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WITH ITS LONGSTANDING ISOLATION AND TURBULENT MODERN HISTORY, THIS CARIBBEAN NATION DEFIES CATEGORISATION. COME TO SALSA DANCE IN HAVANA, HIKE AND HORSE-RIDE THROUGH VIÑALES VALLEY AND SNORKEL IN THE CLEAR WATERS OF THE BAY OF PIGS

Fancy a cute 48 hours in the city of love? Here’s the places the locals adore…

Pub life and convivial drinking have been a sustaining factor for the communities of the Dutch capital for centuries — as the city celebrates its 750th anniversary, they remain as important as ever

Exciting ways to get away from it all

From the hilltop terrace at Fourvière, the panoramic view over Lyon is one of the best city panoramas you will ever see. Immediately below me stands the Renaissance old town of Vieux Lyon and the twin

Equal parts Victorian elegance and industrial grit, this northeastern city offers travellers neoclassical architecture, warehouse districts and a lively nightlife scene, all set beside the River Tyne