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ON TOUR: Soulac-sur-Mer and Guernica
Soulac-sur-Mer It is on the cruise map and our Ambassador Ambition cruise, reported in this issue of TNU,... (more) published 2025-04-27 20:03:00+ ON TOUR: Fiji - far away but easy to reach
John Bell in the January TNU reported on Fiji Airways. He found time during his short visit for a stopover at the tiny resort of... (more) published 2025-03-01 18:54:42ON TOUR: Fiji Airways. Oneworld newest member. John Bell reports
John Bell trained as a lawyer, but as a journalist joined the inaugural Virgin Atlantic flight from Gatwick to Newark New... (more) published 2025-01-26 11:11:35+ ON TOUR BONUS: London Transport Museum Covent Garden theatre
With Political Overtones!There is still time to see The Truth About Harry Beck, a remarkable 65-minute... (more) published 2025-01-18 21:59:43ON TOUR: Heythrop Park - A sort of 'no passport' landlocked cruise trip
Thinking of taking a fully inclusive break à la cruise style without leaving the country? Warner Leisure Hotels, part of the... (more) published 2024-12-26 22:34:24ON TOUR: Emirates Premium Economy
Dubai-based Emirates (EK) is the dominant carrier from the UK to The Gulf with 133 weekly flights utilising a fleet mix of Airbus A380... (more) published 2024-11-28 08:43:21ON TOUR: A trip around the Western Med
Malcolm Ginsberg reports on a 16-day cruise named 'Treasures of the Western Mediterranean'. Average passenger age on the full... (more) published 2024-10-28 15:05:41+ ON TOUR: La Rochelle, Bilbao, La Coruna and Le Havre
This month's ON TOUR needs to be read in conjunction with CRUISING, which features a seven night holiday trip from Southampton... (more) published 2024-09-29 07:25:56ON TOUR: Alison Chambers was at Farnborough
+ Farnborough Air Show time for change?Miss United Kingdom; four Concorde pilots; a newly elected Prime Minister,... (more) published 2024-08-29 09:39:43ON TOUR: Around the Baltic with Saga
With Leningrad now off limits the cruise companies have been quick to respond with some interesting Baltic destinations.... (more) published 2024-07-26 18:56:32ON TOUR: Plymouth - plus its Synagogue
Thinking of a UK waterside break? Plymouth is the place. The city with a population of 250,000 is by far the largest metropolitan area... (more) published 2024-06-05 09:12:42ON TOUR: Back to the Future
Before we know it 100 years would have passed since Charles Lindbergh epic solo flight from Roosevelt Field New York to Le Bourget... (more) published 2024-05-28 20:23:17ON TOUR: Malaga seen again
Malaga is one of those places that many of us have visited on a Mediterranean cruise but not really explored. With... (more) published 2024-04-24 09:58:22ON TOUR SPECIAL: In the footsteps of the Royal Yacht
The following was written by Malcolm Ginsberg in 2002, but nothing has much changed in the intervening, years, except perhaps the... (more) published 2024-04-18 22:31:17ON TOUR: With Viking into the Aegean
In the latter part of January TNU's Editor-in-Chief and wife joined Viking Saturn on a seven-night cruise... (more) published 2024-03-25 12:02:52ON TOUR: Sailing the Oceania Wave
Rachel Kolsky is an engaging, knowledgeable and entertaining prize-winning London Blue Badge Tourist Guide. Focussing on the... (more) published 2024-02-28 21:42:00JANUARY CRUISING: Cunard Queen Mary 2 - Literature Festival at Sea
Cruise fan and air transport analyst Chris Tarry has been on Queen Mary 2, again, but this time an educational rather than a... (more) published 2024-01-28 17:12:42ON TOUR: JetBlue
Having literally (it's a pun) weathered a stormy crossing of the North Atlantic (see QM2 in this issue) Chris Tarry (and his wife)... (more) published 2024-01-17 22:20:11ON TOUR: Bordeaux and wine
A weekend at a top French spa but there's plenty of wine, too, says TNU's Editor-at-Large Jeff Mills.... (more) published 2023-12-29 09:06:14ON TOUR: Viva Las Vegas as NBAA arrives
The business aviation industry's biggest gathering, NBAA-BACE, returned to Las Vegas during 17−19 October.... (more) published 2023-11-30 20:33:54ON TOUR - Muscat and Oman
This time last year TNU Editor-in-Chief Malcolm Ginsberg visited Oman, but for the most part kept away from the... (more) published 2023-10-29 19:48:35+ ON TOUR: Winchester - Capital of Wessex
As with plenty of others I have passed by Winchester on the M3 many times on the way to Southampton for the Isle of Wight ferry, or... (more) published 2023-09-28 15:05:09ON TOUR - The Thames - London's showcase
Jeff Mills tells the tale of a great river, a tourist attraction in its own right.Glance out of the aircraft... (more) published 2023-08-11 21:20:50ON TOUR: Prague - A champion city
For some Prague will be known in the future as the location where Manchester City Football Club beat Inter Milan 1-0 to take their place... (more) published 2023-07-23 07:33:47ON TOUR: Alison Chambers at EBACE
Our business jet reporter has been to Geneva. The 2023 European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition... (more) published 2023-06-28 21:28:50ON TOUR: Plymouth
This ON TOUR is a special version of a ship lecture delivered by TNU Editor-in-Chief Malcolm Ginsberg on Saga Spirit of... (more) published 2023-05-27 16:17:33ON TOUR: Calais. Not just a gateway to France
Editor-at-Large Jeff Mills reports. If you drive off the Eurotunnel Le Shuttle or ferry in Calais and simply... (more) published 2023-04-27 23:09:59+ ON TOUR: Concorde by Mike Bannister
Piloted by André Turcat, Concorde (singular) first flew from Toulouse 2 March 1969, 54 years ago and made its final sortie 26... (more) published 2023-03-20 15:54:25ON TOUR: Battersea Power Station
London's latest attraction has been proving a great success even in the depth of winter. TNU's Editor-at-Large... (more) published 2023-02-02 08:29:55ON TOUR: With Rhys Jones, HfP
For a roundup of 2022 air travel TNU brings Rhys Jones, Deputy Editor Head for Points, to the forefront with some personal... (more) published 2023-01-29 14:53:56ON TOUR: Flying with Oman Air
Last month Malcolm Ginsberg, TNU's Editor-in-Chief, visited the Kingdom of Oman, hardly a Gulf State, mainly bordering the... (more) published 2022-12-26 12:15:06ON TOUR: Oman
Fancy a break seven hours from Heathrow with wonderful weather and a most hospitable welcome? At the IATA AGM and... (more) published 2022-11-26 16:49:09ON TOUR Plus: Heathrow T4 - A review
Heathrow Terminal 4 was reopened on 14 June this year after its closure in May 2020 due to the pandemic. It was originally opened by... (more) published 2022-11-26 10:29:04Travel News Update
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