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  • ‘It stands over us like a giant’s dining table’
    On the trail of the UK’s ancient stones

    A growing trend for 'stone tourism' means our mysterious formations are being visited year round - not just at solstice. Our writer joins a stone hunt on the Cornish moors

  • Pedalling the Po
    From Venice to Mantua by boat and bicycle

  • The Nordic countries on a budget
    Send us a tip and you could win a holiday voucher

  • Travel news
    Square where Julius Caesar was killed will open to public in Rome

  • ‘The scenery bursts into life'
    Making Scotland wild again

  • Height of cool
    Mountain retreats in the Austrian Tirol

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Beach on a budget

  • 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

  • How to take a super-low budget holiday

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

    The Acropolis Museum’s underground lab, the ancient Hadrian aqueduct and an arts festival in an old factory offer a more personal view of the Greek capital

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

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

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

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

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The big picture

  • 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

  • US unions
    ‘We deserve more’: hotel workers vote to authorize strike in California

  • Travel
    The key party is over: could contactless check-in kill a classic hotel come-on?

  • Britain behaving badly
    ‘People throw tantrums and try to get things for free’: my life as a hotelier in badly behaved Britain

  • Britain behaving badly
    ‘They call me Captain Killjoy’: working as a lifeguard in badly behaved Britain

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Family holidays

  • Turn off your email, get the packing right – and never, ever play Monopoly: 15 tips for a happy holiday

    Here’s how to master the art of holidaying, whoever you’re going away with

  • From kiss me quick to seaside serenity: eight UK resorts close to peaceful beaches

  • ‘Chips to die for’: readers’ favourite UK seaside towns

  • Is it a campsite? Is it a festival? This Welsh ‘summer camp’ feels like the best of both

  • Into the woods: a forest cabin in East Sussex where guests contribute to their stay

  • A stranger paid my family’s motel bill – kindness is indeed alive in our selfish world

    Michelle Macfarlane
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Readers' tips

  • Share tips on great places to visit as a student – you could win a holiday voucher

  • From DJ classes in Ibiza to yoga in the Norfolk woods: readers’ favourite retreats in the UK and Europe

  • Tell us about a favourite trip to Portugal away from the crowds – you could win a holiday voucher

  • ‘The air tasted of salty joy, fat seals basking nearby’: readers’ favourite coastal walks in UK and Europe

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  • Lowestoft
    A faded Suffolk star is reborn

  • Boots and bathers
    The rise of UK cross-country swimming and where to do it

    The newly popular mix of hiking and open-water swimming opens up new routes for adventurers looking to explore mountains, lakes and coasts

  • Gimme shelter
    Tips on how to survive camping, whatever the weather

    Festival season’s here, and soon the school holidays, so get the tent out. But with storms and heatwaves forecast, how can you prepare for all the conditions?
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