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  • Archaeological Site and Ruins of Paestum<br>Paestum was a major ancient Greek city on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Magna Graecia. It is located in southern Italy, in the vicinity of Salerno

    Italy
    My rail journey to Naples and Pompeii to chase the last rays of sun

    A trip from the UK in search of late-season sun leads to fresh discoveries in Pompeii as well bonus trips to Procida and Paestum
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    Italy
    Venice without the crowds: the inside story by Tracy Chevalier

  • Crescent Lake with buddhist temple in Kumtag desert, Dunhuang, Gansu China<br>Aerial view of Crescent Lake (Yueyaquan), a moon-shaped lake lies at the foothill of mega sand dunes in Kumtag desert, near the city of Dunhuang, in Gansu Province of China.

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    10 stunning sites in 10 countries from Turkey to China

  • Madrassa in Samarkand<br>Samarkand, Uzbekistan - May 19, 2017: Madrassa

    Silk Roads
    Adventure and historical riches in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan

  • Roman baths ruins in the hilltop town of Fiesole, Italy

    Readers' tips
    ‘I stood on the sunny hilltop imagining I was a Roman’: your favourite ancient sites in Europe

  • Rum People Aurora, Dark skies, Isle of Rum, Scotland

    Scotland
    Stargazing on the Isle of Rum, Scotland’s first dark sky sanctuary

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  • Lark - a place in the Pines Thimbleby, North Yorkshire

    UK breaks
    From cool cabins to country houses: six of Britain’s best forest escapes

  • The Chubb Building / Lighthouse Media Center Wolverhampton West Midlands England UK<br>BHY069 The Chubb Building / Lighthouse Media Center Wolverhampton West Midlands England UK

    Where tourists seldom tread
    Five more UK towns with hidden histories

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    United Kingdom holidays
    I’m travelling to every record shop in the UK – here are my 10 favourites

  • Weekend escapes
    20 of the best UK foodie breaks for autumn

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    UK
    Castles to barn conversions: 12 of the best holiday pads for large groups

    We pick gorgeous country pads, from Pembrokeshire to the Peak District, that make perfect bases for groups of friends and family get-togethers
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  • YHA Eskdale, Cumbria

    Reader's tips
    ‘We loved pub trips, wild swimming and sing-songs’: your favourite UK hostels

  • Hikers walking next to bridge in Candanchú ski resort mountains.<br>Candanchú, Huesca Province, Aragón, Spain - August 16, 2020: Candanchú is a ski resort situated near the town of Canfranc in the Pyrenees, 1 km from Puerto de Somport the border with France. It has 59 km of marked pistes and it's the first ski resort to open in Spain. In summer people go there for outdoors activities such as trekking, mountain biking, rock climbing etc.

    Readers' tips
    From the Pyrenees to the Peloponnese: readers’ favourite long walks in Europe

    • Ashness Bridge in the Lake District.

      Readers' tips
      ‘A wildly beautiful place for autumn colour’: your favourite UK forest trails

    • Pumpkins being checked at Tulleys Pumpkin Farm in East Sussex.

      Autumn fun and feasting: 10 readers share their favourite seasonal events in the UK

    • Bobi beach in the Karimunjawa islands, Indonesia.

      Readers' tips
      ‘A gap year offers that feeling of absolute freedom’: your trips of a lifetime

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  • DLintern-15 - A walker on one of the few cabled sections of the route

    Walking holidays
    ‘The hike of a lifetime’ – a circuit of the Écrins national park in France

    The Tour des Écrins in the Hautes-Alpes is one of Europe’s finest long-distance walks, and offers a chance to reflect on how best to live alongside nature
  • The Wash cargo sail, Patrick Barkham for Travel. Bloke with grey-white beard in lots of the photos is Henry Chamberlain, skipper/founder/boat restorer. etc. Pete Naylor 2024-2363

    Sailing
    My mission? A two-day voyage along the Norfolk coast to deliver potatoes for a chip shop

  • Gaddings Dam – A Photo Essay

    The beach on top of a Yorkshire moor
    ‘A wild swimmer’s paradise’

  • Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition – the social media phenomenon comes to life this Winter in London. Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition launches in London’s Kensington on 8th December. Warrender Baths Soo Burnell

    ‘You know it when you see it’
    Accidentally Wes Anderson exhibition opens in London

  • ‘I slept in ditches and dreamed of marauding raiders’
    A wild walk on the Hadrian’s Wall path

  • Calstock viaduct on stage 3 of the Tamara Coast To Coast Way.

    Coast to coast
    Snapshots of Cornwall’s new Tamar valley walk

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    UK
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    Italy
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    Cycling
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    Over nine million trees have been planted in the east Midlands’ National Forest, where mines once churned up the land, offering great cycling routes that explore villages and industrial heritage
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