Travel
Step onboard Explora II as it docks in Monaco: luxury cruising finds a new benchmark
More boutique resort than cruise liner, the ship’s opulence, sheer scale and culinary ambition have set an exciting new tone for the future of ultra-luxury travel by sea.
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France reveals details of its ‘Traffic light’ travel rule system
The US and UK have been placed on France’s orange list, meaning only vaccinated travellers will be able to enter the country. The rest of Europe has been placed in the green zone.
Nice airport first in EU to use wind-shear detecting radar
Landings at Nice airport are set to become a lot softer thanks to the acquisition of a super-powerful lidar to detect sudden episodes of windshear, a first for any European airport.
UK travellers not on Monaco's red list
So far, Monaco is not applying the same mandatory quarantine rule on travellers from the UK that France is set to impose from Monday 31st May.
UPDATED: France toughens restrictions on UK travellers
France has added the UK to the list of countries from which travellers must quarantine for 10 days due to concerns over the rising circulation of the Indian variant of Covid-19.
Monaco targets French, EU travellers with new campaign
‘Monaco for you, finally!’ is the catchphrase of a new Europe-wide tourism campaign aimed at drawing visitors back to the Principality after a year put on hold by Covid.
Lifting of EU quarantine rules likely by July
European Union citizens will soon be able to travel freely throughout the bloc’s 27 nations without the need to quarantine, under a new deal signed on Thursday.
