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August 2022

Walt Disney World, Florida. Photo: Deposit

'Disney will definitely take your money' - 7 tips for saving money at Walt Disney World

A trip to Walt Disney World can really add up.

A maiko, or apprentice geisha, walks between teahouses in Gion, Kyoto

The Japan Bucket List: 25 things to do, see and eat on your trip

Sci-fi cityscapes. Perfectly pruned parks. Bullet trains. Samurai castles. Cat cafés. And the food... oh, the food. Velvety sashimi; udon noodles that quiver in your mouth; ramen you’ll remember forever.

A hot-air balloon ride in Kenya with Governors Balloon Safaris

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‘It’s like nowhere I’ve ever seen’ – my bucket-list safari in breathtaking Kenya

Watching The Lion King as a young boy, I longed to see Africa, and now I was just three feet from two majestic lions in the heart of Kenya.

An African elephant crossing the plains of the Serengeti

Safari tips - eight things to know before your holiday of a lifetime

Can you safari on the cheap? Yes. Should you? I don’t think so.

July 2022

Catherine Murphy with instructor Doug Gormley at Deer Valley Resort

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Utah by mountain bike: How, where and what to do après cycle

An eight-year-old girl rides past me, cornering berms and gliding easily over rollers. I sit on an $8,000 Specialized Stumpjumper Pro mountain bike and hesitate to attempt the same course.

Daou Mountain in California. Picture: Cameron Ingalls

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SLO living in sunny California leaves you wanting s’more

I’ve never taken magic mushrooms and wandered through a meadow at dusk. But I imagine it feels exactly like walking through Sensorio Field of Light (from €44; sensoriopaso.com).

Silent running – watch dawn break across a cactus-speckled Arizona horizon

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Arizona dreamin’ on planes, trains, automobiles, dummers, helicopters and horses

‘We’re just about 6,600ft up,” announces our balloon pilot. John, after what seems like dozens of tugs on the valve releasing the propane gas that is sending us skywards.

June 2022

A hater's guide to Las Vegas - 'It's not just people carrying a three-yard margarita down the Strip'

If you think you hate Las Vegas, you might be blinded by the lights on the Strip.

May 2022

The 16-foot iron gate welded by Dylan at the entrance of the Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa. Photo for The Washington Post by Shane Bevel

'Blood notebooks' and songwriting brilliance - inside the new Bob Dylan museum in Tulsa

True to form, Bob Dylan was nowhere to be found as a construction crew put the finishing touches on his museum.

April 2022

The updated Elizabeth Quay is now home to several new hotels. Picture: Tourism Western Australia

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After almost 700 days, Western Australia has reopened – so what’s it like to visit now?

Western Australia didn’t waste time while it was locked away from the world.

Melanie Finn and her three sons in Orlando

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Family fun in Orlando: After two years of Covid, Vitamin Florida was just what we needed

It was with no small amount of trepidation that I boarded the 10-hour flight to Orlando, Florida with my three small boys in tow, clutching our Covid recovery certs like our lives depended on it.

March 2022

The OCBC Skyway which offers views of Singapore’s Supertrees. PA Photo/Singapore Tourism.

‘Supertrees’, cycle lanes and rooftop farms – how Singapore became a ‘city in a garden’

I pinch a delicate mint leaf from a row of potted plants.

Jumeirah Al Naseem, the beach overlooked by the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah

Dubai on a budget – affordable tours of the Burj Al Arab, and other tips from a luxury travel expert

There’s been an unexpected development at Dubai’s Burj Al Arab.

The Wander List: A breath of fresh Airstream in Yosemite and Brutalist bites in Stockholm

One thing we can predict about camping in Ireland is that rain will likely make an appearance. Less so in Yosemite Mariposa, California, home to one of North America’s oldest national parks and the setting of AutoCamp Yosemite, a superior glamping retreat that puts paid to gusty flysheets and soggy bottoms. There, the iconic Airstream awaits, where mod-cons include a sleek kitchenette, en suite bathroom and private patio for toasting s’mores over a fire pit. Also nestled among dappled woodland are fancy platform tents that won’t threaten to blow away at the merest hint of a breeze, and pitch-roof cabins – serene lodgings after a day spent hiking, horse trekking, whitewater rafting, twitching, or beer or wine tasting. From £121/€145 per night. yosemite.com

February 2022

The famous sandbank on Kuramathi island in the Maldives

The Maldives really are as beautiful as honeymooners say they are

When you’ve been stuck in a home office for the best part of two years, through lockdown after lockdown, an offer to go to Tory Island, off the Co Donegal coast, would have been most welcome.

The beautiful island of Mo'orea. Picture: Stéphane Mailion

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‘Blowout breaks’ are trending in travel – ‘It seems like everyone I meet in Tahiti is fulfilling a fantasy’

I was expecting the first shark.

Siesta Lake in California from "Two Years on a Bike." Photo: Martijn Doolaard/Two Years on a Bike/gestalten

‘It seemed like a big adventure’ - man who spent two years travelling almost 20,000km by bike

When Martijn Doolaard pedaled his bicycle out of Vancouver in 2017, he knew he had a long ride ahead of him.

Seven of the most-vaccinated places you can travel to in the United States

If trying to maintain a low risk of exposure to the coronavirus is on your list of travel musts, you may find yourself buried in tracking data before you purchase a plane ticket.

December 2021

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A dreamy trip back to Boston – from ‘bacon energy’ to browsing in New Hampshire

It’s one of those freezing, gorgeously sunny mornings where the glass skyscrapers of downtown Boston are almost invisible against the bright, blue sky.

Yurii Tkachuk gives the "very original" Kevin McAllister pose in front of the home. Photo by Youngrae Kim for The Washington Post.

Decades later, why do tourists still flock to the 'Home Alone' house in Chicago?

On a chilly Saturday afternoon in the affluent, tree-lined Chicago suburb of Winnetka, two men stand and stare at a red-brick Georgian house at 671 Lincoln Avenue.

November 2021

An aerial view of Cape Town, South Africa

‘We were just about getting started again’ – travel curbs spell more pandemic misery for South African tourism

South African tourism was just getting back on its feet when local scientists' discovery of the new Omicron coronavirus variant prompted a slew of travel curbs that threaten to bring more pandemic gloom to the country's fragile economy.

Santa welcomes a visitor to Macy's in New York City. Photo: Getty

‘The biggest destination’ – foreign tourists return to New York, but how long will recovery take?

New York has launched its largest tourism advertising campaign in history. John F. Kennedy International Airport bustles again with foreign passengers. The holiday season promises peak travel cheer, with more visitors on streets and in stores.

Georgia at the City Climb at 30 Hudson Yards. PA Photo/Edge.

‘New York feels quieter, but even more special’ – what's it like to visit the Big Apple now?

“We are born with two innate fears: falling and loud noises,” says my guide, Tommy December, who’s trying to reassure me that the jelly-leg inducing fear I am experiencing is normal.

'Brazil is seeing better days' - so what it's like to visit São Paulo now?

For more than a year, Sundays on Paulista Avenue had been eerily quiet.

October 2021

A new crest honoring the 50th anniversary of Walt Disney World Resort adorns Cinderella Castle at Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Photo: David Roark/Disney

Disney World is celebrating its 50th year - will Covid rain on the parade?

Walt Disney World's 50th anniversary was supposed to be an epic blowout, a multi-month celebration that would attract millions of visitors to Florida from around the globe.

Sheikh Lotfollah mosque on Naqsh-i Jahan Square with big fountain, Esfahan, Isfahan, Iran

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Inside Iran - Princely Persia has history and hospitality in equal abundance

‘You need to know something,” a tall, animated Iranian man tells me. He’s wearing an intense expression and his jabbing index finger is almost at my chest. “We are not terrorists,” he says. He pulls his pointed hand over his heart. “We love your nation. We love all nations. Iranian people love all the world’s peoples.”

An aerial view of residents removing Sargassum in Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, in 2019. Photo by RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images

A seaweed explosion is besieging the Caribbean - 'we don't expect this to end anytime soon'

As the sun rises in Mexico’s Quintana Roo state, home to the white sandy beaches of Cancun and Tulum, Rear Admiral Alejandro Lopez Zenteno readies his sailors for another day of dragging rafts of brown seaweed to shore and out of view of cocktail-sipping tourists.

Yoga at BodyHoliday. PA Photo/BodyHoliday.

'Luxury without pretension' - what's it like to visit BodyHoliday, the Caribbean's famous wellness resort?

As far as A-list wellness resorts go, you won’t find a place to recharge your batteries more legendary than BodyHoliday.

September 2021

Cast and Crew attend the "Hadestown" Reopening Night Celebration at Walter Kerr Theatre on September 2, 2021 in New York City. Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images

Broadway is back - how New York's famous shows have opened for business again

For more than a year and a half, Broadway has been dark, the last major attraction in New York City to remain closed. Starting this month, however, the theatre district will start flickering back on, the small pinpricks of light growing bigger and brighter by the week.

August 2021

A new start for the Big Apple - 'I think people are going to look at New York City as a safe bet'

It's been a hard pandemic for New York City, but some see glimmers of hope for the Big Apple's once-vibrant travel economy.

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World/USA

August 2022

'Disney will definitely take your money' - 7 tips for saving money at Walt Disney World

The Japan Bucket List: 25 things to do, see and eat on your trip

‘It’s like nowhere I’ve ever seen’ – my bucket-list safari in breathtaking Kenya

Safari tips - eight things to know before your holiday of a lifetime

July 2022

Utah by mountain bike: How, where and what to do après cycle

SLO living in sunny California leaves you wanting s’more

Arizona dreamin’ on planes, trains, automobiles, dummers, helicopters and horses

June 2022

A hater's guide to Las Vegas - 'It's not just people carrying a three-yard margarita down the Strip'

May 2022

'Blood notebooks' and songwriting brilliance - inside the new Bob Dylan museum in Tulsa

April 2022

After almost 700 days, Western Australia has reopened – so what’s it like to visit now?

Family fun in Orlando: After two years of Covid, Vitamin Florida was just what we needed

March 2022

‘Supertrees’, cycle lanes and rooftop farms – how Singapore became a ‘city in a garden’

Dubai on a budget – affordable tours of the Burj Al Arab, and other tips from a luxury travel expert

The Wander List: A breath of fresh Airstream in Yosemite and Brutalist bites in Stockholm

February 2022

The Maldives really are as beautiful as honeymooners say they are

‘Blowout breaks’ are trending in travel – ‘It seems like everyone I meet in Tahiti is fulfilling a fantasy’

‘It seemed like a big adventure’ - man who spent two years travelling almost 20,000km by bike

Seven of the most-vaccinated places you can travel to in the United States

December 2021

A dreamy trip back to Boston – from ‘bacon energy’ to browsing in New Hampshire

Decades later, why do tourists still flock to the 'Home Alone' house in Chicago?

November 2021

‘We were just about getting started again’ – travel curbs spell more pandemic misery for South African tourism

‘The biggest destination’ – foreign tourists return to New York, but how long will recovery take?

‘New York feels quieter, but even more special’ – what's it like to visit the Big Apple now?

'Brazil is seeing better days' - so what it's like to visit São Paulo now?

October 2021

Disney World is celebrating its 50th year - will Covid rain on the parade?

Inside Iran - Princely Persia has history and hospitality in equal abundance

A seaweed explosion is besieging the Caribbean - 'we don't expect this to end anytime soon'

'Luxury without pretension' - what's it like to visit BodyHoliday, the Caribbean's famous wellness resort?

September 2021

Broadway is back - how New York's famous shows have opened for business again

August 2021

A new start for the Big Apple - 'I think people are going to look at New York City as a safe bet'

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