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  • Oyster Bar at Falmouth Oyster festival.

    ‘The oyster shucking is a riot’
    Readers’ favourite UK food events in autumn

    From the Highlands to Cornwall, from porridge to pakoras, enjoy the full harvest of our readers’ foodie tips
  • large bronze head that looks like an ancient statue lying on the grass, partly submerged

    Hepworth, Moore and more
    An?arty weekend in Wakefield, West Yorkshire

  • Steam train on Solkan bridge over turquoise water

    Rail route of the month
    Slovenia’s ‘garden of Eden’ from Se?ana to Jesenice

  • italy, liguria, riviera di ponente, bordighera, beach<br>F520WF italy, liguria, riviera di ponente, bordighera, beach

    Postcard from Bordighera
    Autumn sun on Italy’s Ligurian coast

  • What have we Dunoon?
    The?couple who bought a crumbling Scottish villa – by accident

  • Writer Phoebe Smith and her son, in his trailer, on the Golden Valley Pilgrimage Way in Herefordshire.

    Pews, picnics and pedalling
    My?cycle trip through Herefordshire – with a toddler in tow

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Beach on a budget

  • Dive bar … the pool and drinks area at Posada Freeman, Mazatlán., Sinaloa, Mexico

    Top?10 budget beach hotels and B&Bs on Mexico’s Pacific coast

    • Top?10 budget beach hotels, guesthouses and hostels on the Yucatán peninsula, Mexico

    • Top?10 budget beach B&Bs in the Seychelles

    • Top?10 budget beach guesthouses and B&Bs in South Africa's Western Cape

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Holiday guides

  • Illustration of a man in swimming costume peering out from behind two cardboard palm trees

    Massive discounts and midweek mini-breaks: 20 ways to book a fantastic, more affordable holiday

  • Illustration: Jamie Wignall

    How?to take a super-low budget holiday

    From pet sitting and home swaps to planning ahead, be flexible and grab the best deals … fast
  • Kayakers setting off from beach into Coral Bay at Ningaloo Reef marine park, Western Australia.

    Paddling calendar: the best places to kayak and canoe in Australia, every month of the year

    With a coastline that stretches thousands of kilometres, Australia is an all seasons, bucket list destination for on-water adventures
  • The Acropolis viewed through the windows of the Acropolis Museum, Athens

    ‘The real life of Athens is here’ – hidden gems beyond and beneath the Acropolis

  • Narbonne - Canal de la robine

    A?local’s guide to Narbonne, France: late-night dancing, seafood and seaside cycle rides

  • Closed sign outside a hotel.

    When we arrived at 9pm at our hotel in Tenerife it was closed

  • Beach of the Cathedrals, Playa de Las Catedrales, Beach of the Holy Waters, Playa de Aguas Santas, Cantabric coast, Ribadeo, Lugo province, Galicia,<br>KP35RN Beach of the Cathedrals, Playa de Las Catedrales, Beach of the Holy Waters, Playa de Aguas Santas, Cantabric coast, Ribadeo, Lugo province, Galicia,

    Hidden Spain: where to stay and what to do off the beaten track

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The big picture

  • National Geographic Traveller Photography Awards 2023 - Grand Prize and People Category Winner - Renato Granieri

    National Geographic Traveller Photography Awards 2023 – the winners

    The best images from the magazine’s annual competition, with categories for travel, wildlife, urban settings, people, food, landscape and portfolio
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Where to stay

  • Venice train station<br>Venice, Italy - May 30, 2011: Venice train station - Venezia Santa Lucia and vaporetto stop - Ferrovia. On the right Santa Maria di Nazareth church (Chiesa degli Scalzi).

    Hotels
    ‘The place was so relaxing I almost missed my train’: readers’ favourite European railway hotels

  • Manhattan Bridge, NYC<br>Manhattan bridge seen from a brick buildings in Brooklyn street in perspective, New York, USA. Shot in the evening

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

  • Rishi Sunak arriving at the Fairmont Windsor Park hotel in February

    Conservatives
    Tory donor issued with demolition order for hotel where Brexit deal signed

  • Taylor Swift on stage with guitar

    Travel & leisure
    Travelodge hotels sold out for Taylor Swift’s 2024 UK Eras tour

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Family holidays

  • Cityscape and harbor of Catania, Sicily, Italy<br>KDB0CG Cityscape and harbor of Catania, Sicily, Italy

    At?every turn Etna loomed, smoke hovering above the crater: a family rail adventure from the UK to Sicily

    A family heads to Sicily and takes in Palermo, Catania and the circular narrow gauge railway around Mount Etna
  • The Dunster Agricultural Show, Dunster Castle Lawns, Dunster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom<br>DEJM65 The Dunster Agricultural Show, Dunster Castle Lawns, Dunster, Somerset, England, United Kingdom

    ‘A magical event evoking times past’: readers’ favourite UK country shows

  • Surfers in the waves at Garrettstown, West Cork

    Boards, bikes and hikes: my family adventure in West Cork, Ireland

  • Bluestone National Park Resort is a 5* luxury, eco-friendly short break and holiday destination in Pembrokeshire, Wales Bluestone lodges 1

    ‘A good time while we preserve the environment’: a Welsh family resort with eco-credentials

  • Emma Brockes

    It?rained every day, but our 1970s-style English seaside holiday was pure delight

    Emma Brockes
  • Kefalos village and coastline on Kos island

    I?took my daughter to Greece – and saw the world through a 17-year-old’s eyes

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Readers' tips

  • Domtoren, Dom tower, historic buildings, Utrecht, Netherlands. (Photo by: Geography Photos/UIG via Getty Images) Bicycle, cyclist

    Tell us about a great city break in Europe – you could win a holiday voucher

  • Carnforth Railway Station, Carnforth, United Kingdom

    From Brief Encounter to Trainspotting: readers’ favourite station bars, restaurants and cafes

  • Pumpkins

    Tell us about your favourite UK autumn food or drink event and you could win a ?200 holiday voucher

  • The view towards Es Vedrà in Ibiza

    ‘Choose something you love, and go and do it’: readers on the joy of solo travel

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You may have missed

  • Gabrielle Chanel, Fashion Manifesto at the V&amp;amp;A, London.

    The London look
    10?fashion exhibitions in the capital

  • Sussex Art Shuttle outside Eastbourne’s Towner gallery

    Arty bus
    My?cultural day out on the Sussex Art Shuttle

    With next week’s Turner prize opening in Eastbourne, we try a hop-on, hop-off bus service that takes art lovers around the area’s cultural hotspots
  • Row of jukeboxes lit up

    Open house days
    10?of the best UK attractions to visit for free

    In September, thousands of monuments, civic buildings and private homes throw open their doors to offer a rare glimpse of normally off-limits spaces
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