A tent pitched on a garden patio and up for rent at EUR 240 a month has infuriated property experts in Spain. The price reportedly includes electricity, water and Wi-Fi and the 'accommodation' is located on Plaza de Espana in Palma de Majorca, in the Spanish Balearic Islands. Photo shows…
Police have initiated a search after a 30-year-old British woman went missing in the Hungarian capital. Bartram Christina Frances disappeared from Budapest's 7th district Erzsebetvaros in the early hours of Wednesday, 28th September. Budapest Police Headquarters announced that Frances is of average built and is about 165 centimetres (5.4 feet)…
Barcelona has banned smoking on all its beaches in a bid to wipe out fumes and discarded cigarette stubs from its coast. City officials approved the ban last week, which came into force on Monday, 25th July. Smoking is still allowed in spaces where there are licensed beach bars or…
A British tourist who cooled his feet in an iconic fountain in central Rome has been fined EUR 500 by local officials. The 42-year-old holidaymaker had used the centuries-old Fontana della Barcaccia - at the foot of the Spanish Steps - to cool off from the sweltering 40-degree heat. Picture…
This Swedish ice hotel has opened its doors just 124 miles from the Arctic Circle and displays stunning art sculptures created by local artists. Icehotel 31 is located in Jukkasjarvi in the municipality of Kiruna located in the northernmost Swedish province of Lapland just 200 kilometres (124 miles) from the…
A Japanese theme park claims to have created the world's first life-size statue of Godzilla as a permanent exhibit. The replica of the 120 metres (393 feet) long fictional beast has been installed at the Nijigen no Mori Park on Awaji Island, in Japan's Hyogo Prefecture. But rather than creating…
European health professionals and workers who have fought the COVID-19 pandemic in the last months will be offered a week of free accommodation in holidaymaker hotspot Ibiza in 2021. The regional government of the Balearic island of Ibiza in eastern Spain have announced in a press statement that they are…
This is the moment the ominous fin of a large shark is seen swimming just metres from the beach of a popular British tourist hotspot in Croatia. The startling scenes were recorded by an onlooker at Copacabana Beach in the city of Dubrovnik, a popular tourist destination in Croatia known…
This beautiful southern Italian town is offering to let tourists to stay in its empty houses for free during the summer season when there will be a jazz and food festival in the town centre. The initiative named ‘Give Molise’ was created by the ‘Morrutto Friends’ Association in cooperation with…
This is the moment a drone takes to the sky and drops a life jacket in the sea as the authorities in the Spanish Costa del Sol look to bolster their lifeguard team ahead of the summer season. The city council of Estepona, which is preparing to accept visitors again…