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Home cinemas and hot tubs: Park resorts entice buyers with posh lodges

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‘Luxury lodges are the new second-home alternative’: The top-of-the-range park homes that come with wet rooms, walk-in wardrobes and designer kitchens By Jane Slade For The Daily Mail Published: 07:56 BST, 8 August 2020 | Updated: 07:56 BST, 8 August 2020 You can imagine something called Vogue Classique and Dreamcatcher cutting through the waves on … Read more

Spain’s tourists resorts lie EMPTY as only a trickle of tourists arrive and Magaluf SHUTS DOWN bars

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Spain’s tourist resorts are virtually empty after only a trickle of tourists arrived at top destinations, as Magaluf shuts down bars to enforce social distancing on holidaymakers.  Despite bargain breaks on offer for as low as £99, very few tourists have flocked to enjoy the summer sun as the country lifted its borders. The usually … Read more

As European resorts finally start to re-open… What’s going on in our holiday hotspots?

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Travel bubbles, sea bridges, quarantines — no wonder there’s a lot of confusion surrounding holidays as restrictions ease. The UK’s blanket quarantine on all those coming into the country will be reviewed every three weeks, and could be lifted by early July.  Countries across Europe are preparing to reopen, too. We look at what your … Read more

Britons flout lockdown rules by camping out at UK’s seaside resorts

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Day-trippers in camper vans ignored lockdown rules as they slept by Britain’s seaside last night after scores of people rushed to beaches yesterday.  Angry locals took to social media to complain of ‘selfish’ tourists sleeping in camper vans in Cornwall and Brighton and waste strewn on the ground.  Britons staying in camper vans in Newquay … Read more

European holiday resorts could open with ‘tourist corridors’ set up to protect holidaymakers

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European travel chiefs are calling for the creation of ‘tourism corridors’ so holiday resorts can re-open in time for summer. Ministers from nine countries, including France, Italy, Greece and Spain, wrote to European Union chiefs on Tuesday warning the industry faces collapse if special measures are not rolled out soon.  Ideas under discussion include an EU-wide … Read more

Great British seaside resorts for a post-coronavirus lockdown escape, from Brighton to Margate

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Wave hello to some post-lockdown vacation inspiration. Britain’s coastal towns are currently closed for business but one day in the near future we’ll be able to enjoy sunny days by the seaside again. Here’s our pick of some of the best beach towns, from bohemian Brighton to marvellous Margate. Margate: Modern art – and old-fashioned amusements … Read more

Desperate father, 33, resorts to pulling out his own tooth after he couldn’t get appointment

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A desperate father resorted to pulling out his own tooth in an excruciating hour-long ordeal after he couldn’t get an emergency appointment with a dentist. Billy Taylor, 33, from Devon, decided to take the tooth out as he couldn’t handle the pain. He had been told by NHS 111 that unless he was struggling to … Read more

Wild animals take back control of Mexican resorts

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Wild animals take back control of Mexican resorts: Crocodiles and jaguars roam deserted tourist hotspots as turtles lay their eggs in front of a luxury Cancun hotel The animals were filmed in the coastal resorts of Cancun and Riviera Maya In one clip a crocodile swims along a canal outside people’s hotel balconies A leatherback … Read more

From North Korea to sunny South Africa via Israel: The world’s most unusual ski resorts revealed

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If you want to take your ski holiday completely off-piste, then forget the Rockies, Sierra Nevada mountains or the Alps – try the Middle East. Or perhaps North Korea. Here we reveal some of the most unlikely locations for ski resorts. North Korea  North Korea’s Masikryong ski resort opened in 2014 to compete with Pyeongchang … Read more