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Share your tales of travel in South-east Asia for the chance to win a £500 GIC The Villa Collection voucher
This week's cover story in the Travel on Sunday print section captured the magic of Thailand. We'd like to hear about your travels in South-east Asia and what made them so special. Was it temples in Cambodia, street food in Vietnam, history in Myanmar (Burma), culture in Laos, beaches in Indonesia or the buzz of Singapore? The reader who sends in the best entry wins a £500 voucher.
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'Cheap footwear can kill an outfit': a men's guide guide to cruise ship style
Gents, get shipshape with old-fashioned style at sea – you might even enjoy it, says fashion blogger Lee Osborne
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The British seaside town with a dark, smelly secret
Once known principally for being a scenically becliffed Regency seaside town with a folk festival, Sidmouth in Devon is now enduring a period of notoriety, infamy even, thanks to its occupation, or infestation, by a giant specimen (210ft – “longer than the height of the Leaning Tower of Pisa”, jabbered The New York Times) of the squalid parasite we know as a fatberg.
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Hero rats, singing puddles and crowd-free ruins: A postcard from Cambodia in rainy season
Avoid the rainy season is one of great truisms of travel. But is it always good advice? I was intrigued by the idea of taking a more counter-intuitive approach by visiting the tourist honeypot of Siem Reap at a time when most visitors stay away. These rainy, crowd-free weeks are when Cambodia comes to life.
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Why now is the best time to visit Portugal's vibrant, balmy second city
Winter is a great time to visit Portugal’s cool and vibrant second city.
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Velvet, heels and lip balm: a women's guide to cruise ship style
There is real life, and there is cruise life – which is basically real life, with added pizzazz. Life at sea suggests a sense of theatre that is hard to match on the average landlocked trip. That said, not all cruise ships are created equal. Like humans, some are big and some are small. Some favour the “formal,” others are imbued with a casualness that is so far removed from cruising’s first incarnation in the 1800s as to be unrecognisable.
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Why British Airways could be the Airbus A380's saviour
“The A380 is on its last legs,” one media outlet reported after this week’s news that Airbus is to stop making the double-decker plane. Agreed, the very first editions of the plane – delivered to Singapore Airlines and flying in 2007 and 2008 – are now being broken up for parts. British Airways is no stranger to large, long-in-the-tooth aircraft.
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New Zealand’s sacred Mermaid Pools closed indefinitely after tourists urinated in them
Picturesque Mermaid Pools in Matapouri in New Zealand have been closed indefinitely after human waste and litter were repeatedly found at the sacred Māori site. The failure to respect the delicate ecosystem of the pools, which are also recognised as taonga – a highly prized sacred object or space – by indigenous people, has resulted in the group Te Whanau ā Rangiwhakaahu Hapū confirming that a rāhui – a temporary ritual prohibition – would be placed over the pools.
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Why this spring is the time for Rembrandt fans to visit Amsterdam
All great cities have had their moments, high points in history that shaped their architecture and geography and defined their culture. Some – London, Paris and Rome, for example – have had several.
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48 hours in . . . Brussels, an insider guide to the comic capital of Europe
There is plenty about Brussels that makes it like no other city. It’s the capital of the European Union for a start (but you wouldn’t necessarily sense it), operating in two native languages (French and Dutch/Flemish). The historic centre is like a reverse donut, with the imposing Grand Place in the middle, surrounded by mundane, often tawdry streets that in any other European city would be prime real estate. In among these, all within walking distance, are sublime and surreal art collections (Brueghel, Rubens, Magritte), impressive churches, alluring shops, high-quality eateries (including the legendary chip stands), and splendid eccentricities such as the Manneken-Pis and a comic-book museum (Tintin et al.)
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Britain's 50 greatest days out (perfect for half term)
Half term is upon us already. If you've not had time to plan any days out with the family and are looking for inspiration, look no further. Here are 50 of the UK's best.
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The best river cruises in central Europe and Russia for 2019
Keen to expand your river cruising experience? Whether you're looking to join a popular voyage on the Danube complete with music and musuems or if you dream of seeing Russia's grand architecture via a sojourn on the Volga, we've got you covered.
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48 hours in . . . Malaga, an insider guide to the cultural gateway to Andalucía
Malaga has shaken off its reputation as being merely the gateway to the Costa del Sol. Revamped and revitalised, the city now boasts a sleek port, an exciting culinary scene and a rapidly growing clutch of artistic attractions. In fact, it’s quickly becoming recognised as one of Spain’s cultural hubs, bursting at the seams with places to explore from the attention-grabbing Pompidou Centre and ever-popular Museu de Picasso – which celebrates Malaga’s most famous son – to the street-art-cloaked streets of its edgy Soho district.
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‘Table for one, please’ – the rise and rise of the solo diner
Sharing a meal is one of life’s great pleasures – if it’s not then you’re probably keeping the wrong company – but new research claims diners are increasingly eating alone.
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Battling storms and dodging polar bears: how to explore the Arctic the hard way
I took a turn at the helm, following the blinking light of the GPS religiously and battling to keep us in anything even vaguely resembling a straight line.
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How to save on British Airways luxury holidays this weekend
Champagne before take-off, up to two 32kg checked bags in baggage allowance, complimentary food, serious legroom and the chance to stretch out in the lounge before the flights – travelling business class with British Airways is definitely a treat. Book this weekend and you’ll find a great selection of short-haul breaks – all with Club Europe holidays (includes flights and three nights in a hotel) from under £300 per person – for travel in February and March. There’s also long-haul offers for later in the year that spoil you with all of the above and a flatbed, plus proper bed linen and amenity kits from The White Company, and a palpable sense of indulgence.
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Book It: Four of the best hotels for a shop-and-flop city break in Britain
These hotels are close to all the retail action – but perfect for post-spree relaxation.
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The quiet Welsh village sat atop a forgotten medieval city
At first glance, Trellech might seem like just another one-pub village straddling the Welsh border. Dig a little deeper, however, and you’ll realise that this parish in the wooded Wye Valley is one of the most curious places in the country, with a lost medieval city and Neolithic standing stones pointing to an illustrious – if mysterious - past.
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Ryanair flight diverted to Madrid after fist fight causes ‘chaos’ on board
A Ryanair flight had to be diverted after a fist fight broke out on board. Flight FR655 from Glasgow to Malaga on 14 February landed at Madrid instead to offload a disruptive passenger. Another eye witness told the Glasgow Evening Times that the brawl was sparked when one of the men began hassling women who were on a hen do.
