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A 10-week surf safari and volunteering programme along South Africa’s coast culminates in an instructor’s qualification that could set you up for life. We join the new intake
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The cheerful welcome and quality local food on offer in this refurbished Welsh pub are in perfect keeping with an area known for ancient merrymaking
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From Mozambique to Mexico, via Cornwall, here are great places to ride waves, find a bed close to the beach and eat drink and party after a day on the water
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The continent that ‘both invites and resists understanding’ has always fascinated the travel writer. And his favourite country is today the saddest: Syria
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You’re a performer on the fringes … but want to be part of the main event. Heed the words of a seasoned Edinburgh busker – on the best pitches, great cheap eats and where to party like a local
Rio Olympics travel guide
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Five insiders reveal how to run with the locals in the Olympics host city – a spectacular tropical metropolis with great beaches, music, views and food
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Head out of these huge cities to find peaceful pousadas on the Costa Verde, where you can relax or walk along stunning beaches backed by rainforest
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It’s a city where tropical rainforests, beaches and mountains collide to form one of the most distinctive landscapes in the world
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From Alan Sillitoe to Shane Meadows, Nottingham has a culture of rebelliousness that runs through its energetic music, arts, nightlife and bars
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The Coiling Dragon Cliff walkway measures 100m and towers 300m above the scenery below
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Once its pool and spa open – and there’s a little more choice at dinner – this new incarnation of a Wye Valley manor house will be hard to resist
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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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Films and live shows in the planetarium and clever interactive exhibits throughout make science fun for all the family on this good-value day trip
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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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Our monthly photo competitions have no theme this year: we just want your best travel shots. Enter via GuardianWitness and you could win a seven-night Secret Fjords self-drive holiday to Iceland for two with Discover the World
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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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Whether it’s wild swimming in lakes and fjords, a sea ‘safari’ in Crete, or a 6km swim in the warm waters of Mexico’s Baja peninsula, this selection of swims (and stays) is a stroke of genius
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See a different side of Europe’s major cities on these innovative walking tours that revel in art, history, food, drink – and even financial mismanagement
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Five leading nature writers were asked to reveal the places in the UK that they love. Their answers, from Orkney to Dartmoor, blend weather and landscape with some vivid childhood memories
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