Category: Travel

Eerie pics reveal inside Heathrow Airport’s abandoned Terminal 1 that closed after 50 years

ABANDONED departure lounges, retro seats and darkened corridors are captured in eerie photos of Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 1. Dated luggage carousels and nostalgic signage also feature in the blast-from-the-past snaps inside the mothballed building. 14 Terminal 1 was opened by The Queen in 1969Credit: North Downs Picture Agency 14 Darkened halls containing luggage carousels were […]

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Let’s Split: Croatian island-hopping is heavenly

Croatia’s coast is made up of 1,200 islands – some are glamorous and hotelled, some are grand rocks enveloped by gulls. Some are for naturists, some are for fishermen, some have lagoons so blue they appear Photoshopped. The most sensible and affordable way to travel between these islands is by ferry and, next year, the […]

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UK airport delays updates — Heathrow Airport confirms e-gates are ‘up and running’ following queuing chaos

British Airways chaos Half-term plans were thrown into disarray after British Airways cancelled at least 175 flights due to the impact of an IT failure. Around 20,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellations. There were also widespread delays to other flights, and some passengers were unable to check in online. Most of the affected flights were […]

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Five European city breaks for art and culture on a budget

Malmö, Sweden Across the Øresund strait from Copenhagen, Sweden’s most southerly and culturally diverse city has developed into the region’s art and music hub with an opera house, concert hall, its own symphony orchestra, a museum complex and a contemporary art scene. It’s also close to sandy beaches, has a dockland which is still gritty, […]

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A Guide To Miami’s Craft Cocktail Scene — Where To Go And What To Drink

Although New York and Los Angeles generally get all of the love, when it comes to the country’s best cocktail scenes, Miami promises to give those monsters of mixology a run for their money. From tropical backyard oases to dark, speakeasy-style hideaways, Miami’s craft cocktail scene spans a variety of neighborhoods, ambiances, and approaches. Of […]

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The Midland Grand, London NW1: ‘This may be the campest restaurant in the UK’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants

The Midland Grand might be one of the most useful recent restaurant openings in the entire UK. Of course, no restaurant wants to be called useful; they’d much prefer flowery prose such as “gastronomically enlightening” or “a shattering orgasm for the tastebuds” or some other stuff they’d be able to regurgitate on the promotional material. […]

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China Billionaire’s Fosun Sells Stake In Diamond Concern To Blackstone For $455 Million

Guo Guangchang, chairman and co-founder of Fosun International Ltd., in 2018. Photographer: Billy … [+] H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart, a retail subsidiary of China billionaire Guo Guangchang-controlled Fosun International, has agreed to sell 80% of its ownership in diamond-related investment arm Alpha Yu to a fund controlled by […]

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