Tips & articles
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City snapshot: Cork City, Ireland
17 December 2009
Population: City – 119,418; County – 361,877 Visitors per year: 204,300 international visitors ...
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World’s best traditions
16 December 2009
Think Christmas traditions are special? What about these? High tea, The Ritz, London, England Take a...
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Get your skates on: holiday-season ice-skating
07 December 2009
This winter, the world is your ice rink! We pick the top spots to get your skates on and glide into...
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Travel trivia: 10 geeky facts from around the globe
07 December 2009
All-surprising stats and fantastical facts, our info nerds’ world tour will have you pointing out the...
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L’Escalade: Geneva’s chocolate festival
02 December 2009
Location: Geneva, Switzerland Dates: 11-15 December Level of Participation: 5 – festival…chocolate…happy...
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Hogmanay: Edinburgh’s own New Year’s festival
02 December 2009
Dates: 29 December–1 January Description: For Scots, the New Year has always been a more important celebration...
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The whirling dervishes of Konya’s Mevlâna Festival
01 December 2009
Konya turns on a show every December with the Mevlâna Festival, to honour Rumi, Islam’s greatest...
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Best things to do in 2010
27 November 2009
Rest up while you can, dear travellers, because 2010 is going to be an action-packed year! Total eclipse...
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Shopping à la Parisienne
25 November 2009
Paris’s reputation as a shopper’s paradise is not exaggerated. Its endless and endlessly...
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O Tannenbaum: Germany’s Christmas Markets
25 November 2009
If you like your Christmas shopping with a generous side of tradition (and a cup of mulled wine), take...
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The world’s top choc spots
24 November 2009
Love chocolate? Discover how to feel full of beans on this nonstop choc tour of the planet. Flanders,...
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Raging bull: Festa do Boi in Allariz
20 November 2009
Dominic Bonuccelli travelled to Spain on assignment for Lonely Planet. You can follow his adventures...
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La Rapa das Bestas, Morgadans
20 November 2009
Dominic Bonuccelli travelled to Spain on assignment for Lonely Planet. You can follow his adventures...
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YOUR top 10 countries for 2010
19 November 2009
A couple of weeks ago, we published our list of hot destinations for 2010. You sure had a lot to say!...
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Europe’s 8 best night trains
17 November 2009
The midnight thump and clunk of railway carriages being uncoupled and shunted in a station somewhere...
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Lonely Planet: Roads Less Travelled Spain itinerary
10 November 2009
A circuit through the northern reaches of Spain, incorporating colourful local festivals, is an Odyssean...
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Batalla del Vino: La Rioja’s great wine fight
10 November 2009
Festivals, food and sport are three primal passions of the Spaniards, and often they’re fused together...
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The top 10 countries for 2010
06 November 2009
Want a sneak peek into the future? We’ve just released our newest edition of Best in Travel. We’re...
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Graveyard goodtimes: the world’s best cemeteries
29 October 2009
With Halloween and Day of the Dead fast approaching, it’s only natural that our thoughts turn to...
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Tell us your tale of the unexpected
17 October 2009
Ever found a Picasso in a flea market in Paris? Been lost in Lisbon? Ripped off in Rome? Romanced in...
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Cash and jackets in Rome
17 October 2009
Lonely Planet’s Katie Falkiner gets more than she bargains for on the streets of Rome. We’d...
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Five days in Croatia: day five
16 October 2009
Hvar town may be unique, the Pakleni Islands alluring, but I’m itching to explore the Hvar Island...
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Five days in Croatia: day four
15 October 2009
Gorgeous Hvar Island is Croatia’s sunniest place, enjoying around 2,724 hours of sun per year....
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Five days in Croatia: day three
14 October 2009
Hvar Island has always attracted a cosmopolitan mix. Its position on the Adriatic made it a coveted staging...
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Five days in Croatia: day two
13 October 2009
There’s a whiff of freshly ground coffee, the Adriatic’s gleaming under the waking sun and...
