The city of Pompeii dates back to 79A.D. when it was a bustling market town with around twenty thousand people living by the sea at the base of Mt. Vesuvius.

If you’re like me and interested in ghosts and all things supernatural, spending a night in the haunted Comlongon Castle in Clarencefield Scotland is an adventure not to be missed. The ghost of Marian Carruthers, who died trying to get out of an arranged marriage in 1564, continues to haunt Comlongon Castle located in southern Scotland.

Planning your next holiday in the sun?

If you’re looking for accommodation for a holiday you’ll never forget, Kokopelli’s Cave Bed & Breakfast is the perfect choice.

If you live in the southern hemisphere, a white Christmas is always special and what better place to experience one than in Kitzbuhl in the Austrian Alps.

The Lake District of Cumbria in the North West of England is one of the most beautiful regions in the world with such a wide diversity of natural beauty on offer, from the famous lakes and waters, to the lush woodland forests and steep mountain peaks. One of the best ways to experience the natural beauty of the Lake District, while having some fun and adventure at the same time, is to pack up your tent and backpack, get on your mountain bike and ride.

If you’re ever in Tokyo and looking for a cheap place to spend the night, one of the many capsule hotels located throughout the city are your best bet. There’s usually a capsule hotel located close to a train station, primarily for businessmen who miss the last train home and don’t want pay the high fare for a long taxi ride home.

You don’t have to be in Alaska to go brave the ice and snow, armed with a flask of coffee and your weatherproof jacket, and journey out into the everlasting night to witness the awe inspiring beauty of the Northern Lights. You don’t even have to know when to venture out, in fact, even if you don’t have the slightest clue there is now a guiding light.

Reports are starting to leak that Boeing are working on a new ‘concept’ aeroplane designed to combat the effects of jetlag.
The Boeing 787 dreamliner aims to radically reduce the possibility of jetlag by keeping cabin pressure higher than usual using special filters to maintain higher air quality and lighting effects start to adjust the body […]

Taking pictures is one of the mainstays of any good holiday. Everyone loves taking them, and everyone loves boring their friends to tears with. Digital cameras allows the amateur travel photographer to take more photos than ever before, but it doesn’t necessarily make them better.
Never fear, Dan Chung, the Guardain newspaper’s award winning […]

According to figures published by the Air Transport Users’ Council (AUC) today, British travellers are complaining more than ever before. The number of people making official written complaints trebled to 6,000 this year.
Unsurprisingly the biggest gripe was to do with delays and cancellations, but air travellers were also likely to pen a firey letter […]

Low budgets airlines have revolutionised the world of travel; travellers can now jump onto a flight and find themselves paying little more than the tax. As a result young poeple are travelling more, people are travelling more frequently and we think nothing of jumping on a planeon Friday to return Sunday ready for work. […]

If you are looking to really indulge over the summer break, why not choose your hotel from Forbes’ list of the Most Expensive Hotels in the World 2006.
The list has been compiled by taking two hotels from 6 regions: the USA; the Middle East; Asia; Europe; the Carribean; and Africa. The prices are based […]

Here at Travel Library we are big fans of Google Maps Mashups. TubeHotels is one such site that provides Google Maps data in line with the locations of London tube stations and hotels, perfect for the traveller in need of somewhere stay that is close to good transport links.
You can search by hotel or […]

Couch Surfing is a community site that helps its users find a free place to sleep wherever they are in the world. The concept is simple, after registering for the site a user can search for ‘couches’ all over the world. Once they have found one that appeals they can contact said […]

Ever wondered whether some of the most memorable sequences in Alfred Hitchcock`s films really existed or were the creation of an active imagination and reproduced on Hollywood sound stages?

The face of backpacking continues to evolve. Thanks to the falling price of Laptops, MP3’s, digital cameras, USB’s and mobile phones, tech gadgetry proves to be an increasingly popular must-pack item for backpackers who increasingly want to record and blog their experiences online.
According to a survey completed earlier this year by 2,561 visitors […]

Buzz continues to build around Farecast, the latest attempt to help travellers find the cheapest online airfares.
Airfares change almost on an hourly basis. Each airline applies a complex algorythm to calculate the optimum price for a seat based upon a range of variable factors such as proximity to the day of flight, […]

The Observer covered an interesting story yesterday which seemed to suggest that cinema-style ‘flip seats’ may be introduced on aircrafts in the future to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis.
Providing more room when embarking and disembarking, the new seats should effectively enable travellers to stand up within the space of their seat […]

China, the world’s biggest and fastest growing country, continues its ambitous programme of rapid development by announcing plans to build 48 new airports over the next five years. According to domestic media, China plan to spend 140 bn yuan (£9.4bn) on airport development until 2010.
Environmentalists, unsurprisingly, are more than a little concerned about the […]

The intense publicity for The Da Vinci Code film is helping Paris regain its position as number one European city break choice for UK travellers.

While travellers love to compile lists; places to go, favourite beaches, best bars, ultimate hotels, few ever question who in fact is the greatest traveller of all time.
Thankfully, Wanderlust magazine has asked a selection of experts to pick the person they believe has changed the way we travel the most. True, this may not […]

So you’re flying into JFK and you need to make a quick exit to downtown Manhattan, what are your options? Transit, taxi, limousine? How about Helicopter. That’s right from this week for $139 the US Helicopter Service is offering trips every 30 minutes to Manhattan from their heliport on the West Side highway […]

Passengers from ages 12 to 18 flying with Air France are now 100% cared for from beginning to end.
At check in, a member of the Air France staff will welcome the young passenger, and give them a special Planète Bleu badge which is colour coded according to the number of the little flyer’s connecting […]

After much anticipation Flagr.com finally went live lastnight. A kind of cross between Google Maps/Flickr/Lonely Planet’s blue list and Myspace, Flagr is the next in a wave of Google Maps mashups which enables users to keep track of what you’re friends are up to, where they have been and any check out any local […]