Travel

• The best places to eat and drink in Menorca

  

  Heading to Menorca and want to make sure you eat and drink well while you're there? Use our guide to some of the best restaurants and bars on the island. 

• Checking into the Cala San Miguel Ibiza Resort for 48 hours of food, cocktails and sun

   

  The sleepy chic north side of Ibiza is a world away from the island's other hedonistic side. We got a chance to take a mini break in a beautiful resort that's just opened up a very glamorous beach club. 

• 48 hours in Paris, our 2025 guide to both new and classic places to eat, drink and stay in the City of Light

   

  On our latest trip to Paris, we checked out a new hotel, a newly Michelin-starred restaurant, a new French bistro that looks like it's been there for an age and lots more...

• The best vineyards near London that are easy for day trip visits

  

  Lucky Londoners - there are simply loads of vineyards close by that are an easy day trip away. We've picked some of the best offering vineyard tours, tastings and even overnight stays.

• Travel notes: dining with Greek chefs abroad at Elix, a Mar-Bella Collection hotel on the Ionian coast

  

  Luxury Greek hotel Elix welcomed back a Greek chef who made his name in London this summer. We joined ex-Kiln chef Nick Molyviatis for three days of feasting by the Ionian sea.

• 48 hours in Dublin, your 2025 itinerary of the best places to eat and drink

  

  Heading to Dublin for a short break? Here's our 2025 on where to eat, drink and stay in the Irish capital. 

• Country inn chic that doesn't cost the earth, staying at The Westleton Crown in Suffolk

  

  If you can't decide whether you're after a rural retreat or coastal calm on a break from London then the good news is that The Westleton Crown in Suffolk offers both. We booked in for the night.

• Living the real Emily in Paris dream at the city's gorgeous new hotel La Fantaisie (and beyond)

   

  The unveiling of a fabulously OTT new hotel in Paris gave us the perfect reason to jump on the Eurostar and head across to France for a quick Parisian minibreak. Here's where we stayed, ate and drank during our stay. 

• Eurostar's Premier class brings in new big name chefs (and sommelier) - we try it out

  

  For as long as we can remember, the food on Eurostar's Business Premier has been provided by Le Manoir's Raymond Blanc. However, recently, Eurostar has had a bit of an overhaul, changing its travel classes and what was Business Premier is now simply Eurostar Premier. Ultimately this is because it's essentially first class on the train, and not just about business

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• Travel notes: Ballynahinch Castle is the perfect country bolthole on the west coast of Ireland

   

  Take a break from the craziness of city life by heading to the country estate of Ballynahinch Castle on the west coast of Ireland. Go wild swimming in the lake, enjoy a pint of Guinness in the pub and try the much-vaunted restaurant by an award-winning Irish chef.