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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Courchevel gets around lift-ban
Luxury ski resort Courchevel has been given the green light to open a blue slope during the February break, but skiers won’t be taking a lift. Instead, they’ll have to access it by car.
Welcome Monaco One
Monaco’s new fast shuttle between Ventimiglia and Port Hercule has arrived in the Principality ahead of its official launch in March.
Nice bans holiday rentals, boosts controls at airport
Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi has banned seasonal rentals in February and called for greater PCR test controls at the airport in an effort to stem the tide of the Covid pandemic.
Nice-Paris night train returns in April
The Nice-Paris night train, defunct since 2017, is being relaunched in 2021 to the excitement of travellers looking for an alternative to long drives and carbon-fuelled airline travel.
Explained: new rules on travelling to France
The National Council is fighting a new restriction that forces Monaco residents travelling beyond 30 kilometres from their home to produce a negative PCR test to French authorities.
France’s ski lifts to stay closed
It was announced on Monday that France’s ski lifts will remain closed in February, annulling all chances by the resorts of recuperating some losses during the half-term break.
