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  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

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Destinations

  • Long Bay, Negril, Westmoreland, Jamaica<br>R5DMAA Long Bay, Negril, Westmoreland, Jamaica

    Jamaica holidays
    My Rasta father showed me the real Jamaica. After he died, I wanted to share it with my kids

    I had no idea where I was heading when we set sail from Jamaica in the 70s, but I’m glad I’ve returned with my children to remember their grandfather this way
  • Manhattan Bridge, NYC<br>Manhattan bridge seen from a brick buildings in Brooklyn street in perspective, New York, USA. Shot in the evening

    Brooklyn for all budgets
    10 places to stay in New York’s coolest borough

  • Yellow Fronted Toucan in the coffee plantation at Coffea Diversa

    The perfect blend
    How coffee farms in Costa Rica are mixing wildlife, agriculture and tourism

  • Venezia fans in the Curva Sud stand last Sunday.

    How did I avoid paying Venice’s new ‘entrance fee’? By joining the local Venezia FC fans

  • Arwa Mahdawi takes a selfie at the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia.

    A fake volcano, an ice-cream, a dog dressed as a shark
    How I holidayed in the Aeolian Islands – without leaving Philadelphia

  • Images of The Todra Gorge in The Atlas Mountains in Morocco in North Africa.<br>Images of The Todra Gorge in The High Atlas Mountains in Morocco in North Africa with and without Berber people.

    My search for magical Morocco
    ‘If you are not lost within a minute, you’re not trying hard enough’

The Americas

  • The ‘lost city’ of Choquequirao near Cusco, a hidden citadel that can only be reached on foot.

    The alternative Machu Picchu: a hike to find the ‘real’ lost world of the Incas

  • From left: friends Owen and Sally with Jane and Rhymer in Chile, late December 2002

    A Christmas that changed me: my life was an adventure holiday – and I just wanted to settle down

  • The Road, Sucre, Bolivia

    My bad trip – my Spanish was improving, but my refusal to be taken for a ride got me kicked off the bus

  • man in balaclava ski mask

    My bad trip – I wanted a romantic jaunt. I got a kidnapping and a breakup

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Europe

  • Cityscape of Barcelona

    Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs

  • The abandoned spy station on Teufelsberg, the manmade hill created from second world war riubble

    Berlin by rail: a cold-war adventure

  • A couple doing a ballad, GR34 coastal path, Bay Morgat Crozon Peninsula (Finistere, Brittany, France).<br>C5XDXY A couple doing a ballad, GR34 coastal path, Bay Morgat Crozon Peninsula (Finistere, Brittany, France).

    Wild west: a walk on Brittany’s rugged Crozon peninsula

  • Old Buildings on the Graslei quay, Ghent

    Paris can wait: how we dodged the summer crowds by Interrailing to Europe’s smaller towns

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Africa

  • Tipaza Roman ruins in Algeria, Africa<br>W5YF3M Tipaza Roman ruins in Algeria, Africa

    I took my toddler to Algeria – and we were welcomed warmly everywhere

  • Kasbah du Toubkal

    After Morocco’s devastating earthquake, the tourism industry rallies round

  • A young African couple pose on a rocky coastline in South Africa by a plaque marking Africa's southernmost point

    ‘No Ugandan has ever crossed here’: reclaiming the African road trip

  • Opuntia robusta by metal bench, Aloe vera, red painted pavilion, Bauhinia variegata 'Alba', Yucca rostrata, Kalanchoe beharensis, Melianthus major

    Marvellous Marrakech: finding your way around the maze of Morocco’s gem

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Asia

  • A woman sitting on a train in Bangkok, looking into the distance.

    My big move: my dream job took me to Bangkok – but living overseas can be lonely without friends

  • Watermelon ice served inside pineapple halves

    ‘No rules’ and ‘riotous flavour’: how to cook and eat like you’re on holiday in the Philippines

  • The red-brick domes of sulphur baths and Metekhi church in Tbilisi, Georgia.

    From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia

  • Akihabara, Tokyo.

    ‘A portal to a different world’: a gamer’s guide to visiting Japan

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Australia

  • Illustration for a locals guide series. The image shows a vintage postcard that reads 'Freemantle' with Fremantle lighthouse at sunset in the background.

    A local’s guide to Fremantle: ‘It feels like everyone is living the good life’

  • A retro looking postcard with the Coffs Harbour wharf in bold

    A local’s guide to Coffs Harbour: ‘The culture here is being outside’

  • Runners in colourful clothing in bushland

    Heartbreak Hill to the Great Ocean Road: six of Australia’s best marathons and fun runs

  • Narrm king Freddie Merkin at FabAlice against the rolling back drop of the Macdonnell Ranges. A 4 day rainbow festival - celebrating love, diversity & glitter - in the heart of Australia
Alice Springs. NT Australia

    Three decades after Priscilla, drag blooms in Alice Springs

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United Kingdom

  • A mural by Lee Miller’s husband, Roland Penrose, above the dining room fireplace at Farleys, Sussex, UK.

    In the footsteps of Lee Miller and the surrealists: a tour of her arty Sussex retreat

  • The Globe at Knockan Crag Trail in theNorth West Highlands<br>T9BMB5 The Globe at Knockan Crag Trail in theNorth West Highlands

    Bagging Munros, wild camping and mysterious lochs: readers’ favourite wilderness trips in Scotland

  • Panorama of the wild cliffs on the west coast of Lundy Island (the largest island in the Bristol Channel), Devon, England. Puffins nests on the cliffs.

    ‘A world in itself’: how I fell for the peculiar magic of Lundy

  • Susan Smillie sailing

    White beaches, dolphins, seahorses: I sailed away from Britain, but now I love its coasts more than ever

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    ‘It’s very wild. I’ve seen wolves’
    A hike through the forests and ghost villages of secret Galicia

  • Susan Smillie sailing

    White beaches, dolphins, seahorses
    I sailed away from Britain, but now I love its coasts more than ever

    Sometimes you need to leave to really see the place you came from
  • Knowth megalithic tombs, Co Meath, Co Meath

    Sharks, murder and a neolithic ‘spaceship’
    The mysteries of Ireland’s new national parks

    The ecological jewel of Kerry Marine national park and the archaeological splendour of Brú na Bóinne in the east are the latest additions to the country’s portfolio of protected areas
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