Going on holiday after Covid-19: seeing home away from home

A passenger on a low-cost airline in India discovered on Monday that she'd arrived in a city some 1,000 miles from her planned destination after being told to board the wrong flight.

A video of an American Airlines pilot dressing down his passengers has gone viral after his speech was posted on Instagram last week.

Last year, we hired a lovely property sleeping eight two miles from Lake Garda. It was in a hamlet with two gorgeous Italian restaurants and a shop selling seemingly everything. We drove from Lincolnshire with our two dogs, in our motorhome. Our three grown-up children and their partners joined us there. The property owner arranged a pasta cooking day with local wine, meat and cheeses. We barely left the villa and the time spent just talking and playing games was priceless. Having nothing but time to chill and talk proved to be our best holiday.Cath Delsignore

Any summer’s day on top of Yr Wyddfa you may be forgiven for thinking all is well with Welsh tourism. People are queuing to touch the summit cairn, the cafe is rammed and the railway fully booked.

With its white-sand beaches and sparkling turquoise seas framed by palm trees, lush greenery and soaring mountains, there could hardly be a more romantic destination than the Caribbean. Whether you want to snorkel with spectacular sea life, indulge in a moonlit dinner á deux, have your cares massaged away or lounge together in a private cabana, the Caribbean offers the ultimate idyllic couples’ escape.

I’ve never been to London, but I’ve experienced it many times. From sitting in on royal meetings in Buckingham Palace to passing through the walls of King’s Cross Station at Platform 9 ¾, London has come alive in my imagination through some of my favorite books and movies.

UK Mountain rescuers saved a woman Monday who was stuck on a cliff after trying to find her pet parrot.

As holidaymakers were evacuated from wildfires raging across the Greek island of Rhodes and Corfu this week, some still in swimsuits, travel analysts are taking bets that the U.K. and northern European destinations will be the travel winners in the short-term. As Bloomberg notes, with thousands of tourists evacuated under the scorching European heat at the height of peak season, can the southern European tourist industry, worth $2 trillion, survive the impacts of climate change?

Repeated heatwaves and growing fears about the climate crisis may spell the beginning of the end for the Mediterranean as a holiday destination, according to a report published by the European Travel Commission.

A United Airlines emergency slide reportedly ended up in a Chicago resident's yard after it fell from a plane mid-flight. 

Beyond the areas that were devastated by the earthquake earlier this year, Turkey is very much open for business and keen that visitors keep coming. Away from the tourist hotspots of Istanbul, Antalya and the Cappadocia region, there are still vast parts of the country that remain relatively little-visited. We would like to hear your tips on a hidden Turkish gem, somewhere that is off-the-beaten-track and ideal for a holiday. If you have a relevant photo, do send it in – but it’s your words that will be judged for the competition.

Asturias and Cantabria in northern Spain are two of the country’s least-visited areas, which proved a massive draw when Rough Guides author and photographer Marta Bescos was planning her summer holiday in the time of Covid-19. The regions are blessed with some truly spectacular scenery – gorgeous national parks and soaring mountain peaks, sweeping coastal views and charming settlements – making them real unsung gems. Marta spent a full week exploring the region; below, she describes her day-by-day itinerary, so you can follow the same route – when it is safe to do so of course. Note that the UK government is currently advising against all non-essential travel to Spain; Marta lives in Spain and travelled to the region several weeks ago.