Train travel in the dark and trips to the British seaside

With more direct trains than ever zipping straight to the Dutch capital, now’s the time to enjoy a bargain break

This week’s dream: wonder and melancholy in eastern Turkey ...

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Jeremy Ellwood mixes waterways with fairways on a maiden river cruise with his wife to the wine-making region of Bordeaux in the south-west corner of France

WITH SUMMER ALMOST over, we at last managed an all-too-short driving holiday, discovering the Val de Loire region of France over seven days in our 2005 Maserati Cambiocorsa. That the Loire is one of t