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Berlin is roaring like the '20s again

LANDMARK: The famous Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, one of the biggest attractions in this exciting and cosmopolitan city

6:01pm Monday 20th May 2013

A chorus line of 32 stunning girls, high-kicking with military precision on a vast Berlin stage, prove to me that the city’s 1920s theatrical traditions are still alive and blooming.

Experience Moscow's fascinating history

10:11am Monday 6th May 2013

WITH the weather thinking it's stuck in winter, you might be be tempted to reach for the travel brochure and book yourself a few days on a beach.

Art treasures make Amsterdam a prime city break location

5:38pm Monday 29th April 2013

Bicycles jingle and clatter across red-brick bridges — some carrying “wheelbarrows” filled with children, others with passengers riding side-saddle on the back.

On land and sea, a Universal hit

4:45pm Monday 22nd April 2013

I consider myself to be an independent traveller type and this was the first package holiday I had been on in years.

Pirates' haunt is a holiday treasure

3:10pm Tuesday 2nd April 2013

Since Christopher Columbus encountered the Virgin Islands on his second voyage to the New World in 1493, waves of visitors have followed his lead and sailed through this precious chain of more than 40 islands, islets and cays in the Caribbean Sea.

Diamond city has so many facets

5:47pm Monday 11th March 2013

Antwerp is famous its cheese, beer, chocolates and diamonds, so it is little wonder that it is one of Europe’s growing tourist destinations.

China, just as I pictured it

4:24pm Monday 4th March 2013

If I had been plucked from London and dropped in Guilin, I would have instantly known I was in China.

Lemurs of Madagascar are a real sight to behold

5:36pm Monday 11th February 2013

It starts at 2am, an unearthly chorus of high-pitched wails that wraps the forest in a suffocating embrace.

Spine-tingling moments on a tour of the Holy Land

5:16pm Wednesday 6th February 2013

THREE brief moments on a whistle-stop tour of the Holy Land were enough to send a shiver down any traveller’s spine.

Travel: Doing good will do you good

4:31pm Monday 28th January 2013

It’s pitch black as we set off in a small wooden boat along a tributary of the Samiria River, deep in the Amazon basin.

Travel: Yorkshire boot camp break

6:20pm Monday 14th January 2013

A beautiful country house perched in the hills of North Yorkshire, with delicious food served by a personal chef, doesn’t really sound like the setting for a boot camp. But throw daily eight-hour training sessions with two soldiers into the equation and a stay at Lifestyle 247 quickly becomes hard work.

Awestruck by marine marvels

5:31pm Monday 7th January 2013

The minute I topple over the side of the boat in East Malaysia, I know everything has changed forever.

A skol lot of fun skiing in Sweden

11:58am Wednesday 2nd January 2013

Being a seasoned skier, I normally head for the French or Swiss Alps in winter. Iconic peaks, world-class pistes and a lively apres ski atmosphere keep me coming back year after year.

Review: Cancun, Mexico

5:23pm Thursday 27th December 2012

I probably shouldn’t confess this but a tiny, sugar-coated-almond-sized part of me was looking forward to my Mexican honeymoon more than my actual wedding day.

Travel: Home from home in the capital city

5:04pm Monday 17th December 2012

USUALLY, a that a trip to London entails travel by car or train to a hotel, usually somewhere in the centre, near the shops.

Review: Kurumba, Maldives

2:38pm Tuesday 11th December 2012

The dress code for Kurumba Maldives’ 40th Anniversary Gala Dinner was ‘resort formal’, and while the idea of spending a week in a barefoot tropical paradise with the sand beneath my toes was irresistible, so was the chance to pack a ball gown and unveil my wedding shoes again.

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Travel: Enjoy the slopes of Italy by road

5:04pm Sunday 2nd December 2012

Flying over the Alps will no doubt provide spectacular views of this world renowned mountain range, but I prefer to do things a little differently. And, I’ll be the first to admit, there’s a little bit of Daisy Duke in me.

There's more to Bavaria than Oktoberfest

1:53pm Monday 26th November 2012

TYPE ‘Munich’ into Google and it’s no real surprise that Oktoberfest is one of the first items to come up.

The city where every street has a story

3:50pm Tuesday 28th August 2012

Twenty years since the Berlin Wall was pulled down unifying the East and West, Berlin is now a top tourist destination.

Review: Egypt

4:15pm Tuesday 10th July 2012

Revolution is hardly a topic of conversation you expect to come up on holiday, but any visit to Egypt

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