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San Gimignano’s slender towers draw walkers to a welcome rest stop on the Via Francigena.

Forget Spain: Italy’s Camino trail is older, longer and less crowded

The Via Francigena was Europe’s overland spine, and it’s now growing in popularity as a slow-travel option through the continent’s most touristic countries.

  • by Luke Slattery
The walls once separated Protestant loyalist and Catholic nationalist enclaves during The Troubles.

The European city that’s still divided by a wall

The strangest thing about this wall is that it runs right through a seemingly ordinary residential neighbourhood.

  • by Brian Johnston
Isola Bella, an island of Lake Maggiore in northern Italy.

Visit showstopping grand gardens on this joyous botanical odyssey

This tour of the Italian Lakes, Slovenia and the Croatian Islands explores formal gardens and arboretums, as well as places of incomparable natural beauty.

  • by Julie Miller
Kukulkan pyramid at Chichen-Itza archaeological site, Yucatan, Mexico.

On a trip packed with mind-blowing experiences, one is priceless

An adventure through Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula mixes swimming in cenotes, spirituality, ancient ruins and home-cooked meals while helping transform lives.

  • by Carolyn Beasley
Still one of the world’s most glamorous hotel brands … Mandarin Oriental Singapore.

Traveller Awards: Hall of Fame – the legends of travel

We salute our icons of travel, those consistently excellent places or brands that deliver time and time again.

  • by Traveller team
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Aerial view down towards the famous Kalyan Poi Kalon Complex and Poi Kalon Minaret, Poi Kalan or Po-i-Kalyan and Mir Arab Madrasah (right side) in the center of the old town of Bukhara - Buxoro - Бухорo on a sunny day. Aerial Drone Point view at Sunset. Itchan Kala, Bukhara, Khorezm Region, Uzbekistan, Central Asia.

Visiting this formerly daunting part of the world is now easier than ever

We follow the paths carved by some of the greatest and most terrible conquerors, everyone from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan to Timur.

  • by Ute Junker
An artist’s impression of the luxury vessel Aman at Sea.

Floating hotels: Luxury travel brands are launching their own ships

Cruise lines beware: a string of ultra-luxury ships will soon be setting sail with a major difference. They’re being floated out by tour and hotel companies.

  • by Brian Johnston
Seven Seas Splendor’s 140-day world cruise will visit 71 ports in 40 countries across six continents.

Record breaker: Luxury ship’s epic world cruise features sky-high price

With 14,000 bottles of champagne and 68 kilos of caviar on board, indulgence will never run dry on Regent Seven Seas’ world cruise.

  • by Brian Johnston
Visiting 10 countries in 25 days isn’t unusual on a Contiki tour.

I did a Contiki tour 27 years ago. It was a lifetime travel highlight

I was a wide-eyed and shallow-pocketed 17-year-old, a gullible moron who had somehow already graduated from high school and been allowed out into the world.

  • by Ben Groundwater
Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi.

Diverse and delicious: The world’s five greatest new trips for foodies

If you live to eat – and therefore travel to eat – look no further.

  • by Ben Groundwater

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