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Exciting ways to get away from it all

Tallinn’s coastline has long been shaking off its industrial look – the former militarised zone of Paljassaare Peninsula, for example, is now a forest-bathing and wild-swimming haven. Go 20 minutes ou

Culture And History With A Small City Vibe Porto is a kaleidoscope of colour, with blue and white tiled churches, bright colours of the former merchant houses lining the Ribeira waterfront and the daz

Oppressive heat reigned across the core of the Iberian Peninsula. The Extremadura region, bordering Portugal in the far west of Spain, had proved extreme in both beauty and its energy-sapping temperat

Those in the know are booking ‘shoulder season’ trips to places where the sun still shines, the heat is bearable, prices are lower and the crowds have gone. Here are our top five

SLOW TRIPS THROUGH ITALY ARE AS VARIED AS ITS LANDSCAPES — AND ALLOW YOU TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN LOCAL CULTURE. WHETHER YOU’RE EXPLORING THE VENETIAN LAGOON BY BOAT, HIKING TO ROME LIKE AN ANCIENT PILGRIM OR ROAD-TRIPPING ALONG THE BACKSTREETS OF SOUTHERN PUGLIA, HERE’S HOW TO CAPTURE THE ART OF LA DOLCE VITA