A long-awaited milestone for Gaudi's masterpiece in Barcelona: The Mail gets a sneak peek at the first Sagrada Familia tower to be opened to the public in FORTY-FIVE YEARS dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/… #barcelona #SagradaFamilia #spain #visitspain GetYourGuide

Why DOES Madrid play second fiddle to Barcelona for city breaks? From swanky new hotels to cool quirky bars, discovering why the Spanish capital is a match for its coastal rival dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/… #spain #travel #madrid

Marble floors and a sensational pool: Inside the luxury Lisbon hotel fit for aristocracy... reborn from an abandoned palace dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/… #travel #Lisbon #Lisboa #portugal #TheOnePalaciodaAnunciada H10 Hotels VisitLisboa Visit Portugal

Sex toys for sale in the lobby, superhero masks in the bedrooms and a dynamite rooftop bar: Inside the Portuguese capital's hottest (and cheekiest) new hotel dailymail.co.uk/travel/escape/… Mama Shelter #lisbon Visit Portugal #portugal #travel

Where East meets West in spellbinding style: Inside Istanbul's Mandarin Oriental, a breathtaking hotel offering magical views of the ancient city famously split across two continents dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… #turkey Turkish Airlines Mandarin Oriental #travel Go Türkiye

Take a trip through time! Seven incredible time-warp hotels around the world that transport you to different eras in history, from the Middle Ages to the 1950s dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_… #travel #timetravel #hotels

From a WWII pencil containing a secret map to a James Bond hovercraft: The weird and wonderful items on display in Britain's most unusual museums dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… #Travel #museum

Yum's the word: Inside the incredible Michelin-starred restaurant in a Lake District mansion that’s been named as one of the top 10 places to eat in the UK dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… #travel #Cumbria #LakeDistrict #Michelin #Foodies Forest Side Paul Leonard Visit Lake District, Cumbria Ailbhe MacMahon

A 40-minute drive to the nearest shop and no neighbours for four miles: Inside the most remote hotel in mainland Britain - Scotland's enchanting Garvault House dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… VisitScotland #scotland SpiritoftheHighlands #travel Ailbhe MacMahon #wilderness #remote

Milk jug at the 4 o'clock position: MailOnline goes behind the scenes at BA's first-class cabin-crew training centre and discovers even laying out afternoon tea has VERY strict rules... dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… British Airways #britishairways #travel Ailbhe MacMahon #aviation

From a dinner table suspended 164ft above the ground to an oyster 'restaurant'... in knee-deep water: Australia's most weird and wonderful foodie experiences revealed dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… Australia #foodie #Travel #Australian #australia #Queensland

A dreamy stay in a room with front-row views of the bullet trains gliding in and out of Tokyo Station!

Loved testing out what has been named the best premium economy class in the world!

It was a pleasure reviewing this maximalist gem of a hotel in beautiful Sapa for MailOnline Travel!

My piece on the beautiful, calm-inducing Aleenta Retreat in Chiang Mai is up on MailOnline Travel! Checking in here was a total reset

Decades-old train cars upcycled into opulent suites! My feature on Thailand's InterContinental Khao Yai hotel - and its imaginative railway-themed design concept - is up on MailOnline Travel

Inside the incredible jungle hotel in Cambodia where guests arrive by ZIP-WIRE (and Ed Sheeran and his wife Cherry are big fans) dailymail.co.uk/travel/article… Ailbhe MacMahon #cambodia #EdSheeran #travel

So honoured to have been named the first runner-up in The Irish Times Dave McKechnie Memorial Journalism Prize, established to remember the late Irish Times deputy foreign editor Dave McKechnie. It was for a piece I wrote while in Varanasi, India.

Infinity views from every angle! It was a joy working on this piece for MailOnline Travel. Thank you Ted Thornhill for the commission!

My pleasure, Ailbhe MacMahon. A superb piece!