Europe’s best cities for residents and tourists have been revealed, with each ranked in an annual league table in terms of prosperity, livability and lovability.
The continent’s top destinations were evaluated by Resonance Consultancy, which took factors such as Tripadvisor reviews and education and work opportunities into account, as well as dozens of other metrics.
The report looked at more than 180 cities with populations of more than 500,000, in order to identify the Top 100 places to live,
The Balmoral Estate announced this week that royal fans will soon, for the first time, be able to wander through some of the family’s living quarters at the Scottish Highlands estate.
The new tour of the interiors of the Scottish castle, beloved of both the current Monarch and the late Queen, isn’t easy on the wallet though, with the small group visits costing £100 a ticket, or £150 if you enjoy afternoon tea too.
Until now, public access to the
Paris, Amsterdam, Venice, Bali and Florence… all places that most people love to visit or dream of doing so one day.
Yet some of the most popular destinations for holidaymakers are fed up with British tourists and are actively trying to deter them from visiting.
Indeed, Parisians have recently hit out at Emily In Paris fans who are ‘invading’ Europe’s City of Light to take selfies with the sites made famous by the Netflix series.
Furious locals scrawled angry graffiti
It is a question that frequently pops up on pub quizzes: how many of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World can you name?
Perhaps more pertinently, how many are still standing?
The answer, as a new book reveals, is only one: the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The Seven Wonders Of The Ancient World, by historian Bettany Hughes, tells the story of each of the glittering marvels of engineering.
Five of the six that are now lost to the past
A journalist has shared alarming images of a once-prominent street that’s been rocked by store closures in San Francisco.
One snap, taken in the heart of the city’s famed shopping district, shows tourists wandering down a gutted Powell Street.
But instead of being graced with an array of shops, cafés, bars, and restaurants, the party is seen encountering countless shuttered storefronts.
More shots from Erica Sandberg show more of the same, and how the thoroughfare that runs adjacent to the
Serene desert landscapes and a treasure trove of pyramid tombs still being discovered; this was Egypt a century ago, as a selection of fascinating vintage photos show.
A gallery of black and white snaps selected by DailyMail.com reveal what the ancient country looked like before tourism had taken hold.
It’s predicted that more than 13 million visitors descended on Egypt this year, but 100 years ago the 5,000-year-old civilization was still being discovered by westerners, who were floored by the
A jewel of the Italian riviera, Portofino radiates a timeless beauty. In this former fishing harbour, pastel buildings meet the clear Ligurian sea, framed by lush green hills. The port town, with an off-season population of just 355, has come to epitomise Mediterranean glamour, becoming a sanctum for the rich and famous.
It was here that Richard Burton proposed to Elizabeth Taylor, and where Sophia Loren, Ernest Hemingway and Frank Sinatra came to escape the crowds.
Today, Rolex, Louis Vuitton
Solo travel is on the rise and more tourists than ever are taking the plunge and exploring alone.
However, the travellers have been warned they could be turned away from some of Barcelona’s most popular restaurants.
Bans on solo diners are reportedly becoming more common in some of the Spanish city’s busiest areas.
According to Spanish paper El Pais, solo diner bans are particularly common on Carrer de Blai, often known as the “Street of Tapas”.
Solo diners have been
A group of German tourists have been described as “imbeciles” after they damaged a valuable statue in Italy.
The group of 17 tourists were renting a villa in Viggiu, which is in the northern Italian region of Lombardy.
In the incident, caught on CCTV, two of the tourists climbed up onto the valuable 150 year old artwork.
Two of the group wrapped their arms around the “Domina” sculpture and another pushed it with a stick.
It crashed to the ground,
British tourists heading on holiday to Italy this summer have been warned of a little-known rule.
Anyone swimming in a public pool in Italy has to wear a swimming cap and could be banned from pools for refusing to do so.
According to the travel experts at Suncamp, the rule is in place for hygiene purposes and it’s also common in several other European countries.
A team spokesperson said: “The idea is that by wearing a swim cap you keep
