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Grab your backpack: The top 10 adventure destinations for 2025
From Northern Europe to southern New Zealand, walk, cycle or paddle your way through these 10 spectacular places next year.
- by Andrew Bain
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Cairo
I spent just 24 hours in a country. Does that mean I’ve ‘been’ there?
The first thing I’m going to do on this beautiful morning, my first in a new country? Check out. And then head to the airport.
- by Ben Groundwater
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Alaska
I went to this wild island for one specific reason and it didn’t show up
The universe doesn’t always co-operate just because you have limited time to fulfil a lifelong dream.
- by Katrina Lobley
In winter, this Italian tourist mecca is a different (better) city
While a winter-time trip to Florence will never be yours alone, it allows you to adopt a laziness that feels in keeping with the true spirit of the city.
- by Kurt Johnson
Ten unexpected destinations where Christmas is surprisingly huge
Move over North America and Europe: You can find plenty of festive fun and decorations in places you never imagined as tinsel towns.
- by Brian Johnston
Beyond the obvious, this Australian island remains an enigma to most
Most Australians only know three things about Christmas Island: it has lots of crabs, a notorious detention centre and is closer to Bali than our mainland.
- by Steve Madgwick
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Airline reviews
Airline review: Carry-on limits ignored on this Mid East airline
Passengers wedge enormous bags into the overhead lockers, then start a bunfight trying to rip their luggage out while we are still taxiing to our gate.
- by Belinda Jackson
A craic, castle and Guinness-filled road trip through Ireland
Ireland is an island full of saints, so it’s hardly surprising to encounter a small miracle.
- by Keith Austin
Move over, Florence: Milan’s answer to the Uffizi gallery is here
Milan, the northern Italian capital known mainly for fashion, design and finance, is staking its claim as a centre of art – as a plan conceived half a century ago reaches its culmination.
- by Julietta Jameson
LA Downtown’s hidden riches that reach for the stars
Skyscrapers and stardom were pies in the unsullied skies when 44 settlers arrived from Mexico in 1781 and established a pueblo in today’s Downtown Los Angeles.
- by Catherine Marshall
The surprising Scandinavian Christmas dish said to bring good luck
Ah, Christmas. A time for roast turkey, stuffing, vegetables, maybe a bucket of prawns, a few glasses of champagne, and … a large jar of pickled herrings?
- by Ben Groundwater
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