Did your New Year’s resolution involve getting fit? How’s your resolve? Lockdown doesn’t make it easy and you may be struggling to get active. We spoke to the experts at Shakti Himalaya who outline 7 ways to keep fit when you’re stuck indoors. Their tips go beyond standard home workout ideas and expand on daily activities you…
COVID: Saga vaccine policy – customers told no jab, no go
Saga Holidays, a travel company that specialises in holidays for the over 50s, says customers will have to prove they have had both doses of the Covid vaccine at least two weeks before their holiday. The firm introduced this policy after a survey of 2,000 customers revealed that they were in favour of compulsory vaccinations…
Best Places to Play Padel in Barcelona
When you’re in a park in Barcelona, you will quickly notice just how many people are staying active, either with running or working out. The city is obsessed with it. Over the years, the local councils and governing bodies have put a lot of money into ensuring that people can quench their thirst for exercise…
Christmas and New Year in Barcelona
Christmas is celebrated in its own unique way all across the world, with countless different traditions and cultures celebrating the festive season in its own special way. Christmas and new year are one of the best times of year to visit Barcelona. From fireworks to Christmas markets, there is always something to get up to…
Enjoy a Relaxing Beer Spa Experience in the Czech Republic
If you happen to be travelling to the Czech Republic, you have to try the beer spa experience. Did you say beer and Spa in the same sentence you ask? Surely you mean enjoying a relaxing beer whilst at a spa? After all, this is the Czech Republic we’re talking about here. In the Czech Republic, it’s…
Useful Things to Know Before You Travel to China
Travelling to China can be a rather memorable experience. It’s a destination that feels like you’re travelling to a whole other planet. Whenever I get asked, have I travelled to China, I’m always reluctant to say yes. I have a love/hate relationship with visiting China as it’s not a comfortable place to travel around. But please, don’t let…
Reasons to Visit Yellowstone National Park in Winter
Home to a great collection of geothermal features, an abundance of wildlife, the most spectacular views and a thick blanket of snow – Yellowstone National Park in winter is an adventurer’s dream. Plus, there’s less visitors – so you get to experience the true beauty of the park without the crowds! So, if you’re brave…
Coronavirus – Are Travel Restrictions Ridiculous or Useful During Covid?
Why does the tourism industry and the politicians struggle with allowing consumers to travel during Covid times? I’ve seen many strange regulations over the past few months. Quite a few restrictions made me frustrated, as I feel it can be possible to let people travel safely, as long as general infection numbers remain low. There…
Covid: UK closes all travel corridors until at least 15 February
Britain’s travel corridors have been steadily reducing over the last year. These corridors were created to allow arrivals into Britain from countries on that list to enter the UK without the need to self-isolate. Today, Monday, January 18, Boris Johnson has suspended all of Britain’s quarantine-free travel corridors because of mounting concern about new coronavirus variants.…
To read, to see, per chance to dream – the power of travel inspiration
In a pandemic world where travel is at a standstill, where destinations are bereft of tourists, where airlines have had their wings clipped and seafaring vessels have been forced to remain on their lees, travellers and those of us that write about travel are potentially left twiddling our collective thumbs. We the mere holiday-going mortals…
