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What to do when visiting an onsen in Japan
- Whether for health, relaxation, or cultural exploration, a visit to an onsen can be a highlight of any trip to Japan. Read on.
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- LifestyleThe Telegraph
Wealthy Britons are letting out their homes to holidaymakers – but you won’t find them on Airbnb
Interior designer and former pop star Pearl Lowe rents her Somerset mansion to holidaymakers to cover the “extortionate” energy bills that come with owning a sprawling historic home. For Wiltshire-based therapist Juno Shears, the income from staycationers occupying her five-bedroom former hunting lodge will, she hopes, offset the costs of a family holiday in the Azores; whereas architect Adam Richards’ “sci-fi and Roman-inspired” own-build on the South Downs has, quite simply, “to pay its own ra
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
Cars are spoiling Britain’s national parks – it’s time we embraced sustainable transport
What’s worse: a big grey tarmac car park, or vehicles lining every road as far as the eye can see? It’s the question I asked myself as I stood on the hillside of Winnats Head, overlooking the honeypot village of Castleton. It’s a marvellous view, albeit blighted by car-lined roads. A car park might make all the difference, but it would also be a blight on the landscape.
- BusinessThe Telegraph
The cheapest places to fly to this summer – and the most expensive
The school summer holidays are just 11 weeks away. But if you haven’t booked your flights yet, fear not – there are still some excellent value options available during the peak months of July and August.
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
On board the most luxurious train journey Asia has to offer
I took the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express three times last year. As a passenger, not as a pot-scrubber or a stowaway. I cannot imagine what good deeds I must have done in a previous life to merit such spoiling. By the end of the third trip, I had concluded that the entire VSOE operation was all but unimprovable. Crisp as new banknotes. No faults worth mentioning, nothing missing.
- LifestyleEvening Standard
Highcliffe Cornwall: these luxury Polzeath homes come with an on-site pilates studio
The magnificent North Cornwall properties sit in a prime location just up the hill from Polzeath beach. Katie Strick checks in
- LifestyleThe Guardian
Sun, sea and delicious food: 10 wonderful agriturismos in Italy
From a family farm where you can help yourself to lemons and oranges in the orchard to an old shepherd’s house with views of the sea
- LifestyleYahoo Canada Style
Lululemon shoppers can't get enough of this $138 expandable bag: 'Perfect airplane tote'
Don't go on your next vacation without it.
- LifestyleEvening Standard
The Marbella Club: is there anyone who wouldn't like this hotel?
Discrete, charming and thoroughly brilliant. Cathy Hawker checks into an oldie but a goodie on the Costa del Sol
- BusinessThe Telegraph
I applied for a flight refund, but it’s been five weeks and I haven’t seen a penny
Gill Charlton has been fighting for Telegraph readers and solving their travel problems for more than 30 years, winning refunds, righting wrongs and suggesting solutions.
- LifestyleThe Telegraph
‘Other cultures seem to respect rather than ignore older people’ – how to have a ‘golden’ gap year
A gap year is about more than just taking a holiday, according to Milly Whitehead, the co-founder of theleap.co.uk, a company specialising in gap-year travel for young people. She explains: “Gap years are about pushing boundaries, challenging yourself, being curious about culture.” And now empty-nesters and other midlifers are getting in on the act. “As we age and our children leave home, our focus shifts back onto ourselves. We want to recapture that spirit of adventure,” she adds.
