Tag: Europe holidays
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Palermo holiday guide: what to see plus the best bars, hotels and restaurants
The capital of Sicily is a crumbling film set of a city with unmissable architecture, vivid street life, and a great choice of alfresco restaurants and bars
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10 of the best foodie retreats in rural France
These charming B&Bs, guesthouses and gîtes offer comfortable pitstops on a French adventure, but with their mouth-watering regional food and wine they may prove hard to leave
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Making the perfect limoncello on the shores of Italy’s Lake Garda
‘You need a lot of lemons and they need to be the very best,’ says the owner of one of the few remaining groves on the Italian lakes
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Modernism on the coast: Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray shine at Cap Moderne
A peninsula near Monaco is home to an array of modernist architecture, including houses by two stars of the scene, and a revamped visitor centre is helping to show it all in the best light
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10 of the best swimming holidays around the world
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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Driven to distraction: the Norway road trip where cool design meets dramatic scenery
Norway’s roadside architecture project, part of its National Tourist Routes, has led to the creation of bridges and viewing platforms that make every journey a tour de force – and more new designs are on the horizon