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The 10 best destinations for 2009

The temple and island of Xiao Putuo Dao, China

Lonely Planet’s annual list of emerging destinations and hip classics will be released this week - but we’ve got a sneak preview

Iceland: travel sale of the century

Yes, they nicked our cash but, oh my, the beer’s cheap. Stephen Bleach says make the most of the meltdown

The perfect safari in Kenya

If you’re after stunning scenery, brilliant trackers, and wildlife galore, you’ll be wanting the Masai Mara

How to do New York for free

Chris West keeps his dollars, but spends a day on the town in New York City

Girl dancing at Creamfields festival

10 winter sun music festivals

Couple sharing a bath in luxurious hotel

The best hotels for Christmas

San Agostino Beach Resort near Kalamata for Mark Warner

10 half-term winter sun escapes

WINTER SPORTS  

Snow Skiers, Sunrise, Montana USA

Skiing with a life coach

This is a first: a skiing life coach, to sort both your personal problems and your parallel turns

E + O Rowling jacket-gilet combination with flower print and Hampstead fur-lined hat

This ski season's hot list

Mark Frary has lowdown on the hottest resorts, hotels, courses and ski gear

6 ski holidays for less

Mark Frary and Will Hide show how to save up to £1,500 on skiing for couples, families and friends

Europe 

Husky ride

A winter adventure weekend in Lapland

your say today  

Couple Arguing

Your Say Pick of the Week – Oct 13

The hot topics from across travel last week were Britain's best hotels and how to holiday in the recession. Read on and join the debate

Europe's best New Year fireworks

Susan Maroun wants a £250pp city break where she can watch fireworks from a rooftop terrace

A few days away from New York

Talia Wise wants to spend three days sightseeing and shopping away from the Big Apple

Travel News   

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Peter, Liverpool

where to stay  

Book a table at the Great House, Lavenham, Suffolk

Britain's top 10 hotels for 2009

The Good Hotel Guide is about to reveal its favourites: The Sunday Times tested all 10

The world's 10 best classic city hotels

We reveal the best classical hotels around the planet, from Barcelona to Beijng

Gordon Ramsay's new London hotel

The chef opens his first hotel and restaurant in Camden - with a pop at the Connaught, his old landlord

British hotel reviews - search maps

Travel comment    

Travel C Boyd

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Carolyn Boyd
The end of cheap holidays? Thank goodness. I'm already planning my recession-proof two-week holiday for next year
Ginny McGrath

Autumn breaks  

Fever pitch: head to Perpignan

European weekend rugby breaks

The Heineken Cup returns this week, kick-starting a new generation of rugby pilgrimages - pack your kit bag

Why Mallorca is best in the autumn

Cath Urquhart enjoys walking, art, swimming and stylish hotels on an October weekend in Deia

Dodging showers in the Canaries

Maggie O'Farrell finds that the danger of a wintersun break in the Canary Islands is that the weather doesn't always oblige

best read features

travel images  

Rory Corder on Meedhupparu island in the Maldives. Sent by mum Lynne

Your travel smugshots

A gallery every week of your holiday images - the winner receives a Lonely Planet guidebook

Tourist on the beach at Ventnor, Isle of Wight

A weekend away with Martin Parr

Sue Foll packs her camera for a break with the photographer renowned for capturing Britain on holiday - view the results

Smugshots special: bonus galleries

Six new entries in our Bolivia salt plains gallery, plus many more smug slideshows worldwide

citizen traveller

The Times travel photo competition

business travel  

The Helix Lounge, Hotel Helix, Washington DC

A guide to quirky Washington

America's political capital is not the staid place you might imagine

Expect a bloodbath on LHR-JFK business class fares

The announcement that Air France is to launch on the route will spark fierce competition for a declining pool of premium passengers

Review: Slingbox PRO

Don't want to miss your favourite television while you're away on business? You don't have to

Business travel

Aldo Zilli

High flier profiles

Tips and tales from Aldo Zilli plus more celebs and CEOs

Hotel reviews 

Mystery Guest

Aviator, Farnborough

Lounge at the Rectory, Crudwell

The Rectory, Crudwell, Wilts

Novotel, London St Pancras

Novotel St Pancras

spas and lifestyle  

The unusual exterior of the Bergoase spa at the Tschuggen Grand, Arosa

Five of the best ski spas

It's a return to the Golden Age, with people heading to Alpine resorts for rarefied air and well-being rather than skiing

Casaspa

Casa Spa, Paddington, London

A homely spa beneath the Edgware Road offers a hammam and massage experience for a steal

Natura Day Spa Mayfair, London

Facials to help your skin breathe and tutti-frutti tootsies treatments at keen rates for W1

good spa guide map

Times Online Spa Guide

200 reviews of British day and hotel spas

WINTERSUN  

Sana'a by Nick Redmayne

Authentic Arabia in Yemen

Lacking in ostentation but far from the tourist crowds, Sana’a, Yemen's capital, has much to offer

Dominican Republic, Samana province, Sanchez, girl at her balcony

Chilling in Trinidad and Tobago

The hinterland of Trinidad and Tobago offers a glimpse of the real Caribbean life, says Brian Schofield

Bangalore is all the Raj

James Collard finds fading colonial gems amid the shopping malls and pizzerias of Bangalore - known as India-lite

China 

Attendant at the Aman Resort in Beijing

A first look inside the Beijing Aman hotel

and finally...

mosaic fabricant Lucio Orsoni of the Orsoni Trend Group. For four generations, Orsoni has produced artisanal mosaics. Thanks to his jealously-kept savoir faire, Orsoni supplies the Vatican Mosaic Studio with its small glass tiles which serve in the restoration of Saint Marco's Church in Venise and have been in use since the begining of construction of la Sagarda familia in Barcelona.

Taking a mosaic course in Venice

Andrew Quested ignores the crowds to take a mosaic-making course in Venice

website of the week

10 travel websites to watch: October

Cabin crew spill the beans, find the perfect seat onboard, stay slim on the road and more travel gems from the web this month

The American Museums of dirty tricks

Cops, robbers, spooks and hacks are all commemorated in the new wave of Washington museums

Inside Travel

In your coffee break

Where was I travel competition

Our winning competition - Where Was I?

The cover of the Sunday Times Travel magazine

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

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More top travel prizes to be won

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