EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill gets a British Airways A350 airborne - and lands it again - in a full-motion multi-million-pound simulator at British Airways' Flight Training Centre near Heathrow. The simulator is so realistic that it's 'Zero Flight Time' approved, which means an experienced pilot can go straight from qualifying in a simulator to flying a real aircraft carrying customers. The simulator is so realistic that Ted finds himself altogether rather tense throughout the entire experience... Pictured: A real A350 (top right), Ted's BA trainers for his session (bottom right), Ted cruising over London (bottom left) and the exterior of the simulator (top left).
Fascinating vintage images of 1950s Paris, long before the city became swamped with selfie sticks and Instagram 'influencers'
They were taken by photographer Allan Hailstone in the 1950s over the course of two short trips, one in July 1955 with his father and another with a college friend in September 1959. Mr Hailstone, originally from Coventry, took hundreds of stunning images of Paris's most beguiling scenes and architecture - the Champs-Élysées, the quaint streets of Montmarte, the majestic Notre-Dame cathedral and the beautiful Arc de Triomphe.
A trip on an Antarctic icebreaker, tracking mountain gorillas and paradise islands: Honeymoons that make the start of marriage a real adventure
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From epic fiery volcanoes to hot geysers and incredible black sand beaches: Spectacular photographs of Iceland in all its geothermal glory
Iceland was one of the last places on earth to be settled by humans. And as these incredible photographs show, we haven’t done much with the place. And that can only be a good thing because Iceland is one of the most staggeringly extraordinary places on earth. These images are from a new book in Amber Books’ Visual Explorer Guide series called Iceland, by Chris McNab. They capture Iceland’s quite breath-taking landscape – Northern Lights hanging over mysterious rock formations, black sand beaches, geothermal pools, mighty volcanoes and majestic waterfalls. Pictured: Hverfjall volcano (top left), the Seljalandsfoss Waterfall (top right), the Gullfoss Waterfall (bottom right), the Fjaðrárgljúfur canyon (bottom left) and the Hveravellir (Hot Spring Fields) Nature Reserve (inset).
Despite air con as noisy as an old bus and forgetful waiters, this South African wine hotel still has the wow factor
MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill checked into the Lanzerac Hotel and Spa in Stellenbosch, near Cape Town. He gives it four stars, despite a series of face-palm moments that included waiters forgetting the wine list (it's a wine hotel) and which table had ordered what. And room service arriving at 7.20am with a mysterious breakfast that was not asked for.
The Bobs coaster, the Parachute Jump and Silver Streak: Fascinating colour pictures taken in 1948 show day trippers on Coney Island enjoying thrill rides and sunshine
Coney Island has experienced a roller coaster of fortunes over the years - but these incredible vintage pictures taken in 1948 clearly caught it at a high point. They show sunbathers topping up their tans on packed beaches, people frolicking in the sea and strolling along the boardwalk and enjoying thrill rides including The Bobs coaster and the famous Parachute Jump.
Best and worst airlines and airports for 2019 revealed: Qatar named No1 airline, Thomas Cook the worst, with Hamad getting the gong in the airport ranking and Lisbon coming bottom
Qatar Airways is ranked as the number one airline for the second year running with American Airlines in second place. Thomas Cook Airlines comes bottom of the list - just below easyJet. The top airport for the second year running, the study claims, is Hamad International Airport in Doha, followed by Tokyo International Airport. The study was carried out by AirHelp, a company that assists passengers with compensation claims for delayed, cancelled or overbooked flights. It ranked 72 airlines and 132 airports from 40,000 reviews based on on-time performance and quality of service, as well as food and drink options and how easy it is to claim a refund.
From the Nose Academy to museums dedicated to David Hasselhoff and snoring: Europe's 30 most underrated tourist attractions revealed
The list also includes a museum dedicated to potato chips in Belgium, drain pipes in Dresden that make music when it rains and Starkenberger Brewery's Beer Pools - a spa made of lager. The ranking was compiled by comedian Danny Wallace. His top five includes the David Hasselhoff Museum in Berlin (top left), Prague's Museum of Alchemists and Magicians (top right), Mini Europe in Brussels (bottom left) and the Floating Cat Sanctuary in Amsterdam (bottom right).
Now THIS will float your boat: The incredible new 500ft mega yacht that comes with beds beneath the stars and a seaplane (and trips on the maiden voyage start from £32,000)
Norwegian-based cruise company SeaDream Yacht Club is expanding its fleet with the SeaDream Innovation, which it says is 'a new, revolutionary yacht, which will introduce the concept of global yachting'. Incredible new renderings show how the mega yacht - which will weigh 15,600 gross tons and boast 110 ocean-view suites - will have nine decks and be packed with features.
Oh to be in Burgundy, the land where lunch is king! The joys of a family road trip through France's epic wine region - which makes some of the world's best Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Fiona Hardcastle ventured to Burgundy's Côte-d'Or region with her husband and three children. Here she reveals just what a magical place it is. It has arguably the world's most wonderful bicycle trail, which winds through picture-perfect vineyards, superb Relais & Châteaux hotels and, of course, offers up the chance to drink the best wine you'll probably ever put your lips to...
From the ideal spot for skinny dips to the most glorious beaches: Britain's hidden islands and what they're best for
Britain has over 1,000 islands and many of them, as a fascinating new book reveals, are ripe for exploring. Islandeering: Adventures Around The Edge Of Britain’s Hidden Islands, by Lisa Drewe, charts 50 hidden islands, many accessible but little known – all perfect for adventure and circumnavigation. The new book underscores what each island is ‘best for’, with categories including skinning dipping, epic tidal crossings and pubs. Here we pick out our favourite examples.
The beauty of Bhutan! Stunning images reveal the country's awe-inspiring mountains, lush valleys and ancient towns (plus a VERY scary airport approach)
The landlocked country in the eastern Himalayas is home to a mesmerising mix of breathtaking scenery, from gaping valleys to soaring snowy peaks, and ancient Buddhist architecture. Even the international airport (bottom right) there is a sight to behold. It's famed for having one of the world's most dangerous approaches, with towering 18,000ft peaks on each side and vicious winds whipping through the steep valley.
The world's most expensive resort is now open: Inside the private paradise island that costs $100,000 PER NIGHT (and there's a three-night minimum stay)
It’s called Banwa Private Island, and while the price tag is eye-wateringly hefty it does secure guests the entire island. And what an island. Nestling in the Palawan archipelago in the Philippines – regarded as ‘the last ecological frontier’, according to the resort’s website - it’s pretty much 15 acres of paradise on earth. The resort website says that it’s ‘a private world where time stands still’ and where temperatures rarely dip below 30C. The accommodation is luxury through and through.
Live the high life before you fly: You don’t need to fly first class to get access to airport lounges. Here’s our pick of the best (and the ones to avoid)
Air travel can be hell. But there’s a way to ease your pain - by paying to access an airport lounge. There’s free wi-fi, charging stations and sometimes showers. In most cases, you can take newspapers and magazines with you on the plane. Here Thomas W. Hodgkinson rounds up the best lounges at airports around the UK and the ones to avoid.
Revealed: Fascinating vintage images of the short-lived American airline that used to fly tourists to Yellowstone National Park
They show the fleet and passengers of National Parks Airways (NPA), which operated for a mere 10 years, between 1927 and 1937, in Utah, Idaho and Montana. It would eventually capitalise on the boom in Yellowstone National Park tourism and ferry passengers to towns nearby – but it started off operating airmail and passenger services on one route from Salt Lake City to Great Falls. Pictured clockwise from top left: An NPA Fokker Super Universal in 1928; an NPA Stearman C3MB used for airmail services; a Boeing Model 80, used for Yellowstone Park sight-seeing excursions; a Fokker Super Universal about to take off for NPA's inaugural flight to Idaho Falls in September 1934 and (inset) a rented Boeing 247 in West Yellowstone.
Lightning on the African savanna and Hong Kong shrouded in fog: The 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest continues to amaze (and there's ONE DAY left to enter)
Photographers have just one day left to get their entries submitted to the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest. But they will have to be of exceptional quality if they are to eclipse any of these recently entered images. The set includes a dramatic image of rhinos drinking from a watering hole in Africa while lightning blazes above (top), an aerial shot of the mighty Mount Fuji in Japan (bottom left) and a foggy sunrise in Hong Kong (bottom right).
Breathtaking drone footage shows the stunning landscape of Europe's largest glacier, which covers 9% of Iceland
Italian photographer Stefano Tiozzo, 33, filmed a series of unique aerial images of the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland throughout February 2019. It is the largest ice cap in Europe by volume and at its deepest point it is 1,000 metres (3,280ft) thick. Lurking underneath, meanwhile, are a number of huge active volcanoes, including Öræfajökull, Bárðarbunga and Grímsvötn. The latter is extremely lively and erupted as recently as May 2011, producing an ash cloud that rose 12 miles into the air.
New era for Butlin's as its Bognor Regis resort's new £40m swimming pool opens for business, boasting a 24ft-tall helter skelter, a wave machine and beach huts
The 6,300-square-metre pool in West Sussex can accommodate up to 1,000 guests and has been filled with over 600,000 litres of water and decorated with more than two million tiles. The pool's stand-out feature is perhaps the helter-skelter water ride (top right), which Butlin's says is a 'world first' and almost as high as two double-decker buses. Butlin's says that the wave pool is family friendly and that 'when the music blasts out, it comes alive accompanied by a suitably water-based soundtrack'.
Dubai with a toddler? Why the 'Las Vegas of the Middle East' is the PERFECT holiday spot for parents with a little one in tow
MailOnline's Carol Driver wasn't sure about Dubai being a family-friendly destination. But her preconceptions were turned on their head after a stay at Fairmont The Palm (pictured), which is located on the stunning Palm Jumeirah island (top left). She checked into the five-star hotel with her husband and not-yet-two-year-old daughter.
From an Edwardian country house by Lake Windermere to a Victorian lodge in Scotland with a 'spectacular' garden: The 2019 AA British B&B; of the Year award winners revealed
The AA has announced the winners of the 2019 B&B; awards - and there can be no dispute over the loveliness of the gong-baiting lodges. Awards have been handed out in a number of categories, including friendliest, story of the year, unique, restaurant with rooms, breakfast of the year and guest accommodation of the year. The winners include a restored Edwardian country house with views of a rather famous English lake, a Victorian property with four-poster beds and a restored lodge at the head of a sea loch.
The amazing tropical holiday that's just like being in Jurassic Park, with waterfall helicopter rides, treks through jungle gorges and volcanic landscapes
The trip, to La Reunion in the Indian Ocean, is being offered by holiday firm Off the Map Travel. Guests stay in see-through bubble tents (bottom right), explore lava caves, zip-line through the jungle and enjoy a helicopter ride through waterfall-strewn ravines (main and top right), reminiscent of scenes from Jurassic Park. The company describes the French island as being the crossroads of African, Indian, European and Chinese cultures and very similar to Hawaii - where Jurassic Park was shot.
Hiking trail opens in the Korean Peninsula's heavily armed demilitarized zone, where endangered species are flourishing
The Goseong-area route has opened on the eastern side of the DMZ in the first phase of what's known as the 'Peace Trail' project. It is one of three trails set to open on the peninsula, with tours running twice a day, six days a week. Pictured inset are the vibrant blue Military Armistice Commission Conference Rooms, which straddle both North and South Korea.
Explorer celebrates his 70th birthday by trekking 1,250 miles from the tip of Cornwall to the top of Scotland - and hopes his journey can inspire others to explore Britain's unspoiled areas
John Sutcliffe hiked from Cape Cornwall to Cape Wrath, carrying 18kg of camping equipment and clothing and taking in some of the UK's most remote and wildest parts. During his daring 106-day walk, which included a few rest days, the former geologist spent almost every night camping in the wild, save for the occasional night of luxury in a B&B.; Pictured clockwise from top left: John at the start of the trip in Cornwall, the South Pennines, Cape Wrath, a glaciated 'U' valley in Cumbria and the dramatic Falls of Glomach in Ross-shire.
Is Qatar Airways' business class cabin REALLY the best in the world? MailOnline puts the much-hyped £2,000-a-go 'Qsuite' to the test (and finds that even the porridge is to die for...)
Everyone says Qatar Airways’ Qsuite is, if not the best, then one of the best business class experiences in the world - the TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards (2019 winner), the Skytrax Awards (2018 winner), MailOnline commenters, frequent fliers. So MailOnline Travel Editor, Ted Thornhill (top left), wanted to find out what all the fuss is about. And low and behold – what the fuss is about is readily apparent at every stage, he writes.
RAF radar technician captures the wild landscapes of the Falkland Islands in stunning drone footage
Paul Bromham, 38, from Swansea, Wales, started filming during his time-off while hiking. His edited video shows the sharp contrast in scenery from vast white stone runs (sometimes called stone rivers) to rolling boggy mounds and mountains areas as well as penguin-speckled white-sand beaches. Pictured is Gypsy Cove (top and bottom left), Mount Kent (top right) and the Falklands' capital, Port Stanley (bottom right).
Incredible pictures reveal the inside of Ukraine’s last nuclear missile base where Soviet soldiers waited for the order to destroy America (and yes, there is a red telephone)
Radio Free Europe photographer Amos Chapple, from New Zealand, recently had a look around the site, which lies some 185 miles south of Kiev, and captured the facility in a set of fascinating, if unnerving, photographs. The subterranean base is cylindrical and comprises 10 storeys. It was designed to be self-sufficient for 45 days in the event of a nuclear war and so it contains generators to keep the power running and (very cramped) living quarters with the odd mod con or two. Mr Chapple snapped bunk beds, the silo’s microwave oven, a kettle, the launch buttons, the ladders that connect the facility’s floors, a 750kg blast door and an SS-18 Satan missile on display outside. He described the experience as ‘incredibly unsettling’.
Tacky is out and uber-chic is in! Checking in to the new Times Square hotel (with Kendall Jenner) that's brought a world of luxury to the tourist trap hotspot
MailOnline's Sadie Whitelocks checked into The Times Square Edition during its launch week, along with Kendall Jenner (inset), Cara Delevingne and Hailey Bieber. The 42-storey, 512ft hotel was masterminded by former Studio 54 co-owner Ian Schrager and has taken eight years to create. Sadie writes that the hotel has strong powers of seduction... with amazing views of Times Square coming as standard, of course (top right). Also pictured: One of the bedrooms (top left), Sadie's bathroom (bottom left) and the swanky bar (bottom right).
Is this the perfect South African hotel? The luxury resort that has it all - stunning views of Table Mountain, a jaw-dropping infinity pool and the sweetest of suites
MailOnline Travel's Ted Thornhill checked into the One&Only; Cape Town. It's not cheap, with rooms starting at £491 ($635) - but for that you get perfection. More or less... Ted enjoyed top fodder at the hotel's Nobu restaurant, splendid wines courtesy of sommelier Luvo Ntezo and a lovely water's-edge bedroom (bottom right).
From a 'graffiti toilet' used by Lady Gaga to egg-shaped cubicles: The world's most Instagrammable bathrooms revealed
MailOnline Travel has toilet-hopped around the world to find the most Instagram-worthy loos which, were you to visit, would keep you snapping away for quite some time. For a taste of the bizarre, Sketch in London has installed giant egg-shaped cubicles in its dining establishment (top left), making it feel as if you might have stumbled upon a dinosaur's nest. Or if you're after something a little more opulent, the mirror and marble-clad restroom at the Brasserie of Light restaurant, also in the British capital, promises to impress. For the ultimate hipster snap however, head to the graffiti-riddled loos at dive bar Welcome to the Johnsons in New York's Lower East Side, once frequented by Lady Gaga (inset). Also pictured: Annabel's in London (top right), the Madonna Inn (bottom right) in San Luis Obispo, California, and Bokan in London (bottom left).
First look at the life-like creatures that will feature in Universal Orlando's new Harry Potter roller coaster - including a never-before-seen Blast-Ended Skrewt
The new attraction, called Hagrid's Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure, is set to open in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at the Florida resort on June 13. The ride will see guests join Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class and fly deep into the Forbidden Forest aboard his magical motorbike, beyond the grounds of Hogwarts - encountering the wizarding world's rarest magical creatures including the Blast-Ended Skrewt (top left), Fluffy the three-headed dog (top right), Cornish Pixies (bottom left) and a majestic Centaur (bottom right).
Airbus releases fascinating time-lapse video showing how it assembles its brand new A330neo aircraft
The mesmerising video, filmed at the plane manufacturer's plant in Toulouse, France, charts the delivery of components all the way through to fitting the fuselage together and spray-painting its livery. The A330-900 plane in the video has now been handed over to Air Mauritius, which is leasing the aircraft.
City of dogs: Inside Chernobyl's chilling Exclusion Zone, where hundreds of semi-wild hounds roam the radioactive ruins
Student Alex Hendriks expected lifeless desolation when he visited the centre of the Chernobyl disaster zone in northern Ukraine with his friends. And while it was certainly bleak – it was far from lifeless inside the radioactive ruins. There were hundreds of dogs roaming around. They entered the Exclusion Zone, which includes the city of Pripyat, on a bus operated by tour company Gamma Travel, having been picked up in Kiev, and this bus then drove them around the zone for the entire day. The dogs are the descendants of pets left abandoned by the former residents 35 years ago.
Magic! Harry Potter fans can now rent a holiday cottage that looks exactly like Hagrid's hut
The Groundkeeper's Cottage (left) has just opened at fantasy-themed holiday park North Shire, on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, ahead of International Harry Potter Day. The cottage, which cost £195,000 to build, comprises three interlocking circular slate-roofed buildings, two with turrets, and all with stained glass windows. There is also a feature fireplace (top right) and wooden beams festooned with Hagrid-style paraphernalia such as old baskets, ropes, leather bags and lanterns, and a statement copper bath (bottom right). Pictured inset is the 'real' Hagrid's hut from the Harry Potter movies.
Notre-Dame ablaze, a Mongolian nomad and a storm in Kansas: Stunning entries to the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest keep on coming
The judges of the 2019 National Geographic Travel Photo Contest must have furrowed brows. That's because entries to the competition continue to flood in and, as the latest batch below demonstrates, the quality is still superbly high. How will they decide on the winners? There's a dramatic shot of Notre-Dame Cathedral engulfed in flames (top left), a stunning image showing a diver outnumbered by a shoal of fish in New Zealand (bottom left) and a powerful capture of a supercell storm unleashing its wrath in Kansas (bottom right). This sneak peek also includes a striking portrait of a Mongolian nomad dressed in traditional garb (top right) and a snap of an ancient pagan festival in Bulgaria (inset).
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- Hand-crafted leather seats, cocktail classes and an on-board executive chef: Four Seasons unveils its stunning new private jet
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- In the future plane passengers could clear security and immigration, check in, and get weighed - by going up an ESCALATOR (and the whole process would take less than a minute)
- Do you dig it? The incredible Airbnb that looks like a giant potato (with stays starching from $200)
- A fake fairytale castle, inside a plane cabin and underground in the Australian Outback: Take a spin around the world's wackiest casinos
- Traveller sets up bizarre Instagram account that shows her 'dying' at tourist hotspots around the world
- A pretty fly swimming spot! First look at the rooftop infinity pool at the hotly anticipated $265m TWA Hotel at JFK Airport
- Now that's artistic talon-t! The largest bird sculpture in the world took six years to build and boasts a wingspan of 150ft