We thought we’d share our 25 most popular travel posts of 2025 if you’re looking for inspiration for your travels in 2026. These are the travel stories, guides and itineraries that readers clicked on most over the last 12 months, and they include everything from the best hotels for Sydney’s fireworks, the most visited travel … Read more
These are the best Christmas markets in Europe for sipping warming glühwein and munching on kartoffelpuffers (potato cakes), for shopping for artisanal Christmas gifts – from old-fashioned, handcrafted, wooden children’s toys to hand-knit woollen scarfs, mittens and beanies – for buying homemade edible souvenirs, such as Christmas cakes, biscuits, honey, and preserves, and for gawking … Read more
The best Sydney hotels for New Years Eve fireworks are hotels with harbour views. A hotel room with harbour vistas is your best bet for seeing Sydney’s fireworks on New Years Eve. The best vantage points on Sydney’s harbour foreshore get packed and alcohol is prohibited or only available for sale (no BYO) at many … Read more
The Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos fiesta is underway in Mexico and the Mexican diaspora. Imbued with many rituals and ceremonies, it’s a fiesta to celebrate life not death, and the lives of long-gone beloved ancestors. For those of us in other parts of the world, it’s as good an excuse … Read more
Is it safe to travel to Thailand and Cambodia is what travellers heading to Southeast Asia for the upcoming tourist high season are asking. Yes, it is, with a new ceasefire in place, and as long as you don’t travel within 50 kms of the Thailand-Cambodia border, the location of recent conflict, for now. The … Read more