Oasis of the Seas: the Times review

With 16 restaurants, theatre, pools, and room for more than 6,000 people the Royal Caribbean ship is more city than ocean liner

Leave the kids in a ski crèche and hit the slopes

Gabby and Kenny Logan found the family facilities at the Swiss resort of Flims were a godsend

Chalet Chef 2010: the winning menus

Three ducks and lemony cakes: the tantalising dishes prepared by six finalists, plus the what the judges thought

BA crew strike back at poor service online

Online chat forums have been inundated with complaints after the airline's decision to cut staff on long-haul flights

10 of Rough Guides' best images

The Picture Editor of new photography book Earthbound cherry picks 10 images and explains why he likes them

• Win a luxurious holiday in Jordan with Rough Guides

The Times travel photo competition

November winner and final nominees. The December prize is a one-to-one phorography course with Charlie Waite

The UK and Ireland's 25 best Christmas events

There’s skating, carols, mulled wine and sprinting Santas in Vincent Crump’s advent calendar of festivities

The best star-gazing spots in the British Isles

A remote Scottish forest has been named Britain’s premier spot for stargazing. Jeremy Lazell investigated, plus four more starry spots

Teenage tearaways in Egypt

Travelling with teenagers — it’s a horror. So how would Vincent and Daisy Crump cope with an family adventure in Egypt?

10 quirky new city tours

There’s more to a tour than ticking off a list. Have you tried listening to a city, going beneath it or on to the rooftops?

How to bag the best seat on the plane and other cool tools

A new seat-finding service gets our business travel editor thinking about other technology he would like to see

Heathrow's terminal 2 closes after 54 years

The old Europa Building will be demolished to make way for a 30 million passenger a year mega-terminal

Method Spa, Home House, London

The expertise comes at a price, but it's worth it for the lasting results, says Ginny Light

• Body Experience, Richmond, London

Spa Expert: foodie spas

Caroline Sylger Jones advises a couple on where to find a quality spa break that serves up top-notch food

• Spa Expert: weekend spas and walks

Howard Marks discovers the Viagra of old Egypt

The Mr Nice author, hedonist and ex-drug smuggler seeks out and smokes the blue lilly near the Nile

• Don’t do drugs abroad, says Lonely Planet founder

• Howard Marks: holiday highs and lows

Spicing up my life in a Thai cooking school

Her fridge is for booze and oven for drying underwear - would a cookery course in Thailand help Camilla Long?