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Ten things travellers will never understand about China
Everyone holidays at the same time, there’s an obsession with giant, bizarre buildings, and it’s very different to how it’s portrayed in the Western media.
- by Brian Johnston
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The most beautiful ship in Europe is one you can’t cruise on
Stepping aboard feels like walking onto the set of Mad Men – if Don Draper had gone cruising, this would be his ship of choice.
- by Shaney Hudson
Europe’s most underrated capital has everything, except crowds
Here you can feel absorbed into the fabric of a growing, rapidly changing city that goes about its own business, rather than a place that feels like Disneyland.
- by Brian Johnston
There’s only one way to get to the ultimate bucket-list destination
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- by Brian Johnston
Port guide: Lisbon, Portugal
Lisbon is an Atlantic city but, thanks to a sparkling climate, orange trees and penchant for pastel paint and strong coffee, feels Mediterranean in its charms.
- by Brian Johnston
The truth behind the location of one of Hollywood’s greatest films
It’s considered one of the greatest films ever made, but its iconic location has long struggled to live up to visitor expectations.
- by Anthony Dennis
All hail the sausage to rule all sausages
When it comes to the world’s best sausages there’s Spanish chorizo, South Africa’s boerewors and English Cumberland. But nothing beats Germany’s bratwurst.
- by Ben Groundwater
No Michelangelo, but Rome’s other Sistine Chapel is just as impressive
The extraordinary is everywhere in the Eternal City, and the best thing about this second Sistine Chapel is that you won’t have to fight through the crowds.
- by David Whitley
The one thing that makes Fiji unbeatable for a family holiday
No one does a family holiday quite like Fiji. There are big resorts and small ones, but for children (and parents) the kids’ club is king.
- by Shaney Hudson
How rivers can take you to some of the greatest places on Earth
These historical trade arteries connect cities and castles, palaces and pagodas and they provide easy transport routes through gorges and across deserts.
- by Brian Johnston
This country’s version of graffiti is much more beautiful than Italy’s
Sgraffito is part of an art form dating back 500 years.
- by Sue Wallace
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