The UK is one of the most expensive countries for rail travel in Europe but split-ticketing is a practice that provides passengers with cheaper train fares. The practice of split-ticketing is becoming more mainstream in the UK. Image by Peter Muller/Getty What is split-ticketing? The clue is in the name. Essentially it’s a practice of […]
A new campaign video and website has been launched to help visitors and residents conserve water in the Balearic Islands of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera. Although the Balearic Islands are surrounded by water, the islands themselves suffer from a serious water shortage. Image: Jon Davison/Lonely Planet/LPI Collection The problem around the water shortage occurs […]
Hot on the heels of the announcement that the British royals, Harry and Meghan, will visit Africa this autumn, comes the news that William and Kate will undertake an official visit to Pakistan then too. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge are heading to Pakistan. Image: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images The Duke […]
London’s Serpentine Pavilions are one of the world’s most prestigious architectural commissions and a major tourist attraction. Now, for the first time, one of those structures is visiting the US. Guests at Second Home Serpentine Pavilion at La Brea Tar Pits. Image by Sarah Morris/Getty Madrid-based architecture firm SelgasCano designed a criss-cross network of rainbow […]
Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ former summer estate in Martha’s Vineyard is up for sale and her daughter Caroline Kennedy is overseeing the listing. Red Gate Farm is Jackie Kennedy Onassis’ former Martha’s Vineyard home. Image by Christies Real Estate Red Gare Farm, the 340-acre estate where the Kennedys routinely summered is on sale for a cool […]
The famous French art museum, the Louvre, has commissioned perfumes based on some of its most iconic masterpieces, in conjunction with Ramdane Touhami and Victoire de Taillac, co-founders of Officine Universelle Buly. The Louvre in Paris has commissioned perfumes based on some of its most iconic masterpieces. Image by ©NaughtyNut/Shutterstock Ramdane and Victoire then recruited eight French […]