The hotel which has welcomed celebrity guests from Coco Chanel to Diana, Princess of Wales, is closing for two years.

The magic and luxury of Venice is best appreciated when you arrive by boat, writes Raymond Whitaker.

Herald Travel editor Jim Eagles travels to the Cornish fishing port of Padstow to discover the tasty secrets of an EU-recognised delicacy.

Jim Eagles discovers the tasty secrets of Cornwall's most famous, EU-recognised delicacy.

Michael Winner was hospitalised after eating steak tartare four days in a row.

Tintin, perhaps Belgium's most famous son, is celebrated from the moment you step off the train.

Liliane Bettencourt, France's wealthiest woman, was yesterday declared to be suffering from dementia.

When the sumptuous Great Gardens of Italy series recently screened here, you couldn't help but notice quite a few shots of its host, British garden guru Monty Don, staring pensively out at the scenery, chiselled chin on hand.

Illicit prescription drugs are being sold to children on the streets of a major British city for 50p.

Coronation Street veteran Betty Driver has died at the age of 91.

Almost 2000 protesters plan to occupy Auckland's Aotea Square for the next six weeks.

Women who take the Pill tend to choose as partners men who are less attractive and worse in bed but who are a sounder bet for a relationship.

People have sought out the sulphur springs at Ayii Anargyri for centuries, writes Minty Clinch.

Costume jewellery created for the woman at the heart of a royal scandal raised several thousand pounds at auction.

Youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore among celebrity offspring attending debutante ball in Paris.

Romance was in the air at the Paris collections, where that sentiment was widespread almost to the point of ubiquity.

Bold claim comes after a gathering of "Yeti experts" in Siberia's Kemerovo region.

Sharemarkets in Europe and the US are up after investors appeared to endorse the European plan to recapitalise threatened banks.

This exhibition will mark the centenary of Captain Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated journey to the South Pole.

Many tourists never venture beyond Hungary's capital but there's a lot more to the country than Budapest's charms: from spas and vineyards to wetlands teeming with birds.

From spas and vineyards to wetlands teeming with birds, a holiday in Hungary has much to offer, writes Mike Unwin.

If you are always seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, be warned - it could be an oncoming train.

From the world's tennis number one, Rafael Nadal, to the globe's top restaurant, El Bulli, it seems we can't get enough of all things Spanish, including sherry.

Whether the British parliament is leaning to the left or right depends on your point of view but Big Ben is officially tilting.