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There’s lots to like when you travel by bike in Umbria

The world on a plate in Soho

Drinking the marvels of mellow Moravia

Murder she wrote: But even Agatha Christie fell for the rugged charms of Slovenia

Lovely bubbly down Spain’s sparkling Cava trail

Burn on the beach: Why North Devon is perfect for a week of exercise and diet

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YOUNG couple perform hip thrusts and arm dips oblivious to the fact their makeshift gym is a national war graves memorial.

YOU’D think we would’ve stepped off the bus in silence. But we didn’t. People were asking for the toilets. They wanted coffee.

THIS is the largest island in the Mediterranean and the biggest region in Italy. It's also home to many of Europe’s volcanoes!

VULCANO! How can it look so beautiful but smell so bad?

DON’T stop me now, I’m having such a good time, I’m on a golf buggy. I’m having a ball. Weeeeeeeeee!

I'LL have the sea spaghetti followed by the seaweed tartare, s’il vous plaît. This is superfood French gastronomy.

WITH summer holidays on hold more families than ever could be planning a Christmas getaway this year.

JUST a few months on from the fierce wildfires, the landscape is turning green and the animals are thriving.

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Mail on Sunday

You’ve had Champagne, tasted Prosecco, tried Cava, now who’s for a Crémant?
IT’S the fabulous festive fizz from France that’s about to burst the prosecco bubble.

Feastern Europe
TUCKED away in the north-east corner of Slovenia is a tasty food-lover’s paradise.

Living in Lima
AFTER backpacking around Peru Natalie Chalk is hooked but finds teaching English in Lima to be full of surprises.

Experience Denmark’s second city, Aarhus
DESPITE those Scandi-noir sagas and Sarah Lund jumpers, Denmark has been voted the happiest place on the planet.

July 2020

From the blog: Wellness

Slow down in Sardinia
SOMETIMES you just need to sit down and do nothing for just a little while. That’s what Sardinia is for.

Superfood sea snacks from St Gilles
I’LL have the sea spaghetti followed by the seaweed tartare, s’il vous plaît. This is superfood French gastronomy.