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The Ha'penny bridge across the Liffey in Dublin

2:05pm Wednesday 15th July 2009

GERRY KEIGHLEY mixes sight-seeing with relaxation on a short break to Southern Ireland.

Win a fabulous family break in top hotel

IDEALLY SITUATED: The Stratford, Stratford-upon-Avon

2:12pm Wednesday 15th July 2009

HERE’S your chance to win a luxury family break at one of five Qhotels in the Heart of England.

Historic Winchester has much to offer

HISTORIC CITY: The High Street, Winchester

1:12pm Thursday 18th June 2009

THE home of St Swithun, the ancient capital of Wessex and England, Winchester is a tourist treasure come rain or shine.

South Pacific heaven

BEST ISLAND FOR ADVENTURE: A sea plane off Fiji beach. If you are feeling energetic you can go hiking or enjoy watersports

12:56pm Thursday 18th June 2009

The South Pacific is renowned for a lot more than just being the name of a popular Broadway musical, says MATTHEW KEPNES.

Savour vintage Burgundy

STEEPED IN HISTORY: The Flemish- style Hotel-Dieu, the former hospital in the centre of Beaune, is largely made of wood and is now a museum

12:47pm Thursday 18th June 2009

TIM WARE, of the British Guild of Travel Writers, takes a high-speed journey to Burgundy IT’S EARLY afternoon and, as the TGV high-speed train descends through a cutting into the Ouche valley, Lake Kir shimmers in the spring sun.

Valhalla on earth will gratify all the senses

FULL OF RESTAURANTS:The quay at Nyhavn, Copenhagen. Inset, below, the golden thumb in the Louisiana museum in Humlebaeck, 40 miles north of the city

2:50pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

NIC HAVERS finds designs for living in Copenhagen, whether you are an uptown sophisticrat or downtown, Freetown hippie IF any country can encapsulate all that looks good into one small space,it is Denmark.

Mussel in on history in Vigo

SET ON SEA INLET: Vigo, in northwest Spain, is one of the largest fishing ports in Europe. Inset, the local park

2:39pm Wednesday 27th May 2009

The port city of Vigo may be off the beaten tourist track, but it offers a taste of the real Galicia.

Oxford - home to dreaming spires and ex-prison hotel

The Malmaison in Oxford

12:06pm Thursday 16th April 2009

OXFORD, the great university city of the famous dreaming spires is a paradise for the discerning traveller.

Paradise found in Caribbean haven

SENSORY EXPERIENCE: Each cabaña at Azulik has an outdoor bathtub

11:58am Thursday 16th April 2009

The very word 'paradise' is something of a cliché these days. But NIC HAVERS has found the coolest, sexiest place on the planet.

Botswana up close up and personal

EXCLUSIVE VIEWPOINT: Savute Elephant Camp offers a unique view of elephant in their natural habitat, with a water hole nearby

11:36am Thursday 16th April 2009

As a favourite with Prince Harry’s set, and the vivid setting for BBC drama The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Botswana is fast becoming a a hot spot for a slightly different sort of holiday, as CLAIRE SPREADBURY discovers.




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