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With its 60 miles of coast, Goa in India has a beach (and a hotel) to suit every taste, from budget to super-luxury. It's not quite like the old days, but there are spots where you can truly chill out... read more »

Lisbon's top spots to go out drinking... read more »

Lisbon's best spots to catch a gig or take in a bit of culture... read more »

Lisbon's top clubs for late-night dancing and revelry... read more »

Windsor in Berkshire is famous for its castle - but few know of its hidden tunnels, crooked house and odd postbox. Discover the town's quirky and amusing sites with this alternative tourist guide... read more »

It's well worth going on a quest to unearth the ‘real’ Toledo hidden behind a breathtaking collection of tourist-trap monuments... read more »

Independent retailers still thrive in Bath and the city is home to everything from trendy clothes and homeware shops to food markets and vinyl toy shops. Here's my guide to the best of the bunch...... read more »

Vikings, wars with Denmark and the Nobel Peace Prize. Immerse yourself in a spot of Norwegian history and culture at some of Oslo's best museums... read more »

Experience the elegant café culture of a bygone era in the best of Prague’s sumptuous grand cafés... read more »

Figueres, Salvador Dali's sleepy birthplace, is just two hours north of Barcelona and a wander around the town's mind-bending Dali gallery is like attaching a pair of jump leads to the imagination... read more »

It's a well-known fact that spending time in London also means spending money, lots of money. But it doesn't have to be that way - here's how to make the most of your time in London...for free!... read more »

Forget Benidorm and the worst excesses of the Costa Blanca; just a short drive from Alicante is the real Spain, a land of hillside villages, almond and orange groves, and religiously-observed siestas... read more »

Edgy and elegant, Genoa is for travellers who like their Italian destinations less than perfect ... read more »

A recent hiking trip to Sóller convinced me that there is more to this little part of the island than meets the eye... read more »

I'm not an especially religious person but I couldn't help but feel blessed to witness the Easter celebrations at Sao Bras, a small rural town in the Algarve, just 11 miles north of Faro... read more »

Singapore may be perceived as squeaky clean and well regulated but that just adds to its delights as a modern and efficient business centre... read more »

Sainte-Maxime is a Riviera bolthole that trumps its brassier cousin St Tropez on all counts… and is friendly to boot... read more »

Spending time in this beautiful, tranquil corner of France is guaranteed to soothe away 20th-century stress... read more »

Glamour and style at Chewton Glen, where that classic tale The Children of the New Forest was written ... read more »

From man-eating Komodo dragons to Mount Kelimutu’s coloured crater lakes, a speculative sea voyage from Lombok to Flores demands a sense of humour as well as stout sea and land legs... read more »