As a third series of Tribe gets underway, Bruce Parry and his crew describe their personal highlights from their latest extreme adventures, and we tell you how to have a similar experience - without the whipping or frog poisoning.
When to go where
Get into the country spirit and check out a surreal display of cows, goats and sheep getting royally togged up for a month-long Alpine bash.
Sally Shalam and her friend are a little sceptical before checking in the Castle when they fall in love with the place, its antiquity and the food.
Gavin Bell joins a classic yacht race off the coast of Denmark where novices are welcome, beer flows freely and water balloon fights are compulsory.
'The world's first mobile hotel room' launched this week. Silly season gimmick or a nifty way to enjoy the great outdoors in comfort?
Sample the best of the autumn offers - from outdoor art in Cumbria to bushcraft in Wiltshire.
Your chance to get ahead of the TV schedules and find out what happened in one of the more dramatic property programmes of recent years.
The statistics are mind boggling: 600 DJs, 65,000 clubbers, 40 venues. And it all happens over three days in one city.
Simon Armitage, poet
Hedonists' Kazakhstan | Cold cruising | Risen from the ashes
· Watchdog warns move could deter passengers · Aim is for baggage-free fliers who check in online
This week has been a good one for sales on long-haul flights (the best of which are listed below). Virgin Atlantic has cheaper fares on flights to Africa, while Singapore Airlines is offering discounted tickets to destinations such as Sydney...
Isle of Man based airline Manx2.com is to increase the frequency of flights if offers from the island to Belfast starting next month. From September 17 passengers will be able to book a new 10.45am departure from the Isle of...
Ryanair has announced it is to start charging passengers for using its airport check-in services, on top of the fee it already charges to place bags in the hold. The airline says it is keen to see passengers use its...
Emirates has successfully completed a series of tests on the Airbus A380 aircraft. The airline conducted 100 checks on the A380 which involved 2,000 people over a one-week period at Dubai International Airport. According to Adel Al Redha, executive vic...
Book by Monday, August 27: Ryanair is offering a series of £10 all-in one-way flights as part of its Back to School promotion, for travel between October 1, 2007 and February 7, 2008. Travel days are Monday to Thursday and...
Queues, delayed flights and lost baggage all make travelling arduous enough as it is. That's nothing - wait until you're upgraded for a special security grilling, says Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams.
Prepare yourself for a spot of pure indulgence with Dea Birkett's pick of places to enjoy the perfect traditional cream tea.
1.15pm: Passengers will be charged £2 to check in at airport desks from next month as part of the airline's latest ruse for slashing costs. By Dan Milmo.
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Many consider Germany's Rothenburg to be the best-preserved medieval town in Europe. Many also consider it a horrible tourist trap. Everyone in the town makes their living off tourism. The place is stampeded midday with visiting tour groups. The town e...
Severe weather in the U.S. Midwest and Southeast overnight bedeviled air traffic, knocked out power to large sections of Chicago, Illinois, and pushed rivers and streams out of their banks.
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Norwegian is to open its seventh base at Rygge Airport, 40 minutes south of Oslo, with a new connection to London joining a number of other destinations set to start on February 14, 2008. The new route will operate between...
Germanwings has launched a new service for passengers to book multi-leg flights. Travellers using Smart Connect will only need to book one ticket for their entire journey, which the carrier has said will be cheaper than the cost of two...
Book by Thursday, August 30: Air Canada has discounted prices on a number of transatlantic routes for travel this autumn - for example, London to Montreal for £348 (fare is for a return flight, including taxes and charges). For departures...
Offer ends November 11: Virgin Atlantic is offering cheaper Upper Class (business class) tickets from London to Nairobi in late December. The Kenyan capital is a popular gateway to East Africa, allowing access to attractions such as the Masai Mara...
JetBlue Airways today announced it plans to add nonstop service between Richmond and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The budget airline will operate one daily flight starting Nov. 1, with a 1:30 departure time from Richmond, arriving at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywoo...
Topic: UPDATE: Delta to offer direct flights from SLC to Paris Delta Air Lines is about to embark on a new mission -- delivering Utah tourists nonstop from Salt Lake City to Paris. via Daily Herald
JetBlue Airways will begin offering daily nonstop service between Burlington and Orlando, Fla., early next year, the airline announced Thursday. via Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus
Just because you're on the road doesn't mean you can't ride in style. Check out some luxurious airport car rentals.
Hurricane Dean barrelled across Mexico's Yucatan peninsula yesterday, felling trees and power lines, sending corrugated iron roofs flying through the air and threatening large areas with flooding as it headed for the country's main offshore oilfields.
Concerns over climate change, health and fitness and the glamour of the Tour de France are driving a huge revival in Britons taking cycling holidays, according to a report.
Benji Lanyado takes six blogs head to head in his search for the coolest
Five jail-themed hotels around the world.
· Australia, Spain and France favourites for expats· Migrants from eastern Europe returning home
He thought he reserved a room at the Days Inn in Franklin, Indiana. Instead he booked a room at the Days Inn in Franklin, Kentucky. Now Days Inn won't fix the mistake, insisting that his reservation is nonrefundable. Is Pradeep Sanghvi out of luck?
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Aberdeen Airport has unveiled plans to extend the runway to allow for more routes, as well as a modernised entrance area and additional parking. Managing director Kevin Brown says that Aberdeen is airport operator BAA's fastest-growing UK airport, with...
A £1 levy will be introduced to package holidays next year to create a tourism rescue fund, the Department for Transport has confirmed. The minor charge will raise approximately £26 million every year to help those who are stranded overseas...
The Air Transport Users Council (AUC) is urging airlines to change their procedures on the refund of taxes, fees and charges when passengers voluntarily cancel reservations for non-refundable fares. A study by the AUC showed that all airlines required ...
Comair, a franchise partner of British Airways based in South Africa, may soon offer flights between London and Johannesburg. The Business Report website claims that the airline's joint chief executive, Gidon Novick, has applied to offer daily flights ...
Air Canada is to increase the frequency on its flights between London and Edmonton (Alberta, western Canada) later this year. For the winter season, the airline will up its service from three times weekly to once a day. The route...

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