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Travel: Safari in Kenya
THE conservation message comes over loud and clear when visiting Kenya’s famous animals on safari.
Travel: Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire
ONE of three hotels owned by the National Trust, Hartwell House, in the Vale of Aylesbury, was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to a natural son of William the Conqueror. But the stunning building that stands there now, with its Jacobean and Georgian aspects, dates from the early 17th century.
Travel: Florence versus Venice
DAN Brown’s forthcoming novel, Inferno, is set principally in Florence, and already the city is gearing itself up for an even greater influx of tourists than usual after the book’s publication on Tuesday.
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Travel: Channel your appetites at Jersey’s food festival
Think of Jersey and what immediately springs to mind is sunshine, cows, potatoes and – I’m just going to get it out of the way – Bergerac.
Video: Wallace & Gromit visit Loch Ness in tourism ad video
Plasticine duo Wallace and Gromit have been to the moon, fought off evil penguins and solved one small town’s rabbit problem, but now they’ve done the impossible - they’ve had their picture taken alongside the Loch Ness monster.
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Travel: Cannes, France
“THESE are the sexual sacks of the beaver,” says a prim lady who has just tricked us into breathing in the powerfully musky smell of a dark and shrivelled pair of what we had thought were some sort of exotic fruit. Poor old beaver.
Travel: Raemoir House, Banchory
AS we entered this fine Georgian mansion, the young receptionist almost bounded from behind her desk in the hallway to give us the grand tour.
Through one door, white tablecloths and silver cutlery gleamed from a sunlit dining room packed with Sunday lunchers.
Travel: Bavaria, Germany
With the two-week bacchanal of Oktoberfest and the huge scale of some of its beer palaces, one tends to think of Munich in terms of quaffing frothing steins, rather than soaking up art, but the Bavarian capital also boasts art collections of international significance.
Travel: Latin America, the Amazon and Galapagos
Clutching our torches, my family and I gingerly began our night walk through the Amazon looking for tarantulas. As wildlife enthusiasts, it was hard to imagine that any holiday experience could top this, yet it turned out to be only one of many highlights on our expedition to Ecuador.
The Scots beach huts with a 10-year waiting list Picture gallery
THEY may be smaller than the average living room, have no toilets, power or running water, but there is a 10-year waiting list for these quirky huts on a remote Scottish beach.
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Travel: Housetrip, Berlin
FEW cities are as vibrant as Berlin, and few neighbourhoods in Germany’s capital are as charming and central as Schöneberg, a residential area that was part of West Berlin and has long been home to the city’s gay community.
Travel: Surf ‘n’ turf safari at Tanzania
Tanzania’s Saadani national park may be less well known than the Serengeti but its situation means tourists enjoy big game and beach life
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Travel: Alnwick, Northumberland
Helicopters and light aeroplanes buzz above a recumbent figure. A scantily clad Cheryl Cole popping back for a cup a tea wi’ her mam or a photo opportunity for a new nightspot at Newcastle’s Bigg Market?
Travel: Bo’ness
It’s fearsome Rob Roy, hiding from Redcoats in the Highlands. And he’s wearing plimsolls, as the dapper Victorian gentleman before us is quick to point out.
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Travel: Baglioni Hotel, Kensington
AS YOU would expect from a Roman boutique hotel group, its London branch is all about the Italian sense of style.
Travel: Jersey blossoms for holidaymakers
WITH extreme care, I placed and pressed a glued burgundy chrysanthemum head on to a float, for the Parish of Trinity, Jersey.
Travel: Delighting in Norway’s fjord focus
NORWAY’S neverending summer days give you more daylight hours to explore
Travel: Peebles, a retreat to a golden age
I’VE always felt that history should be embraced, not hidden away, and Peebles has done a fine job of protecting its past. One pillar of tradition which has stood the test of time in this handsome Borders town is The Tontine hotel, an unmissable presence on the bustling High Street.
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Travel: Mauritius a paradise of non-stop thrills
Whether you’re a thrill-seeker or sun-worshipper, Mauritius is a paradise on earth
Taking a scenic rail trip on the Royal Scotsman
WE’VE just left Edinburgh’s Waverley station and the train is chugging along at a Victorian pace over the world’s first major steel bridge. Yes, I am on the Royal Scotsman, champagne flute in hand, crossing Edinburgh’s Forth Bridge.
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