Caroline Eden has made Edinburgh her home since 2014 Food Bacco is an Italian deli and wine bar on Dundas Street that’s popular with New Town locals but off the tourist trail. It’s run by young Italians, who offer a simple but pleasing menu of good wines, cured meats and …
Read More »Germany tightens restrictions on travel from UK to curb Omicron spread
Germany is tightening restrictions on travel from the UK in an attempt to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, the country’s public health authority said on Saturday. From midnight on Sunday – or 11pm UK time – carriers such as airlines are banned from transporting British tourists to Germany. …
Read More »‘It began, like all the best travel discoveries, by chance’: 21 writers on their finds of 2021
Sandy beaches and a lively buzz, Sicily I spent September travelling around Sicily alone, mostly on foot, and I wanted to flop on a beach before going home. I settled on Cefalù on the north coast, because of its rare combination of sandy beach and medieval town – and it …
Read More »Pedals at dawn: an early morning gravel bike ride in the New Forest
We meet in the forest in the dark. Though dawn is breaking, the evergreen trees all around us, a mix of old-growth conifers, giant redwoods and Douglas firs, are so tall and dense that they steadfastly block out the light. Getting out of bed early to exercise in winter is …
Read More »PCR travel tests need better policing, warns ex-watchdog boss Andrew Tyrie
Poor service from suppliers of PCR travel tests is “an issue of national significance”, and regulators are not doing enough to police hundreds of new businesses that have moved into the market, the former competition boss Andrew Tyrie has said. In an interview with the Guardian, Lord Tyrie, who was …
Read More »What does France’s travel ban mean for UK holiday plans?
France has banned all non-essential travel from the UK, starting on Friday night. We explain what it means if you have planned to visit over the festive period. What’s happening? All tourist travel from the UK to France is off until further notice. The ban takes effect at 11pm UK …
Read More »‘A fabulous walk and a cheery drink’: readers’ favourite UK Christmas activities
Winning tip: Load up the rucksacks, Cumbria Our local Christmas walk is an amble up Arnside Knott, to meet our friends and neighbours, rucksacks laden with bubbly and nibbles. Hopefully someone brings a guitar to add to the cheer. The spectacular views over Morecambe Bay, the Lakes and the Dales …
Read More »France to tighten Covid restrictions on travel from Omicron-hit UK
France is to tighten restrictions on travel from Britain to slow the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 that is causing record numbers of cases on the other side of the Channel, the French government has said. “We will put in place a system of controls drastically tighter than …
Read More »Estonia in winter: into the wilds by canoe and ‘bog shoe’
Ahead, the jellied earth sways. As I approach a natural pool at the edge of a wide, wild expanse in central Estonia, the bog feels untrustworthy, if not quite menacing. This far into the Soomaa national park, the ground is so unsure of itself that even trees have given up. …
Read More »Rooms for improvement: new pods pep up an unsung Somerset coastal town
On a fine weekend evening, locals gather at the harbour in Watchet, west Somerset. Town crier David Milton, dressed in a gilt-trimmed green jacket and tricorn hat, leads the singing: lusty accounts of drunken and lovelorn sailors and maritime glories past. Kids bob on parents’ shoulders and seagulls cast figures-of-eight …
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