For the third year in a row, the international website DiscoverCars has recognized Krakow as the best place to visit in winter. The capital of Małopolska overtook, among others, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Prague.more
Hundreds of European tourists returning from vacations in Spain have been infected with cryptosporidiosis, a protozoan parasitic intestinal disease that can manifest as severe diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and fever. Due to the risk of dehydration, the disease is dangerous for young children, the elderly and the immunocompromised.more
Over the weekend, Spanish maritime rescue services rescued eight tourists from the Atlantic waters who had fallen into the ocean in various places in the Canary Islands. The cause of the accidents was a sudden deterioration of weather in the Spanish archipelago, resulting in high waves.more
A week's skiing costs around €3,600 for a family of three this season. According to Panorama Turismo Skipass Observatory data, the biggest increases are in day tickets. At the popular Superski Dolomiti resort, a pass costs €80. At Madonna di Campiglio, it costs €79.more
Heatwaves, soaring prices and flight meltdowns will not deter Britons from holidaying abroad next year in potentially record numbers, according to the annual travel industry snapshot.
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Uber has included balloon flights over the rock formations of Cappadocia - a popular tourist area in central Turkey - in its offer, reported the Turkish daily "Hurriyet".more
An experiment with a limit on the number of tourists will be introduced in Venice next year, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro announced on Wednesday. This will apply, he added, to those who come for just one day of sightseeing during a period of increased tourist influx. "We will be the first in the world to do this" - he emphasised.more
Entrance tickets to the Vatican Museums will become more expensive starting January 1 next year, the management announced Thursday. The price of a full ticket will rise from 17 to 20 euros. A discounted ticket will continue to cost 8 euros. The increase was explained by rising costs.more
The number of flights to Turkey's Antalya will increase to five a week, Lublin Airport spokesman Piotr Jankowski said, referring to next year's holiday offer. He added that summer destinations also include Egypt and Crete, among others.more
Named entrance tickets have been introduced at Rome's Colosseum starting today. They will be sold both online and at on-site and telephone ticket offices. In this way, the management of the monument visited by millions of tourists wants to combat the phenomenon of speculation and ticket selling by so-called horsemen.more
Tourists visiting the Acropolis in Athens can see with their own eyes what this place looked like in its heyday. The Greek Ministry of Culture has made the Chronos mobile application available for this purpose.more
LOT Polish Airlines will start flying on the Rzeszów-Milan route in Italy from 4 November this year, the company has announced. The route will be operated until 23 March 2024. The flights will be carried out by an Embraer aircraft.more
Heathrow said the number of passengers it carried last month was ahead of 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic. The airport said 7.1 million passengers travelled through one of its terminals in September.more
From October 22, cruise ships will be banned from docking in Barcelona's central port. This is the result of arrangements between the city council and the port authorities. This is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Barcelona and prevent the city center from bursting at the seams with visitors.more
The Naples city council has approved the extension of the opening of the agglomeration's beaches until October 31. All infrastructure will remain on the beaches: umbrellas, deckchairs, volleyball courts, open bars, and there will also be lifeguards - reports NapoliTime.it.more
During the past summer holidays, in July and August, the Tatras were visited by 1 million 732 thousand tourists. However, the attendance record was not beaten, as 1 million 909.5 thousand people hiked in the Polish Tatras in the corresponding period of 2021, the Tatra National Park (TPN) concluded.more
Tourists who want to come to Venice for next year's long May weekend will have to buy a ticket to the city, probably for between 3 and 10 euros. The city council on Tuesday evening finally passed a law that will require visitors to Venice from spring 2024 to purchase a ticket on a special app, which is expected to be ready in a few weeks, Ansa news agency reported yesterday.more
In Barcelona, in the north-east of Spain, there is an increasing phenomenon of crime from the so-called menas, i.e. juvenile immigrants without parental care, mainly from Morocco.more
New York tiktoker Kenny Bollwerk, who gained popularity by broadcasting videos about the everyday life of rats in the metropolis, has gained such a large fan base that he offers tours of the most rat-infested areas of the city, the Canadian portal CBC reported.more
To celebrate the end of the vacations, Pyszne.pl checked how the number of orders on their platform changed in several well-known vacation spots on the map of Poland. Mountains in summer or winter? Restaurants in tourist destinations have more work during the season - but how big is the difference? Here are the statistics of a leading food ordering service.more
Tourists are being charged almost £42 a mile for short pedicab rides through central London.
Westminster City Council say rogue drivers rip off visitors by demanding almost 2,757 per cent more than if they took a bus.more