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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
RACE Across the World contestant Alfie Watts has advice for any keen travellers heading across the globe. The 22-year-old has been on the move since winning last year - and reveals that you can get to Brazil for less than going to Majorca. Alfie Watts won the 2024 series of Race Across the World with his friend Owen Wood. Since winning the series and the £20,000 prize pot that comes with it, Alfie has backpacked to 78 of the 195 countries. And along the way, he's picked up some handy travel tips.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
THE Danish city of Copenhagen has been voted the happiest in the world - and it's now even easier to get to from the UK. The capital of Denmark topped the list of the happiest cities for 2025 revealed by Happy City Index. Out of every city in the world, Copenhagen tops the ranks in the ‘gold’ category. The Happy City Index awarded the Danish capital with 1039 points.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
The site was formerly used for Banksy art instillationsA FORMER 1930s lido in Weston-super-Mare will undergo a huge revamp ahead of its reopening. The lido has been closed since 2000 but had previously been Banksy's Dismaland theme park - and is set to become a new performance venue. Plans to transform Weston-super-Mare's Tropicana into a 5,000-seater venue could be approved next week.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
ONE couple was denied boarding their dream cruise because of an EU passport rule that is still catching thousands of Brits out. Grandparents Jenny Gee, 69, and Trevor Bamford, 77, booked to sail to New York in the autumn but were turned away at the last minute. The cruise was on Trevor's bucket list, and they were due to set sail on April 27 - which marked two weeks after Trevor finished treatment for prostate cancer. The parents-of-four paid £3,600 for a deck-12 top cabin cruise ship.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
You can get 25 per cent off a popular theme park in the UKFOR anyone travelling by public transport this summer - there's a way to get discounts on 500 attractions across the UK. Good Journey offers discounts up to 50 per cent off for any family who arrive car-free to listed destinations from children's adventure parks to National Trust locations and even film tours.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
THE Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall has been named one of the best in the UK. The gardens after 'lost' as a result of World War I - but has just won a King's Award. The Lost Gardens of Heligan was first developed in the mid-18th century and were cultivated by the Tremayne family, with the creation of rides for horses, walled flower gardens, and a melon yard. It was thriving up until World War I, when the Heligan gardens were left to ruin.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
There's also a coastline that has been called the 'Turkish Riviera'ONE of Turkey's most beautiful lakes has such clear waters, it has been compared to the Maldives. The white sand beaches and turquoise waters of Lake Salda, or Salda Gölü, resemble the islands found in the Indian Ocean. The crater lake is in southwestern Turkey, and while it's not the largest lake, it is one of the deepest with a maximum depth of 196 metres.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
FOR anyone bored of the usual all-inclusive resorts and seeking a non-conventional staycation should think about boating, according to an expert. Robbie Cumming has been living on a narrowboat for a decade and has revealed everything about his life on the new series of Canal Boat Diaries. Robbie's series, Canal Boat Diaries, is returning to U&YESTERDAY on May 19, 2025, while on his boat the Naughty Lass. Robbie told Sun Travel: "Boating is a similar feeling to renting out an Airbnb.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
Plus, the full list of the best seaside towns to relocateFISHGUARD is one of the best UK seaside towns to move to in 2025 and it has an interesting history with the French. The Welsh seaside town in Pembrokeshire town is known for its beautiful coastal paths, vibrant buildings along the harbour and incredible history. MyBaggage conducted a study with Daily Mail and put together a list of the best towns to live in comparing house prices, salary, sunlight hours and rainfall.
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thesun.co.uk | Alice Penwill
EXTREME daytripping – where you go to another country, explore for a day and return home before bedtime – has exploded on social media. But to make the most of those precious few hours in a foreign city, pre-booking your experiences with an expert is a savvy decision. And many offer time-saving extras like skipping queues or going into attractions after dark.
