How a Belgian port city inspired Birmingham’s car-free ambitions
Birmingham – once, proudly, the UK’s “motorway city” – has announced plans to entice people out of cars and on
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Neverland forever: the tiny Scottish island that gave us Peter Pan
As we skim across Loch Moidart in our speedboat to reach Eilean Shona, it’s easy to see why this remote
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PATA heads to Ras al Khaimah for 2020 annual summit
The Pacific Asia Travel Association has announced its the annual summit will this year be taking place at the Al
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10 great restaurants close to major Paris train stations
GARE DU NORD Au Beaujolais Travellers are spoilt for choice around the seething Gare du Nord, from oysters at the
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Dream ticket: the night train from Cologne to Vienna
I wake in the pre-dawn light – still inky blue in the compartment. I lie there, feeling the train rock
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From Tooting to the Tirol: a family cycle trip by train
I’d like to take credit for the brilliant notion of travelling by train to our summer holiday in Italy, but
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12 of the best city museums in Europe: readers’ travel tips
Winning tip: Albert Kahn Museum, Paris The collection is breathtaking – true colour photographs commissioned by the banker and philanthropist
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Shining lights: an eco-break in Northumberland’s dark-sky country
It was hard to see Battlesteads hotel’s green credentials in the dark, so first impressions meant I had to trust
Read more20 new UK attractions to visit in 2020
Rye Harbour Discovery Centre, East Sussex – March The 450-hectare Rye Harbour nature reserve, with its coastal habitats of grassland,
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Where to go on holiday in 2020: the alternative hotlist
Europe Slovenia Green cycling and hiking adventuresSlovenia’s landscape of mountains and lakes lends itself to outdoor adventure: nearly 60% of
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This one’s for Lawrence of Arabia! Meet Sabaton, the heavy metal military historians
A vast crowd of people are singing raucously, raising large beer tankards skyward and grinning like they have just won
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