I'm in the Ardèche for a holiday with family and assorted friends. I haven't worn shoes for 10 days and am growing a beard that is turning out to be unnervingly grey. All is good … well almost all.

Severe weather warning as 'torrential rain' disrupts holiday getaway traffic for millions

The last time the iconic landmark was totally surrounded by seawater was 134 years ago

The owner of a Nazi-themed café has decided to close it down amid intense pressure from home and abroad. Henry Mulyana, who ran the Soldatenkaffee in the West Java capital, Bandung, met local authorities on Monday, and tourism chiefs suggested he change the name and theme of the café.

Men named by the Foreign Office as Mark Robertson and Rupert Beaumont

Holidaymakers need to drastically rethink their mindset and foreign tourism boards need to stop catering people who refuse to step outside their comfort zone

What do the French really think about the rest of the world? A new guide for their capital’s hoteliers reveals all

Last year wasn’t a brilliant one for  the British tourist industry. Yet the  future may be considerably brighter as a result. Simon Calder reports

The man who pays his way

Up until this year, residents of the small Norwegian industrial town of Rjukan who wanted to catch a few rays between September and March would have to catch a gondola first. Nestled deep in a valley, no sunlight reaches the streets during the long winter.

Report from the first day as England fight back after being bowled out

Senior officials from Egypt’s ousted Muslim Brotherhood party have formally rejected plans laid out by interim president Adly Mansour for fresh elections next year.

He faces charges of multiple manslaughter, abandoning ship and causing shipwreck off Giglio island