Helsingborg is a charming corner of Sweden, says Patricia Cleveland Peck

As the end of the year approaches, we would like to take the opportunity to wish all our readers – both near and far – a very Merry Christmas

So BoJo, London’s charismatic blonde Mayor, has called for rickshaws to be banned from the West End, branding them “a menace”

Different year, same story… the London Undergound drivers are to stage yet another Boxing Day strike, because of a row over Bank Holiday pay

Air pressure, fluctuating temperatures and jet lag can all take their toll and leave us feeling lethargic and groggy rather than ready for the holiday of a lifetime. Here, Anna Carey, takes a look at the top complaints often suffered by travellers and the ways in which these can be alleviated

I am not talking about clothes, electronics goods or brand new notebooks and i-pads but destinations. We are used to sales on airlines and offers for 2-for-1 at restaurants but how often does a whole city have a sale?
New York does.

With the Strictly Come Dancing season set to continue on the high seas in 2013 with a series of dance cruises, 27 per cent of men have admitted that Flavia Cacace would be their dream onboard dance partner

Austria’s capital and largest city, Vienna, claimed top spot in Mercer’s 2012 Quality of Life survey

It’s safe to say that winter is well and truly here – witness the first signs of snow falling all around the UK on Wednesday

Top winter driving tips

From its very first appearance in his weekly journal ‘All The Year Round’ in December 1860, Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has proved an enduring work. After boosting sales of the author’s failing magazine to the 100,000 mark, Great Expectations was published in novel form in 1861, going into its fourth edition within weeks of its [...]

2012 has been a busy year for the CD Traveller team and it’s time to take stock. Later this month, our writers will be revealing a few of our favourite experiences and discoveries from the past 12 months

A new poll by YouGov reveals that, despite 2012 being a year like no other, 52 per cent of Londoners would rather live in another part of Britain

Aside from the bright lights, pubs, clubs, bars and theatres of the Reeperbahn that I visit on every trip, I was introduced to something new in Hamburg this weekend: Santa Pauli’s Weihnachtsmarkt. (Christmas market)

This Sunday, scrolling along the bottom of CNN is the headline, “Spain tries to save its tourist industry.” Does this mean that tens of millions of visitors have stopped going there? Have hotels fallen into the seas?

This is a not a new disease but an “expert,” Simon Buck, only identified it formerly yesterday afternoon. It is Aviation Consultation Fatigue a particularly virulent disease which is proving almost impossible to eradicate.

2012 marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, one of England’s most celebrated authors. As Rochester, Chatham, Portsmouth and London capitalise on the bicenterary with a year of special events and exhibitions to draw visitors, VisitEngland looks at some of the country’s other literary hotspots and the authors they so inspired

Bonfire Night has been and gone and Christmas and the New Year are just around the corner. Fed up of making annual pledges to eliminate bad habits only to return to your old ways six weeks later?

Whether you’re flying abroad on a business trip or heading off on the holiday of a lifetime, how to choose an airline?

Finally. The government has told tourism chiefs that the UK needs to make it easier for wealthy Chinese tourists to come to the capital and spend their kuai (slang for RMB or yuan)

One of our regular writers has been honoured in the Caribbean Travel Writer Awards. Judith Baker who wrote the current headline story on Gozo for CD-Traveller was given the award for best article in regional newspaper for a story she wrote on Dominica.

Following on from our recent story about Wizz Air, a new survey has asked people what their attitude is to paying extra for hand baggage. Needless to say, people are deeply anti the idea. What a surprise!

All the enemies of King Arthur, Sir Lancelot and the other virtuous knights of the round table have won. The Camelot Theme Park near Chorley in Lancashire is to close

On the same day that Stonewall announced its Bigot of the Year award, we have Ryanair trying hard to win an award for “landing right in it up to our necks” award.

I’m hoping – as law abiding CD-Traveller readers – that your answer to the above is a resounding no, however that is exactly what I did when in Ottawa – the capital of Canada’s Ontario region – last month

As anyone who knows me will attest, I absolutely LOVED living in Beijing. In my mind, it’s the most exciting city in the world: historical sights such as The Temple of Heaven and Forbidden City rub shoulders with cutting edge architecture

Usually I can sympathise when passengers become upset and angry when problems occur. But I think passengers in an incident in Shanghai were downright unreasonable if a story in the Sydney Morning Herald is to be believed.

According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Australian scientists have developed a material that could enable us to fly 12,000 miles in two hours.