Day 1 – Discovering Oslo on Foot We kicked off our first full day in Oslo with a three-hour walking tour, organised by GRJ, which proved to be a great introduction to the city. With our [...]

Explora Journeys has announced its new Winter 2027/28 Journeys Collection, running from September 2027 to May 2028. The programme introduces brand-new destinations, extended itineraries, and the [...]

The travel industry is ever evolving and reflects who we are as people, as a community and as a nation. We saw the growth of mass tourism to the Costa’s in the 70’s, low-cost long-haul travel in [...]

The final port on my short Explora Journeys mini-cruise up the Adriatic was somewhere I have wanted to go for a while. The Croatian port of Rovinj in Istria, the most northern region of Croatia, [...]

With high-profile neighbours, you might not of heard of Zadar. It might even surprise you that there is a direct flight from Luton to the city, with easyJet during the summer, and there are a [...]

The starting point for my Explora Journeys cruise was the southern Italian port city of Bari. As one of two major entry points to the Puglia region (along with Brindisi), Bari is somewhat [...]

Even for a small ship, there is still a huge amount going on aboard an Explora Journeys ship. This is taken from mid-cruise in July, when we had half a sea day, and the afternoon in Zadar to give [...]

Explora I is the first ship from Explora Journeys, a new take on modern luxury cruising that sits alongside names like Silversea, Regent Seven Seas and Crystal. But from the moment you step [...]

Over the next couple of years, the way we enter and travel to Europe is going to change, and the first part of that change will start this Autumn. As background, when the country decided to leave [...]

Last week, I spent a few days onboard a new ‘cruise line’ for us, Explora Journeys, on a ‘journey’ from Bari in Puglia to Venice. Born from the heritage of the MSC Group, and that shouldn’t be [...]

This winter, we have a new destination to look forward to, with British Airways serving the Moroccan capital of Rabat, in addition to Agadir and Marrakech. As the capital of Morocco, Rabat often [...]

After a long day on the railways, we arrived in beautiful Lenk. This isn’t really an area where many British travellers venture, many of whom head to nearby Gstaad or Wengen – having [...]

Ikos’s newest resort, Kissamos in Western Crete, will be on sale this Wednesday, July 2, for reservations in 2026. The brand-new hotel is located to the west of the beautiful city of Chania [...]

NOEL EDMOND’S KIWI ADVENTURE Friday 27 June, iTV, 9pm A bout of bad weather is putting increasing pressure on the viability of Noel and Liz’s River Haven business as numbers are down [...]

After our couple of nights at the lovely Waldhaus Sils, it was an early morning start to catch my highlight of the trip – the iconic Glacier Express. This, one of the most famous scenic [...]

Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges Wednesday 25 June 2025 BBC1  In a powerful new one-hour BBC documentary, Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges, the journalist and presenter travels to Northern India to [...]

I’ve just returned from five truly memorable days in Switzerland with Kirker Holidays, exploring some of the most iconic rail journeys in the world and staying in two contrasting yet equally [...]

easyJet has announced a raft of new routes from the UK for this winter, including a number of returning services (especially from Gatwick), with a key focus on Christmas Markets and skiing/winter [...]

This summer is our ‘Summer of Cruise’, and we are sampling every style of ocean cruise available. In the last Journal, we talked about our experience onboard the SeaDream II, a [...]

  SICILY: JEWEL OF THE MED Friday 6 June, Channel 5, 7pm Cameras focus on the largest island in the Mediterranean, home to volcano Mount Etna and stunning coastlines. Steeped in history, as [...]

JOANNA LUMLEY’S DANUBE Friday 6 June 2025, iTV, 9pm Joanna Lumley’s journey along the Danube reaches its final chapter in Romania — a land of soaring mountains, deep mythology and some of [...]

Last week, I was one of a select group of travel agents who were invited onboard SeaDream’s Sea Dream 2 whilst it was docked in London for a few days. For those who don’t know about [...]

JOANNA LUMLEY’S DANUBE Friday 30 May 2025, iTV, 9pm In Episode Two of her Danube adventure, Joanna Lumley journeys deeper into the heart of Eastern Europe, uncovering the rich geography and [...]

There’s a bumper crop of travel-themed television shows this week, and not always at prime time or on the main five channels. Gary Barlow’s food tour of Australia continues in [...]

In his new three-part series Scandinavia with Simon Reeve, the ever-curious broadcaster swaps equators for icy edges, venturing across a region many Brits think they already understand – [...]