Published this month:

• Krakow, Sofia and Riga prove the cheapest European cities for stag dos with a full day costing as little as £32
• To go or not to go, that is the question: Shakespeare fans can enjoy a lavish banquet and spend the night at Hamlet’s castle in Denmark (for just £7 on Airbnb)
• The dramatic moment a cruise ship crashes into the dock in San Diego as tourists scramble for their lives
• Laptops, mansions and helicopters: The weirdest paper offerings Chinese people burn for the deceased to ensure them a happy afterlife
• Revealed: Why taking a holiday REALLY is good for you with hidden benefits including better skin, weight loss and even a higher sex drive
• Rainbow of the night! Stunning Northern Lights in SUNDERLAND paints the sky in shades of yellow, green and purple
• It’s the ‘maskwoman’: Female commuter rises to fame after wearing beauty mask on her way to work every morning
• Shocked tourists capture the horrifying moment a woman is swept under a train while taking a selfie
• Miracle as boy, 12, wakes up from a four-month coma after his father played him loving messages every day
• From cat-themed steaks to Hello Kitty label rosé: The popular cartoon character now has her own restaurant in China
• Dramatic pictures show a three-storey building turned into rubble in China with ‘illegal construction’ blamed for its collapse
• How Saddam Hussein’s former palace is being turned into Iraq’s first new museum in decades thanks to funding from a British charity
• Japanese train has seats that lift up into the CEILING during rush hour to create more room
• It caused a right stir: Chinese tea house scammers jailed after charging tourists £5 per SIP
• Man is caught trying to smuggle 18 LIVE birds through customs including several endangered species by hiding them down his trousers
• Interactive crucifixions and daily resurrections (with a robot Jesus): Welcome to Christianity’s answer to Disneyland
• Japanese presenter calls for ‘Chinese-only’ zones at tourist attractions after visitors were seen picking flowers and shaking trees during cherry blossom season
• ‘Is this supposed to be a vagina?’ Beijing airport terminal designed by Zaha Hadid is ridiculed for ‘reproductive organ worship’
• Mountaineer’s stunning images from 26 years of climbing show why he became addicted to conquering 4,000-metre Alpine peaks
• Budget transatlantic flights could dramatically increase after Norwegian Air is given ‘tentative approval’ to fly from Ireland
• The great airport money rip off: How it can cost a third more to buy foreign currencies at the terminal (and Cardiff is the worst culprit)
• Quacking idea! The wine estate that’s farmed with the help of 800 DUCKS who help to eliminate pests and fertilise the vines
• Female Muslim passenger is kicked off plane because flight attendant ‘did not feel comfortable’
• A whaley big surprise! Incredible moment an enormous humpback surfaces right next to an unsuspecting kayaker
• Flying solo: Pilot, 60, begins a round-the-world journey that’s been completed by just 113 people before him
• New York on a budget: TripAdvisor reveals how you can holiday in one of the world’s most expensive cities for less than £1,000 (including flights) – and still stay at hotels with top ratings
• Chinese city plans to attract tourists with COCKFIGHTING and will host legal arenas in its markets and bazaars
• It’s a marine tornado! Ocean explorer captures the incredible moment a school of fish forms a vortex under water
• Woman arrested after allegedly trying to smuggle 86 pellets of cocaine through airport by pretending she’s PREGNANT
• Is it a car or is it a boat? No! It’s the first ever motor yacht from Mercedes-Benz and it can be yours for a cool £1.2 million
• Now that’s what you call water damage! Australian airport closed after heavy rain caused its ROOF to collapse
• Forget a Ford Focus: The supercars you didn’t know you could hire from everyday rental agencies including Maseratis, Porsches and Aston Martins (for as little as £190 per day)
• Goodbye blinds! The interactive plane windows that SELF-TINT, display the flight path and communicate with cabin crew
• Is this the most dangerous selfie spot in the world? Tourists perch on 2,769ft high cliff in Brazil to get the perfect shot
• He’s earned his stripes! Runner who completed 13 marathons, trained in India AND climbed Kilimanjaro with a 10-foot tiger on his back will compete in final race this weekend
• Flight attendants are forced to tie up passenger after he ‘drank five beers, smoked in the loo and started a fight after being refused more alcohol’
• First time flier opens the emergency door for ‘a breath of fresh air’ after confusing it with a window that ‘no one would notice was open’
• It’s Peanuts! First Snoopy Museum outside the USA debuts in Japan featuring original cartoons and vintage memorabilia
• Small is beautiful! Spain is so proud of its tapas that it wants the food style protected by Unesco
• It’s bound to be a Thriller! Michael Jackson theme park based on the King of Pop’s Neverland Ranch set to open in Shanghai
• Beach hut with no water or electricity that you can’t even stay in overnight sparks a bidding war among the Cheshire Set… and sells for £153,000
• Finally! The new airport scanners that mean you don’t need to remove your laptop or tablet from your bag
• Just the ticket! Railway station converted to four-bedroom home and three holiday train carriages on the market for £795,000
• Charity accuses TripAdvisor of ‘profiting from the world’s cruelest animal attractions’ by listing and selling tickets to them
• Magic is in the air! Disney unveils spectacular Mickey and Minnie Mouse plane liveries ahead of new resort opening in Shanghai
• The least touristy countries revealed: Bangladesh, Moldova and India are the places to escape to if you want to meet locals (rather than other holidaymakers)
• The new ‘smart’ sleep mask that promises to banish jet lag and help you sleep using flashing lights that trick your body into thinking it’s in a different time zone
• ‘I have 500,000 fans!’: Porsche driver threatens police with ‘fame’ after getting parking ticket but ends up getting arrested
• Who’s going to win this one? Dramatic pictures show two magpies picking a fight with a SNAKE
• The best bags in the world? Rolls Royce unveils six-piece £24,000 luggage set designed to fit like a jigsaw into the boot of the Wraith
• The aircraft is definitely NOT on fire! Alarming footage shows ‘smoke’ billowing from planes but it’s in fact just turbulence
• SpiceJet pilot who allegedly asked the co-pilot to leave while allowing an air hostess to sit in the cockpit for a ‘considerable time’ has his licence suspended
• ‘Tribute to the trashy glamour of rock and roll’: Gold-studded music museum with 65-foot long cantilever auditorium opens in Denmark

On the blogs:

• #HOTGV: On Château Angélus with Stephanie de Bouard