Traveller Awards:10 outstanding places to relax and rejuvenate

Traveller Awards:10 outstanding places to relax and rejuvenate

Some experiences require an open mind;others a deep pocket. But all of these unique experiences put relaxation and self-care front and centre.

  • byTraveller team

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Ten of the world’s greatest adventure holidays to add to your bucket-list

Ten of the world’s greatest adventure holidays to add to your bucket-list

Hands up if you’re a part-time explorer? From a polar plunge to an end-of-the-world expedition in pure comfort,we’ve got you covered.

  • byTraveller team
Divers find five bodies in wreck of sunken super yacht in Sicily

Divers find five bodies in wreck of sunken super yacht in Sicily

The British-flagged Bayesian,a 56-metre-long super yacht owned by British tech magnate Mike Lynch,was hit by a fierce,pre-dawn storm on Monday.

  • byGiselda Vagnoni
The deadly storm that sank a superyacht:What is a waterspout?

The deadly storm that sank a superyacht:What is a waterspout?

Fast,dramatic and impossible to predict,some waterspouts can hit 400km/h. One of these destructive beasts likely led to the Bayesian tragedy.

  • byAngus Dalton
Super yacht was hosting party for tech magnate’s acquittal when it sank off Sicily

Super yacht was hosting party for tech magnate’s acquittal when it sank off Sicily

Police divers resumed searching for six people believed trapped in the hull of a super yacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily.

  • bySilvia Stellacci,Andrea Rosa andNicole Winfield
Morgan Stanley International chairman among the missing after luxury yacht sinks

Morgan Stanley International chairman among the missing after luxury yacht sinks

Jonathan Bloomer and his wife are among the six people missing along with British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch after the yacht sank off Sicily.

  • byRosaura Bonfardino andIgor Petyx
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Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

Seven ways to keep cool in sweltering southern Europe

If you travel through southern Europe during the hottest part of the year,you’ll need a little respite from the sun. Here are seven of the best ways to keep cool.

  • byMaria Pasquale
Italy auctions off Holy Roman Emperor’s castle to tackle public debt

Italy auctions off Holy Roman Emperor’s castle to tackle public debt

The palatial complex near Naples tops the list of 33 sites owned or managed by the Italians in November.

  • byJosephine McKenna
It’s next to one of Italy’s most famous sites,but few visit this side

It’s next to one of Italy’s most famous sites,but few visit this side

Pompeii may steal the limelight,but the looming,roiling Mount Vesuvius is the true star of Naples,and few even realise you can climb it.

  • byKurt Johnson
‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

‘I am Giorgia’:Italy’s far-right leader and the confounding world of Italian politics

Italy’s first female PM is also the first to govern from the far right in decades. Has Giorgia Meloni’s agenda changed in power? Where did her politics come from? And why has Italy had 68 governments since World War II?

  • byAngus Holland
Italian town that used bears to promote tourism kills bear that attacked French man

Italian town that used bears to promote tourism kills bear that attacked French man

The International Organisation for Animal Protection said the bear was about 22 years old and had three cubs that would struggle to survive on their own.

  • byKeith Weir