We also spent the night there We stayed at the Francis Hotel in Bath A visit to Bath always sounds like a great experience, a special treat. It is very close to Bristol and yet very different. And this time, the excuse to make the 40 minute trip to the nearest town is good; We … Read more
Indefinite travel has been called in a bitter dispute at 12 airports for three days a week Airports in Spain have been hit by a strike by ground staff this week(Photo: Getty Images) An update has been issued on ‘indefinite’ strikes at 12 Spanish airports as union officials say ‘thousands of suitcases’ have been left … Read more
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has raised the probability that an El Niño event will occur between May and July 2026 to 40%, a climate characterized by general increase in temperature during the day and nightit will affect the Mediterranean and places like Mallorca. The most recent El Niño and La Niña events, which occurred … Read more
Brocklands Adventure Park used to welcome 50,000 visitors each year until it closed its doors for good in 2007. Emily Randall Author of GAU 07:00, 03 April 2026 Brocklands Adventure Park closed in 2007(Image: Use of design) A bustling and colorful park full of animals and children playing is left haunted by its past and … Read more
The worker strikes caused major disruption at 12 airports including Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. Maria Ortega Foreign Affairs Specialist, Ben Hurst and Ben Hurst 12:16, 02 April 2026Updated 12:17, 02 April 2026 Passengers at Terminal T4 of Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport, when two ground handling attacks took place this week.(Image: Getty) A new development has … Read more
Imagine a cabin perched on a hill, looking down into a valley where a river flows, with mist hanging over it. Sheep graze on the fields of torn fields – emerald, lime, bile. This squat house, with auras and leatherette sofas that cling to your feet, promises escape and freedom, isolation and solitude. Three years … Read more
The best Georgian buildings (Image: The Drey) In a new series, Rooms Without Views, our travel experts spend a night in windowless hotel rooms to see if the price is worth sacrificing natural light. They have been described as claustrophobic, dystopian and depressing, but the trend of windowless hotel rooms is not going away. Now … Read more
The UGT, the Spanish airport union for Groundforce ground workers together with the USO and the CCOO, highlighted today, Wednesday, that the industrial action is causing ‘unrest’, delay of ‘more than an hour, canceled flights and thousands of abandoned suitcases’. A strike, that is it started last mondayscheduled for Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 12 … Read more
The strike continues at the ground operations center of Groundforce, a Globalia group company that provides services at the airports of Madrid, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, Málaga, Gran Canaria, Valencia, Ibiza, Bilbao, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and the airport in Zaragoza. Maria Ortega Foreign Affairs Specialist and Ben Hurst 12:33, 01 April 2026Updated 12:47, 01 April … Read more
One Brit was excited to go on holiday, but an argument over his luggage at the boarding gate left him frustrated as he was told to ‘take off your jacket’. The woman said she was told to ‘take off her jacket’ at the airport gate (Photo: Getty Images/Stock Photo) A UK holidaymaker said she was … Read more