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Britain's best posh pubs with rooms

Ye Olde Bell pub

Cosier than a hotel, cheaper than a guesthouse, the new style of pub with rooms ticks all the boxes

Alonnisos, the idyllic Greek island

In autumn, when the August hordes have long gone, Alonnisos is near mythically perfect

How to paddle through London

It’s therapy, but not as you know it. Kayaking in the capital is good for the soul

The French version of a boot camp

Fine food, fine wines and only the slightest bit of accidental exercise at a fitness retreat near Toulouse

Corridor at the Hoxton hotel

Best hotels in London for under £100

Musicians playing outside of a hairdressers

Making music in North Carolina

The travel debates of the week

autumn breaks  

Girl Tossing Leaves Into the Air

Six of the best breaks for autumn colours

Poland, Spain, England, Italy, Romania or France - take your pick for the best blazing leaves

21 weekend breaks for September

You’ve survived the bedlam of August, so reward yourself with one of our grown-up escapes, from tepees to shopping trips

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france  

Chateau de la Barre

Live like royalty in a Loire chateau

For a taste of life as a pre-Revolutionary aristocrat a stay at Chateau de la Barre is just the ticket

The grand canyons of Gorges du Tarn

French kissing in the Lozère

France's Lozère region is so nakedly beautiful that you’re sure to fall in love. Anthony Peregrine did and married a local

The best duck served in Paris?

Food-lover Anthony Capella says there's no better canard than the dish served in La Tour d’Argent

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Travel C Boyd

open quote mark In the Medoc marathon, you'll try 15 wines by 25k, then dine on oysters at the 35th close quote mark

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Carolyn Boyd, Editor, France Magazine

wintersun

The martial art capoeira on Sao Vicente, Cape Verde

Away from the beach in Cape Verde

The tourists come for sand and sun, but the soul of the islands lies deep in the hidden valleys

Planting green rice shoots, Thailand

A family travel adventure to Thailand

Children, animals and holidays can be good together. Especially if you throw in kick-boxing, massages and cookery classes

Timbuktu by motorbike Pt 5: into Mali

It's rough going for Alison Thomson and husband Jez as they squabble over directions and their next meal

TRAVEL VIDEOS

Travel movie show

Latest videos: A postie's guide to Britain, NY on high

Travel comment    

George Brock

open quote mark I recommend an English odyssey. It took four of us two years in all - we walked the length of the Thames close quote mark

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George Brock
What humiliating and dangerous tricks have satellite-navigation systems not played on us?
Christopher Somerville

travel images  

Your travel smugshots

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

Thanks to Nancy Carson for this all-users message from the USA

Signs of the times 2008

We're reached the end of the trail to find the funniest travel signs - view the winning gallery and finalists

Smugshots special: bonus galleries

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

Travel Images 

A steady stream of would be, day tripper climbers, making their way down onto the glacier at the base of Mont Blanc

Our September photo competition takes off

In your coffee break

Where was I travel competition

Our winning competition - Where Was I?

ST Travel

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

Flying Suitcase Graphic Travel

More top travel prizes to be won

your say today  

Israeli flags flutter in the wind on the beach in Tel Aviv during a military parade marking Israel?s 60th anniversary

Israel for less

Claire Evans wants to visit Israel on the cheap, but not on a package holiday

A seaplane flight in Europe

Bob Cassidy loved his Greek islands seaplane flight and wants another go closer to home

Your Say   

open quote mark It is not 'a bloody cheek' to remove the signpost at Land's End after working hours - 10 peoples' jobs rely on that post open quote mark

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Barry Chapple, St Ives
website of the week

times recommends

10 travel websites to watch: September

Explorers go online, posh travel tips, hostel video reviews and more

best of britain  

Young People Going for Picnic in Meadow

Five perfect minibreaks in Britain

Boutique bolt holes, meadowy picnics, wild walk - the best of both worlds on small-town weekenders

Britain's 10 best dog-friendly beaches

Stuart Kirby, author of Britain's top 100 beaches, picks his favourite beaches for dog walking

Britain's best 50 days out

Going abroad this summer? It’ll be very nice and everything, but here's what you’re missing

British hotel reviews - search maps

Hotel reviews 

Mystery Guest

Elvey Farm, Pluckley, Kent

Lower End House

Lower End, Eckington, Worcs

a man smiling in bed

Bed down at West Ham FC's hotel

business travel  

British Airways new Club World seat

Summer business class sales extend into September

British Airways, Virgin and bmi aim to win premium traffic with offers throughout autumn and winter

Airline failure: are you covered?

Airline failure insurance seems like a good idea but it doesn't cover every carrier

BA opens dedicated business check-in at Heathrow T5

Premium passengers will no longer have to share check-in desks with those in economy

Business travel

Martin Dove, Managing Director of Merchants

High flier profiles

Business travel tips and tales from CEOs and celebrities

spas and lifestyle  

A spa treatment at Whittlebury Hall Hotel, Northamptonshire

Chi Mind, Body and Spirit, Devon

A superb value holisitc spa behind the shopfront crystals in the bucolic depths of the West Country

Danai Beach Resort Villas, Halkidiki, Greece

Danai Beach Resort, Halkidiki, Greece

Greek yoghurt massage and colourful spa gadgets at a plush getaway off the European tourist path

After 20 years, I'm back on meat

After 20 years a vegetarian, Carol Lewis was a changed woman at a caffeine and alcohol-free retreat in Portugal

good spa guide map

Times Online Spa Guide

200 reviews of British day and hotel spas

and finally.....

Naples chefs slam over-priced pizza

Restaurant owners accused of ripping off tourists by charging £3

Confessions of a Tourist: In Canada, our writer found the local bikers to be very ‘friendly’

Hoggs Tavern looked just about right. It had a flashing neon sign and a few Harleys outside - both okay in my book...

Our man in ... Seville

Will Heslop, 22, from Lincoln, is spending six months in Seville - here are his tips

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