World Travel | News, Reviews, Tips & Advice | The Irish Times

Sign up for alerts from The Irish Times

Notification wireframe

Just click on “Allow Notifications” on the message appearing on your browser to activate them.

bell-slash

We will send you a quick reminder in the future, in case you change your mind.

Home Alone: the McCallister mansion, in Winnetka, Illinois, is up for rent. Photograph: Sarah Crowley/Airbnb

Happy holidays, ya filthy animals: Home Alone mansion lands on Airbnb

The McCallister family home – ‘on the most boring street in the US’ – is taking bookings

Irish Loop: Ferryland Head, a narrow spit of land that attracted many shipwrecks in the past. Photograph: Candace Kennedy/New York Times

Nano Nagle, the Claddagh Inn and The Fields of Athenry: You’d swear this was Ireland

Discovering fields of green and Celtic culture on Newfoundland’s Irish Loop

Airline crews have been managing more disruptive behaviour than usual since the pandemic restrictions have eased. Photograph: Hispanolistic/E+/iStock/Getty

Don’t restrain unruly passengers with duct tape, airline reminds crew

US airlines encountering an unusual number of disorderly customers as restrictions lift

Virgin Galactic’s VSS Unity comes in for a landing after a suborbital test flight in Mojave, California, US, in 2018. Photograph: Gene Blevins/AFP via Getty Images

Sky-high prices: Virgin Galactic almost doubles fare for trips to space

Richard Branson’s company resumes sales of tickets for flights – at a much higher price

Inside the Virgin Galactic spaceship. Photograph: Spaceship Co/Virgin Galactic via Getty

Two windows for $250k: Virgin Galactic unveils its moodily lit spaceship cabin

SpaceShipTwo comes with all mod cons, including cameras to film you escaping gravity

Lake Michigan: In summer, the weather is usually glorious, so it’s all about the outdoors – there’s lots of water sports from paddleboarding and surfing to boating and water-skiing. Photograph: iStock

In search of the kind of America I’d always heard about in Michigan

There are counties named after Antrim, Clare, Roscommon and Robert Emmet

Almost 900 years since its construction, Angkor Wat remains a masterpiece

Exploring the temples of Angkor, where civilisation and nature entwine

Shilpa Ganatra takes a phone photography tour of the magnificent Angkor Wat, and the temples that battled with the elements… and lost

Sonya Lennon marked her birthday with a family holiday in India.

Sonya Lennon: We swapped our family sun resort holiday for an Indian adventure

Spice markets, safaris, temples and hanging out as a family made it a trip of a lifetime

Fisherman’s shrine in Da Nang, south-central Vietnam’s tourist capital

A bumpy, noisy, chaotic and unforgettable journey through Vietnam

It’s an experience like no other, the kind of thing you want to soak up when you’re somewhere very different

British Airways gun incident: a passenger found a pistol left in a toilet by the bodyguard of David Cameron (above). Photograph: Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty

Loaded gun found with former PM’s passport in aircraft toilet sparks security alert

David Cameron’s bodyguard suspended after incident aboard New York-London BA flight

Anantara Dhigu in the Maldives. “Everywhere you turn is perfect. Coconut trees shade views of the ocean. The coconuts themselves are delicious.”

Living in Instagram on holidays in the Maldives

Sense of fragility and air of unreality pervade life on the island nation in South Asia

The scale of the Po-i Kalan Islamic complex of 16th century buildings in Bukhara brought Shilpa Ganatra to tears.

Uzbekistan: the ridiculously good-looking country that’s becoming a hotspot for travellers

Central Asia returns as a popular destination due to centuries of globally-important history and culture

Bridge running through the treetops in Kings Park, Perth, Australia

Leaving dark and cold Ireland for the pure blue skies of Western Australia

Perth has great public facilities, plentiful sunshine and wide open spaces to enjoy

Mules carrying the luggage during a trekking tour through Morocco

Walking in the Atlas mountains: A short break that’s long on experience

It’s hard to think of anywhere as close to Ireland that is as culturally different as Morocco

Nature lovers will revel in the hiking trails in Shimla, India. Photograph: iStock

Once in a lifetime holidays to take this winter

From volcanoes in Costa Rica to sleigh rides in Lapland - take a trip you'll never forget

Colourful buildings of Randyland art museum in Mexican War Streets district in Pittsburgh’s Northside. Pennsylvania, USA

Pittsburgh: A cool American city without the big-city price tag

Great architecture, cute neighbourhoods and good food for reasonable value

Qantas nonstop flight: Capt Helen Trenerry and First Officer Ryan Gill demonstrate the monitors they wore during the London-Sydney test trip

Record flight, record jet lag? Qantas touches down after 19hr 19min

A direct London-Sydney service is on the cards – if passengers and crew can bear it

Exploring fresh produce at a local farmers market in Vancouver

There is hope for a changing world in Vancouver’s inspiring food scene

There is an emphasis in the Canadian city on ‘clean’n’green’ fare produced ethically, sustainably and locally

Myanmar is one of six south-east Asian countries now producing wine.

Myanmar on the cusp of another revolution – but this time it’s about wine

Hans Leiendecker is on a mission to bring his decades of expertise to bear on Myanmar’s embryonic wine scene

Iain Henderson and CJ Stander arrive at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, ahead of the Rugby World Cup. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho

Returning to Japan after 30 years for the Rugby World Cup

Frank McNally recalls lavish 1988 trip as he prepares to report on this year’s tournament

1
2
3
4
5
Next ›

Subscriber Only

Most Read in Life & Style

1 How a lab scientist’s bad cold led to the ‘marvel’ mRNA vaccine

2 Rosita Boland: The odd feeling of staying in a hotel in the town where you grew up

3 What will €199,000 buy in South Africa, France, Cyprus, Thailand and Limerick?

4 Two-bedroom cottage minutes from Phoenix Park for €350,000

5 Northwest Donegal: We heard myth, folklore and history, and couldn’t tell the difference

6 ‘Grief is a braggart, a blatherskite, a blustering egomaniac refusing to be ignored’

7 Why are property asking prices so often lower than sale prices?

8 Don’t rush to judgment about what kind of person you are

9 Volkswagen ID.4 GTX: €72,000 is a step too far for an electric car

10 In praise of the new ‘bank holiday’ on March 18th

Real news has value

Find your perfect Battlefield Tour

Find your perfect City break

Find your perfect Cruise

Find your perfect destination

Find your perfect destination

Select for slide 1 Select for slide 2 Select for slide 3 Select for slide 4 Select for slide 5

Sign In

Forgot Password?

Sign Out