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White Nights and warm days: summer in St Petersburg

21 March 2012

Belye nochi, the Russians call them – White Nights. These are the incredible, luminous northern midsummer eves when the high...

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The 7 wonders of winter

17 November 2011

As temperatures plummet in the Northern Hemisphere, why not enjoy some of the great travel experiences that only a big...

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The world’s hottest cool places

10 November 2011

The rewards for braving the cold are many. The northern hemisphere offers wonderful winter travel, with fewer crowds than in...

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The world’s most beautiful buildings

13 July 2011

Straight away we’ll say that this isn’t a top 10 list. There are just far too many styles of buildings,...

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Europe’s 8 best night trains

10 May 2011

The midnight thump and clunk of railway carriages being uncoupled and shunted in a station somewhere in central Europe is...

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Top 10 cities for artistic inspiration

01 April 2011

Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2011 brings you the cities where history’s best artistic talents had their imagination fired –...

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Russia: travel books to read before you go

01 October 2010

This excerpt from Lonely Planet’s Russia guide provides a selection of travel literature to get you in the mood for...

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Great cat journeys

05 March 2010

Hamlet, the world’s most travelled cat, escaped his cage on board a plane from Toronto, Canada and was not found...

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The best of Russian travel writing

03 March 2010

It’s not surprising that a nation as massive as Russia has inspired equally vast quantities of travel literature. Whether you’re...

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Humbug! The 5 best places to avoid Christmas

27 November 2009

If the festive season is not your season to be jolly there are plenty of great places to leave it...

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