Plan unveiled ‘to build a crowd-funded £5billion conservation park’ in South Africa that ‘will aim to preserve EVERY species of animal on the planet’ Is this just pie-in-the-sky? A source on the project told MailOnline Travel that it’s serious The Jurassic World-style park, it’s hoped, will cover 100 square kilometres in KwaZulu Natal province The … Read more
Plan unveiled ‘to build a crowd-funded £5billion conservation park’ in South Africa that ‘will aim to preserve EVERY species of animal on the planet’ Is this just pie-in-the-sky? A source on the project told MailOnline Travel that it’s serious The park, it’s hoped, will cover 100 square kilometres in KwaZulu Natal province The trials and … Read more
Forget all-you-can-eat buffets: Luxury Maldives resort launches £27,000 ‘all-you-can-STAY’ deal, with UNLIMITED holidays for 2021 (breakfast included) Anantara Veli Maldives Resort has launched an ‘Unlimited Stays in Paradise’ package for 2021 It costs £26,926 ($30,000) for two people with speedboat transfers and free use of the pool and gym facilities The offer is only available to book … Read more
Death isn’t always tragic, at least not in this Romanian cemetery, where the dead beguile visitors with tales of their lives. The Merry Cemetery in the north-western village of Sapanta is a collection of more than 1,000 elaborate wooden Orthodox crosses etched with colourful epitaphs and childlike drawings. There are few secrets in this small … Read more
Here’s a property for sale that’s bound to spook the market – Loftus Hall, Ireland’s ‘most haunted house’. The asking price is 2.5million euros (£2.2million) – and you can even view the rooms virtually, if you’re brave enough. The 14th-century mansion’s reputation as a spine-chilling abode dates back to the mid-1700s, when the Devil is said … Read more
Britons reveal the 2021 experiences they’re most desperate for post-Covid – and it’s Lake District walks that’s No1, followed by a Cornish cream tea and inhaling fresh Highland air Researchers polled the nation to draw up a top 20 ranking of places Britons want to visit post-Covid crisis Catching a show in the West End … Read more
Get paid to sleep like royalty: Five-star hotel bed tester wanted – with successful applicant spending the first night on the (dream) job at The Savoy The successful applicant will be paid by a luxury linen brand to sleep in some of the country’s best hotels The role is being offered by Tielle Love Luxury, which … Read more
Australia had a vast inland sea, California was an island – along with Korea – and bizarre and terrifying sea creatures populated the oceans. Welcome to the cartography of yesteryear, when maps were informed not just by mathematics and exploration, but also by huge dollops of folklore and imaginative speculation – as fascinating book The … Read more
Forget going on holiday in paradise – own it instead. A stunning private island resort in Belize has hit the market for £3.3million ($4.5million). And it comes with mesmerising white-sand beaches, five beachfront cottages, spa facilities, a seafront restaurant and four boats. Royal Palm Island off the coast of Belize, which covers 6.5 acres and … Read more
Meet the headmaster of Reykjavik’s Elfschool, where you can learn all about elves and ‘hidden people’ – magical beings that are real for 54% of Icelanders Historian and folklore expert Magnus Skarphedinsson runs the Elfschool Elves, he says, are not an illusion for Icelanders, or for a great many foreigners Mr Skarphedinsson he’s met more … Read more