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“You can't really top waking up in the morning to see llamas on your front porch waiting for their breakfast,” says Anaïs of a recent pet-sitting experience in New Zealand. Along with her partner Steven, the Spaniard has been travelling the world with TrustedHousesitters since 2021. The platform connects holidaying pet owners with responsible travellers looking for unique, home-away-from-home experiences. “We wanted to switch to travelling full-time, so we decided to get remote jobs and leave everything behind,” Anaïs tells Euronews Travel. “It was the best decision we've ever made, opening do...
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Immortalised by crime writer Agatha Christie, the Orient Express is crystallised in the public imagination as a train of legendary glamour and mystery. So with a luxurious reboot on the horizon, it’s worth getting a couple of things straight. The Orient Express has in fact appeared under many guises during its 140-year history. The original was not an individual train but a scheduled service that ran various routes starting in 1883, primarily from Paris to Istanbul. A number of operators grew to use the name (and still do) for rides criss-crossing Europe. But if the journey has always been on ...
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I’m sitting on a squishy, low-slung chair in Venice Marco Polo airport lounge. There’s a distant view of the canal city from the big glass windows and I’m drinking a sunset-coloured spritz with a plate of ‘cicchetti’ or traditional Venetian snacks. I’m normally a budget traveller who would consider an airport lounge an unaffordable luxury. I know many people think like me, so I talked to Christopher Evans, CEO of lounge network Priority Pass, about why he thinks it’s worth it for a stress-reducing start or end to a holiday. How COVID has changed airport habitsTravel and the travel industry hav...
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Sunscreen is essential for shielding your skin from the sun’s harmful rays - both on holiday and at home. But while it protects you, is it harming the environment around you? If you’ve ever lathered up then jumped into the sea, the answer is likely to be ‘yes’. Many of the chemicals contained in sunscreen are especially damaging to coral reefs and ocean life. It is estimated that over 5,000 tonnes of sunscreen wash off swimmers and into oceans worldwide, according to the US National Park Service. Expand that to all waterways, including rivers and lakes, and the number is closer to 13,000 tonne...
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Athens authorities were forced to shut down the Acropolis this week as temperatures exceeded 40C in much of central and southern Greece. It’s not the only European country experiencing unseasonably high heat so early in the summer, raising fears that last year’s weather extremes will be repeated. Mediterranean tourist hotspots have been particularly hard hit, with temperatures along Türkiye’s coast soaring as high as 12C above seasonal norms and wildfires breaking out in the Paphos district of Cyprus. Spain, too, has felt the effects of extreme weather swings, with heavy flooding forcing Palma...
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A rise in dengue fever cases across Europe isn’t the most comfortable pre-holiday news but there are ways to reduce the risk of infection. New data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) shows that both locally-acquired and imported cases of dengue soared last year as hotter temperatures aided the spread of disease-bearing mosquitoes. Climate change is making summer holiday planning ever-more unpredictable, with flooded airports and heatwaves among the biggest challenges that tourists have to navigate. Mosquitoes might seem like a small annoyance, but these pesky in...
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With Real Madrid having won the Champions League on Saturday, football fans' attention turns to Munich and the European Championship. Although I don’t have the same obsession I did when I was younger, I still get more excited about major football championships than I should. My first tournament was Italia 90 and it will forever hold a special place in my heart. I’m sure the same will be true for millions of kids all over Europe with their eyes on Euro 2024 this summer (even if future partners won’t let them have a Paul Gascoigne duvet cover and any future children will call Panini sticker book...
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As with any trip abroad, your first time visiting Japan will be filled with adventure, new experiences, and interesting challenges. But from your first time sleeping on a futon to your first time getting on a night bus to Osaka, there are a few things you need to prepare yourself for. We’ve already taken a look at how to prepare for post-pandemic travel, but here we will look at some of the basics to keep in mind when planning your first Japan trip. 1. Don’t just stay in TokyoOn your first trip to Japan, it can be tempting to set your sights on Tokyo and not aim to explore much further. But if...
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