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For zest and spectacle it’s hard to beat Brazil’s shoreline city, and our readers aren’t short of suggestions, including samba parties, favelas and cultural hotspots
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Indulge your spy-film fantasies at this cool clifftop hangout – a design classic by iconic architect César Manrique
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Dishes from across India are showcased at the city's street food stalls. Food writer Meera Sodha spends 24 hours sampling as many veggie ‘greatest hits’ as she can
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South Africa offers a huge variety of beaches – for swimming, surfing, wildlife-watching and relaxing. Send us details of your favourite and you could win a £200 voucher from uk.hotels.com
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The Atlantic exerts a huge influence over the weather, light and atmosphere on Portugal’s exposed coasts and islands. It is perfectly captured by Sejkko
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As the old divisions blur, the city’s music, food, drink and art scenes have been transformed
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Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson is behind this year’s exhibition at Versailles. His works, on show in the gardens and inside the chateau, include this Waterfall installation – a cascade that seems to fall from midair into the canal
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With a rooftop bar, modern design touches and a brand new restaurant with a view, this Cambridge hotel is performing to a high degree
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Leeds finally has its own arty city-centre hostel, a revamped listed building with installations and bespoke design touches
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Chic and contemporary, these beautifully designed boltholes – in Paris, Berlin, Barcelona and beyond – make for stylish short breaks and weekend getaways
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Spend your days blueberry picking, wood chopping, canoeing, swimming or hiking from our pick of 20 idyllic self-catering holiday homes in rural Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland
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A new giant beehive installation is creating a real buzz at Kew, an attraction so brimming with botanic wonders that kids can’t help but learn as they play
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Fans of the master storyteller will love this peek at his life in the village where he lived and wrote
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Tripadvisor has crowned the home of Peppa Pig World as the UK’s best amusement park but it’s the mix of nature, wildlife and attractions – including its new ‘Lost Kingdom’ – that makes it such a hit
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Europa-Park is Europe’s second most popular theme park, yet little known in the UK. Which is a shame, as this fantasy version of the continent with 100 rides across 13 different lands is a blast
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Nearly 150 years old, this seaside aquarium is home to sharks, but its foxface rabbitfish are its most fearsome residents
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Camping purists may sneer but glamping is here to stay with hundreds of sites scattered across the UK. We pick 10 spots for those who love the outdoors but also love a good bed and warm shower
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Tell us about the best Carioca-style things to do, see, eat and drink in Rio. The best tip wins a £200 voucher from uk.hotels.com
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Crete and other Greek islands were the most popular destinations when we asked for your tips on small, family-run hotels around the Med, with Spain and the Italian coast close behind
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Dream-like landscapes and solitary moments dominate this selection of images that again highlights the diversity and adventure of travel
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Besides Florence, Siena and San Gimignano, this beautiful region has many untrodden corners and family-run places to eat and stay. Readers pick their favourites
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A tongue-in-cheek website offers Americans refuge in the case of a Trump win. But there are lots of good reasons for visiting this corner of Nova Scotia – whoever’s US president
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Norwich has dozens of ancient churches, a network of peaceful waterways and a pub for every day of the year. So where better to combine sightseeing and paddling from pub to pub?
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Louise Linton’s cliche-ridden memoir of her gap year in Africa was met with scorn and anger earlier this month. We asked three writers why travel writing about the continent needs to change – and how
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