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A new sport, ‘dragon racing’, combines the thrill of stand-up paddleboarding with the fun of competing as a team
A former papal apartment has been reborn as the Eternal City’s most exclusive place to stay
The little-visited county is a treat for walkers, birdwatchers — and fans of avant-garde architecture
Two hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, the port city has seen soaring visitor numbers — with a little help from a British actress
Savour your memories while on hold to the call centre
From Eames to Le Corbusier, the Swedish capital’s newest private gallery, the Museum of Furniture Studies, is a chronicle of chairmaking
Alicudi insider Lorcan O’Neill shares the old-world secrets of the Aeolian island
A new trip encourages families to put aside screens in favour of tree-climbing, river-swimming — and spotting bears
Can switching from dessert wines to dry whites help the Hungarian wine region restore its once-glorious reputation?
Can a revamp of Paris’s only Left Bank grand hotel retain the soul of a building that holds an extraordinary place in French history?
As if in a modern morality tale, without WiFi we began to have real conversations
Usually one for more testing terrain, Tim Moore tries out a week of rather softer routes — disembarking from a luxury cruise
This time around, the producers have swapped the Aegean for the Adriatic, filming the blockbuster sequel off Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast
App Yescapa links campers with rental caravans and motorhomes around Europe
Never opt to pay in sterling abroad, you could end up paying 8 per cent more
In Finland, a new island retreat offers a place for women to relax, recalibrate and bond
In the island’s quieter south-west, new villas are mixing mod cons with traditional touches — and glorious views of unspoilt beaches
Once an administrative centre of the Austro-Hungarian empire, Romania’s third city has found a new role as a capital of culture
A first-growth wine estate in Bordeaux is opening as a high-end hotel with gourmet restaurant
Once favoured by stag parties, today the capital is staging a new modern art biennial and showing off its cultural side
Exploring the rugged Brittany coastline on foot, Andrew Eames enjoys a new lodging — a mobile caravan
A 17th-century castle in Italy has been reborn as a boutique hotel with a cutting-edge cooking school attached
With empty Atlantic beaches and shellfish shacks among the dunes, Cap Ferret offers a relaxed alternative to its flashier near-namesake
A new Airbnb-style booking system for mountain huts lets visitors live out their alpine fantasies
