Unlike the old fishing villages elsewhere on Rhodes, Ixia is a 1970s resort strip, so its dining sits mostly inside the big hotels that line the bay, with a few independent places filling the...

Budget airlines attract travellers with promises of cheap flights to dream destinations. While the appeal of low-cost flights is undeniable, there are many factors that may not be immediately obvious when booking. As the...

We can eat a lot of ordinary pasties before Cornwall reminds us what the real thing tastes like. A proper Cornish pasty is a D-shaped parcel of shortcrust pastry filled with beef, swede, potato...

Rome is easy to reduce to monuments. The Colosseum, the Pantheon and St Peter’s Basilica all deserve the attention they get, but they do not explain why the city feels the way it does...

Nobody queues 45 minutes for a teacup, so this ranks the Disneyland Paris rides that actually get the adrenaline going, biggest thrills first, with the height limits that decide who gets on. The resort...

Cured ham and slow-cooked oxtail give Italy a meaty name, yet Rome is one of the easiest cities in Europe to eat without meat. Around a tenth of Italians are vegetarian, half the Roman...

Luxury train travel in Europe still offers something flights and standard rail journeys do not. It makes the journey itself feel like the point of the trip. The right train gives you scenery, polished...

Few cities cram as much drinking history into so small a space, and San Francisco runs the range, Gold Rush saloons, Beat-era dives and the modern tiki revival that began here. VayCay Couple rate...

Mallorca is easy to love, but it is not one single type of holiday. Palma feels like a proper city break. Santa Ponça is slower and beach-focused. Magaluf is lively and built around nights...

Boa Vista is the Cape Verde island to choose when you want wide beaches, dunes, wind, sea views and a slower pace than Sal. It is not the best island for busy towns or...