Holiday
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The perfect ski holiday in Whistler, Canada’s leading winter resort
Boasting dramatic mountain scenery and a lively après scene, Whistler, on the west coast of Canada in British Columbia, is much more European in flavour than most North American resorts. Twenty years ago, it was more of a locals’ mountain than the top international resort it is today – attracting global crowds thanks to its reputation as Canada’s largest (and most popular) resort.
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How to see the Caribbean on a budget – including luxury rooms for £100 a night
Though you could empty your bank account splurging on a chef-staffed villa in St Barts, or chartering a yacht through the British Virgin Islands, a trip to the Caribbean doesn’t have to break the bank. Great beaches and cuisine are scattered throughout the region, and it’s possible to have a sun-kissed holiday on a budget.
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The cultured Polish city where a beer costs £2.30
With nine universities and some 60,000 students, a night on the town in Lublin is always going to be exciting. The largest city in eastern Poland was last year’s European Youth Capital and in September it was named as one of two European Capitals of Culture for 2029. If that isn’t reason enough to take notice, let’s add that Lublin is an enticingly affordable winter break, with direct flights from the UK from £50 return and a night in a spotless three-star hotel costing around £60 with breakfast
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Our favourite European Christmas markets, ranked and rated
Whisper it – Christmas is approaching. The nights are getting longer, the temperature is falling and the question of gift-giving has reared its head. And while some might pursue a winter sun getaway in response, others might want to lean fully into the festive feeling. This means a Christmas market, eminently popular across Europe.
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The world’s greatest train journeys, according to 10 of our writers
There may have been a point, somewhere back in the middle of the last century, where the train seemed to have lost the remainder of whatever swagger it once had. The aircraft had entered stage-left as the foremost method of long-distance travel. Humanity’s gaze had turned upwards, to rocket ships and the moon. And, in Britain at least, the diesel that dowdiest of locomotives, had replaced the steam engine, with all its noise and romance.
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How Spain perfected the art of the chain hotel
As the sun sets over Madrid, residents and holidaymakers take in the view sipping G&Ts and snapping selfies at the city’s tallest rooftop bar. It’s part of the RIU Plaza España hotel, which offers a panoramic vista across the Spanish capital from its 27th floor (plus a dizzying walk across a glass bridge – don’t look down).
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The tranquil corner of England about to be lost forever
The view from the top of the tower of St James’s church in Louth, on the eastern edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds, is breathtaking. Above soars the highest spire on any medieval parish church in England, at 289ft. Below is one of the most handsome Georgian towns in Britain, a cluster of delightful narrow streets lined with elegant pink-brick houses. To the grammar school here came Capt John Smith, an early leader of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin and the poet A
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