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2 months ago | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Steve Crabtree |Richard Jones
By Richard Jones, February 2025It’s one of my favourite holiday moments – when I first pull back the curtains or drapes, slide the glass doors open and admire the view from the balcony. And on this occasion, the vista from the eighth floor of AVA Resort Cancun was unlike anything I’ve seen before.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Richard Jones
By Richard JonesNot only is Canada home to wide-open spaces, beautiful natural scenery and incredible wildlife, the vast North American country also has some of the world’s friendliest cities. Canadian airline Air Transat, named the World’s Best Leisure Airline by Skytrax six times, has recently released its summer 2025 schedule, offering direct flights from the UK to Toronto and Montreal, with onwards connections other Canadian cities thanks to Air Transat’s joint venture with Porter Airlines.
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Nov 30, 2024 | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Steve Crabtree |Richard Jones
By Richard Jones, November 2024Being a child during the 1980s, my memories of the decade are a bit sketchy. But I think I’d have remembered four grown men dressed in black and silver spandex catsuits, studded belts, permed rocker wigs, platform boots and facepaint during a family holiday in Skegness.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
sundayworld.com | Richard Jones
But what about the Andalucian port city itself? The birthplace of Pablo Picasso is becoming one of the Mediterranean’s hottest cultural, gastronomic and leisure destinations. Spain’s sixth largest city welcomes thousands of business and leisure visitors each day and, as a result, there is a rich choice of hotels scattered around the city. However, the historic old town is the best place to stay, in particular the four-star Hotel Molina Lario.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Richard Jones
By Richard Jones, October 2024The overlooked southern Spanish city of Málaga is ideal for a city break. For most Brits, Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport is the gateway to the commercialised resorts along the southern Spanish coastline. But what about the Andalucian port city itself? The birthplace of Pablo Picasso is becoming one of the Mediterranean’s hottest cultural, gastronomic and leisure destinations.
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Oct 5, 2024 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Richard Jones
But as the four of us stared at the playful sea cows, there were a couple of other familiar-looking creatures in the huge pool who wanted to say “hi”. Among them was Stitch, a typically cute green turtle who popped up to the surface every few seconds. She seemed to recognise us from our previous visit to her home at SeaWorld Orlando, or at least that’s what I told myself.
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Sep 22, 2024 | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Richard Jones
By Richard Jones, September 2024The beautiful Caribbean island of Barbados has been welcoming visitors for centuries. But a couple of hundred years ago, some of those arriving on its Atlantic shores were in for a nasty surprise.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
sundayworld.com | Liam Byrne |Richard Jones
But a couple of hundred years ago, some of those arriving on its Atlantic shores were in for a nasty surprise. Legend has it that Sam Lord, who owned an extravagant plantation estate and mansion in Long Bay on the southeastern coast, instructed his men to hang lanterns from the property’s coconut trees, confusing the captains of merchants’ ships who assumed they were approaching the safe harbour of Crane Beach or Bridgetown.
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Sep 5, 2024 | 
on-magazine.co.uk | Richard Jones
By Richard Jones, September 2024Watching the manatees slowly barrel-rolling beneath the water and effortlessly floating up to take a mouthful of crunchy lettuce was slightly hypnotic. But as the four of us stared at the playful sea cows, there were a couple of other familiar-looking creatures in the huge pool who wanted to say “Hi”. Among them was Stitch, a typically cute green turtle who popped up to the surface every few seconds.
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Aug 3, 2024 | 
belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Richard Jones
Travel review: Cruising the Adriatic (and nursing the hangovers)A trip on board a Virgin Voyages party ship will change your mind about cruisingAs we looked over a sea of flannel pyjamas, fluffy onesies, cosy robes, sparkling kimonos and silky nightshirts, any apprehension we had turning up in our cheap satin animal-design PJs faded away. It was our first evening on board Virgin Voyages’ Resilient Lady and it soon became clear that there is a sea change afoot in the cruise line industry.
