear any safety equipment, despite the weather being windy, raining and foggy.

A stunning sun-kissed home that 'floats' has been put up for sale with the hefty price tag of £3.7million. The luxurious five-bedroom architectural marvel, which has already sealed a catalogue of awards from global publications, commands wonderful views of the village of Praia da Luz on the Algarve coastline in Portugal. Its unique location means that the architects were able to use the contours of the land to create the impression of a single-level property lying unsupported on the hillside.

A flight from Malaga (main) to Liverpool (inset) might take around three hours but this stunning time-lapse video has captured the journey in just two minutes. The condensed footage of the 1,154mile journey shows the incredible differences between the landscape and climate of the two cities. When the journey begins in Malaga, the sun is shining over the sea, but by the time the plane reaches Liverpool, the clouds look like they are gathered for rain.

Marbella - or 'Marbs' as it's affectionately known by the TOWIE crowd - is a far cry from what the ITV reality show would have viewers believe - well, it is out of season, anyway, writes MailOnline Travel's Carol Driver. She checked in to the Puente Romano, a five-star resort boasting a Six Senses Spa - just a 30-minute drive from Malaga airport - for the three-night Discover Yoga programme. It's a combination of Hatha yoga, meditation and breathing techniques and treatments including a signature massage and facial, and promises to leave us destressed and reconnected. Pictured clockwise from top left: treatment room; one of the swimming pools; the world-famous tennis court; the lush gardens; and an exterior shot of one of the rooms.

During the golden age of flying, airline passengers looked pristine, oozing with the glamour of silver screen icons. Ladies wore expensive pearl necklaces and dresses, men Italian suits (top left) and even children, were clad in formal wear such as bow ties (inset). There were smoking lounges (bottom right) and travellers had plenty of legroom and space to unwind (bottom left). This collection of colour images offers a glimpse at the halcyon days of 1950s air travel.

Lantern and Larks combines the best bits of camping (switching off from the real world and enjoying the outdoors) without the worst bits (bickering while you try to put up the tent and huddling under a leaking roof) finds MailOnline Travel's Charlotte Gill and family. The spacious, three bedroom tent has no electricity and is located on a tranquil farm in Somerset.

Mail on Sunday's Frank Barrett sailed with Viking Cruises (top right) from Stockholm to Bergen. The ships are more like elegant urban members' clubs (left) than chintzy hotels - the default design for bigger cruise ships. Along the way, he immersed himself in the fjords of Norway (bottom right) and explored the enormous Hermitage museum.

Embarrassed men and women have been sharing their family photos online that highlight awkward and even disastrous holidays near water spots like lakes, pools and the coast. They include sons forgetting swimwear (left) mums falling overboard (top right) and awkward pose arrangements (bottom right).

Eurostar passengers were forced to endure an 8 hour delay, stranded near Fresnoy, France yesterday after the train they were travelling on experienced a 'technical issue'. Travellers of all ages were asked to climb on to the tracks to board a replacement train to complete their journey, which arrived in Paris at 8.30pm - 11 hours after they had set off from London. Outraged holidaymakers have slammed the train company for a 'severe' lack of communication during their ordeal, claiming that the train 'ran out of food and water' and that 'staff onboard had been as kept in the dark as the passengers'.

MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill stays at Mara Plains, a luxury safari camp in Kenya's Masai Mara that specialises in making its guests feel like they're kings and queens of the savannah. It's like being on a lavish 19th-century expedition, with furniture throughout made from upcycled old travel trunks and palatial tents that feature deep standalone copper baths, walk-in showers and king-sized beds. Guests are also treated to private breakfasts and sundowners on the plains.

Are you feeling left out after missing popular events like Glastonbury this weekend? Well, it's not too late to get squeeze some festival action into your summer. Cties around the world are hosting quirky festivals that could see you swaying your hips to live jazz (inset) in New Orleans (top right), sampling wine in Rudesheim (bottom left), checking out art in Rotterdam (bottom right) or whooping over the cowboys in Calgary (top left).

Set up by luxury hospitality boss turned military fitness boot camp manager Kate Whale in March 2016, The Body Camp is set in the stunning Can Batista villa, offering spectacular views of northern Ibiza. The White Isle's new luxury holistic lifestyle transformation retreat has become the go-to retreat for the celebrity fitness crowd, with the likes of Millie Mackintosh, Caroline Flack and Rochelle Humes all fans.

Steven Schneider, from Georgia, was the only person on a flight to Atlanta. He realised this after seeing no queue at his boarding gate in New Orleans airport on Tuesday. In the pictures below, Schneider, posing with a member of cabin crew, demonstrates the rows of empty seats behind him on the flight.

Nostalgic pictures of the German designed, Swiss-built Dornier Do-X aircraft, which was the epitome of luxury in the 1920s. It was part-boat, part-plane and could travel through the air and seas. Pictured (far left) passengers enjoyed the comfortable seating and service of the craft, while it landed in the Hudson River (centre left), it prepared to take off with 170 passengers onboard (top right) and flew low above the sea (bottom right).