In travel news this week, Spain is offering free train journeys, Southwest Airlines is making its vouchers valid forever, and we take a look at the world's greatest hiking trails and Iceland's best bathing spots.
Summer 2022 has been dominated by stories about travel mishaps, overcrowding at major destinations and airports and life-threatening heat waves in Europe.
Mussomeli ins Sicily grabbed headlines when it began selling old buildings for one euro. Now it's tackling a doctor shortage by attracting medics from Argentina. Here's what the new arrivals think of their adopted home.
Southwest Airlines has removed the expiration date on its vouchers. The move applies to new vouchers as well as those previously issued which have not yet expired.
American teenager Carrie and Danish student Kris spent the afternoon together on the Grand Canyon in 2001. They didn't meet again for another seven years, but here's what happened when they reunited.
The space tourism race is now firing on all rockets, but one company is hoping to carve out a niche as "the only carbon-neutral, zero-emission way" to travel to the edge of space.
Whatever the weather, Iceland has the perfect bathing spot, thanks to the subterranean volcanic forces that create an endless supply of geothermal water.
If you've heard a sonic boom recently, you probably remember it. The loud, explosion-like bang -- caused by a plane flying faster than the speed of sound -- can be startling, and even crack windows.
From a multi-day trek tracing the routes of a Japanese poet, to a classic clamber in the Argentinian Lake District, there are thousands of incredible trails that allow us to get up close to nature.
Coming across this unexpected shape on the seabed is enough to take your breath away -- so it's a good job you'd probably have a tankful of breaths strapped to your back.
Anyone who's been to an airport recently can see that demand for travel is back in a big way. What's not back with a vengeance are the resources needed to handle the crush of air travelers.