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Hotel review: The Inspector visits 42 Calls in Leeds

This week our hotel inspector heads north to test the hospitality at Leeds hotel 42 The Calls. Despite being unable to get a cappuccino at breakfast, is he impressed with the rooms?




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Oregon's annual UFO festival is just the place to channel your inner green man

UFO Fest in McMinnville, Oregon, celebrates its 20th anniversary in May. It began after a local farmer photographed an alleged UFO outside the small town. More than 20,000 visitors are expected.




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Britain at its best: Walking with Wordsworth in the Wye and Usk valleys

The Usk Valley is a golden spot on the Welsh side of the border with England. The Daily Mail's Clive Aslet checks into Gliffaes, an ultra-comfy country house hotel.




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Here's how to enjoy Seville for under £100 a night

Seville is a place to immerse yourself in bygone cultures, from the Moroccan influences at the Alcazar palace and the Giralda Tower to the impromptu Flamenco dancing in the streets.




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An Inspector Calls... A review of The Farmhouse in Hitchin

The Farmhouse at Redcoats was transformed last summer into a hotel, pub, restaurant and party venue. The Inspector paid a visit and gave it a glowing review.




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How to bag a bundle of bargains with these hotel deals

Here, we’ve done the digging to root out some of the most enticing time-sensitive hotel deals around the UK. If you're lucky you could pick up cash credits for meals, spa treatments and more.




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Pilots working for Jet2 say impact their rosters are having on their well-being is ‘unsustainable’ 

Jet2 members of the pilots' union, the British Airline Pilots' Association (Balpa), are calling on the airline to recognise the need for 'improved work-life balance through fairer rostering patterns'.




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Stay at the Cornwall cottage used as the surgery in hit ITV show Doc Martin

Fern Cottage in Port Isaac, Cornwall, doubles as the surgery in ITV drama Doc Martin. The two bedroom detached stone cottage with modern furnishings is available for holidaymakers to rent.




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Singapore Airlines, Jet2.com, Qatar, EVA and Emirates all pick up TripAdvisor best airline awards

Jet2.com takes home five prizes in total, with other winners including Qatar Airways and Emirates. Virgin Atlantic takes home two prizes - and EVA Air finishes very highly in the global ranking.




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Amsterdam opens ‘5D Porn’ sex cinema in its Red Light District

The movies screened have been made exclusively for the experience, in collaboration with porn star Kim Holland. The cinema is located in Amsterdam's medieval centre.




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Airbnb will transform the Louvre’s Pyramid into a bedroom and let guests drink with the Mona Lisa

Airbnb has teamed up with the Louvre to let one lucky competition winner and a guest see what happens inside the building once the lights go out.




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Is this Emirates' new premium economy seat?

Design firm Haeco Cabin Solutions showcased its new Eclipse seat at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, explaining that it's for 'long-haul premium economy'.




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Game of Thrones fans will soon be able to tour the Northern Irish HBO studio where show was filmed 

HBO has announced it's opening The Game of Thrones Studio Tour in Northern Ireland in Spring 2020. The tour will bring visitors face-to-face with original sets, costumes and props from the show.




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The parents who live in an off-grid shack with a composting toilet and home-school their children

Jasmine Kosach, 31, from Tasmania, lives with her husband Ben and seven young children in an off-grid shack after growing up with an appreciation for all things nature.




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Images from book by Dan Barasch show how abandoned buildings have been given new leases of life

They've been published in a new book called Ruin and Redemption in Architecture, which charts ruined spaces around the world and the designs that have totally transformed them.




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Spiral treetop walkway inside a 148ft tower opens in Denmark at Camp Adventure Climbing Park

It's part of the Camp Adventure Climbing Park, one hour south of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand, which at 18 acres is the largest woodland adventure park in Denmark.




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Hot island hopping: You're spoilt for choice in the Caribbean writes Jonathan Wilkes

After a long panto season stage-weary Jonathan Wilkes swapped Stoke-on-Trent for the Caribbean sunshine. During two weeks with P&O cruises he sampled the best the islands have to offer.




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Standing up on planes moves a step closer to reality thanks to Aviointeriors' Skyrider seat

The new design, called Skyrider 3.0, is similar to previous incarnations of the seat. However, it does not have a pole between the seats to connect them to the floor and ceiling, as the previous version did.




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Heart-stopping pictures show daredevils somersaulting on precipices and dangling from cranes

These pictures will make even the most confident climber's palms sweat. That's because they show some of the world's bravest daredevils proving that they have limitless reserves of derring-do.




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The National Trust Lake District tents suspended in trees 10ft up that appear to float like UFOs

They are actually wacky tents offered as accommodation by the National Trust and hang from trees at the Low Wray camp site close to the shores of Lake Windermere in Cumbria.




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Bulgaria, the Algarve and Marmaris are the best value beach destinations in Europe 

Post Office Travel Money Holiday Costs Barometer, which compares costs in 20 European beach resorts, found prices in Sunny Beach have plunged - despite the pound's volatility.




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Six tricks to land a cheap flight

Complex airline economics mean that on most planes, almost every passenger will have paid a different fare. Here are six ways to get a cheap seat, according to the Holiday Hero.




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Can Malta perform a miracle? A mother and teenage daughter spend three nights in Valletta

After a trip to Venice that didn't go so well, Charlotte Metcalf and her teenage daughter Deia decided to head for Malta to check out the island's sightseeing, shopping and restaurant scene.




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Fed up with Brexit and endless gloomy news? You need our guide to remote boltholes

Dan Richards has spent years seeking the farthest-flung outposts — beacons, shebangs, mountain expedition stations, tundra, forests, and oceans. Here he reveals his favourite peaceful destinations.




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Raising the bar in Zanzibar! A chic new resort adds extra zing to Africa's exotic Spice Island

Zanzibar is not just exotic, it's rock'n'roll. Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was born here and visitors are prone to taking selfies outside his old home, now known as Mercury House.




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Britain at its best: Thomas Gainsborough's birthplace of Suffolk is as pretty as a picture

The famous portrait artist was born in 1727 in Sudbury. Harry Mount went to visit the picture perfect town as well as some of the beautiful villages in surrounding rural Suffolk.




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Discovering why Leonardo DiCaprio and Madonna love Ibiza

Ever since Errol Flynn moored his boat to party there with the Hollywood crowd in the Sixties, the island has had a showbiz party reputation. Sarah White visits and discovers its opulent side.




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Great British Boltholes: A review of Langley Castle in Hexham

The Mail on Sunday's Neil Armstrong was treated like a king when he visited Langley Castle in Northumberland. The hotel is the North East England Hotel of the Year, a title it has won six times.




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The legendary Paddy Leigh Fermor adored Greece's Peloponnese - and so will you, says his biographer

Patrick Leigh Fermor, known to his friends as Paddy, was a British author and soldier during WWII. Here his biographer reveals how he fell in love with the Mani Peninsula in Southern Greece.




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The Inspector reviews Mannings Hotel in Truro, Cornwall

Mannings in Truro has 30 rooms and nine apartments fronting a car park. The Inspector checked into an apartment which he found to be chilly and scented with the 'whiff of old shoes'.




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Our glorious gardens! You don't have to travel far to experience the best that spring can offer

Nigel Colborn presents a varied selection of Britain's most inspiring spring gardens, with mazes, fragrant bluebell woods, impressive greenhouses and appetising tea rooms among the highlights.




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From reaching Papua New Guinea to attending a Papal Mass in Rome, the holiday guru offers top tips

Cruising from Sydney to Papua New Guinea isn't easy, UK walking breaks are perfect for singletons and attending a Papal ceremony requires lots of planning, the holiday guru explains.




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TV star Laurence Fox goes cold turkey (almost) at the Barberyn retreat in Sri Lanka

Laurence Fox visited the Barberyn retreat in Beruwala, on Sri Lanka's west coast, to undergo a 'no-frills detox'. He met with an Ayurvedic doctor and enjoyed beach walks and restorative massages.




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Inside the Algar do Carvão the volcanic Azores cave that harbours a lake and lush vegetation

These amazing images show the Algar do Carvão in the Azores, an incredible volcanic vent formed during an eruption 2,000 years ago. Now, lockdowns permitting, it can be explored on foot.




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Digital wizardry restores some of Europe's most stunning castles to their former glory

Seven of Europe's most impressive ruined castles have been given an extreme makeover. They have been 'rebuilt' by a team of designers and architects.




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Bear prosciutto and cave castles - welcome to Slovenia

Tamara Hinson discovers government secrets at Slovenia's Hotel Jama, explores the spectacular Postojna Cave, dines on a plate of bear meat and admires the country's jagged mountains.




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Airbnb has launched a series of coronavirus crisis lockdown-friendly Zoom-hosted online experiences

The home rental site is offering 50 virtual experiences from around the world, staring from £1, as a 'new way for people to connect, travel virtually and earn income' during the coronavirus crisis.




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'Oscar Seppeltsfield' in Australia's Barossa region set to become 'the Sydney Opera House' of hotels

Rising in jaw-dropping fashion out of the picture-perfect Seppeltsfield vineyard in Australia's Barossa region, this 12-storey building will be a sight to behold when it opens in 2022.




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Behold Pico Cao Grande, a needle-shaped rock that rises out of jungle on the island of Sao Tome

Behold Pico Cao Grande, a 1,200ft-tall snake-infested volcanic plug that rises out of snake-infested jungle on São Tomé off the west coast of Africa.




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The world's most Instagrammable hotel voted as Nizuc Resort & Spa in Cancun, Mexico

The accolade was bestowed upon the resort by Luxury Travel Advisor after over 400,000 votes were cast by its readers around the world during six knockout-style rounds involving 63 posh lodges.




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Creepy images by photographer Bryan Sansivero of an abandoned doctor's surgery in Northern Virginia 

These intriguing - yet decidedly creepy - pictures were taken inside an abandoned doctor's surgery in Northern Virginia by urban explorer Bryan Sansivero.




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Mail on Sunday writers reveal the hotels they're dreaming of visiting after the coronavirus crisis

We may not be able to travel right now but there is nothing stopping us dreaming about our future adventures. Here our travel writers reveal the hotels they are longing to visit around the UK...




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Britain's best under-the-radar museums and galleries, including a former nuclear bunker in Cheshire

Britain has some wonderful lesser-known museums. Be they galleries devoted to motorbikes or musical instruments, when restrictions are lifted you'll be able to explore to your heart's content.




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A guide to boating the UK's beautiful landscapes from London to Wales, with the help of Jennie Bond

Once a crucial cog in the wheel of British industry, Britain's 2,200 navigable miles of canals make for a brilliant staycation. Here Joanna Tweedy rounds up the best waterways to explore.




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Tik Tok video of Jeroen Gortworst's home-made business-class cabin goes viral

The clip was created by the 'passenger', Jeroen Gortworst, who hails from Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and uploaded to Tik Tok, where it has been viewed millions of times.




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Isolation you'll love - Fiji's Barefoot Manta Island has dormitory rooms starting from just £20

Barefoot Manta Island, which is just under a mile long and 0.6 miles wide, is only accessible by boat (lockdowns permitted, obviously) and has dormitory rooms starting from just FJ$60 (£20).




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The 6.5ft-high plexiglass booths that could protect Italian beachgoers during the coronavirus crisis

The firm behind the concepts, Italy-based Nuova Neon Group 2, has released preliminary sketches showing what the box-like structures would look like when installed.




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The winning and shortlisted images in the open contest of the 2020 Sony World Photography Awards

The contest received 193,000 entries from photographers in over 200 territories. More than 100 images were shortlisted and judges had the hard task of picking 10 category winners.




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Intrepid marine biologist Mike Gil travels to the remotest spots to study amazing creatures 

Dr Mike Gil is a research fellow at the University of California, but also, perhaps not surprisingly, a National Geographic Explorer. He told MailOnline Travel about his epic adventures.




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Haunting pictures show some of the 6,000 shipwrecks that lie in North America's Great Lakes

North America's Great Lakes are a recreational mecca, offering all manner of watersports and scenic cruises. They're also a gigantic graveyard - of shipwrecks.