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4 min read • Feb 20, 2012

'Are we there yet?'

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4 min read • Feb 10, 2012

Yearning for sun, sand and eye-popping natural beauty? A trip to Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula – and its crowning resort developments in Cancún and the…

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4 min read • Feb 6, 2012

From a trans-African odyssey to the glamour of Amalfi by way of the wild western fringe of New Zealand's South Island, these magnificent routes will leave…

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2 min read • Feb 6, 2012

With over four million miles of highway, the USA offers more road trips than anyone could tackle in one lifetime. Whether you’re itching to peek into Wild…

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4 min read • Feb 1, 2012

Stretching across Australia’s northwest corner, the road from Darwin to Broome runs through one of the world’s last great wildernesses. This is a land…

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4 min read • Jan 31, 2012

So you're ready to go. You've booked your flight, arranged your accommodation and organised a hire car. Awaiting is a week of motoring through Italy's…

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4 min read • Jan 30, 2012

Scotland offers a heady mix of rugged scenic beauty and historical delights. Whether you're up for urbane city pastimes, outdoor activities or sampling…

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3 min read • Nov 3, 2011

The stark beauty of Iceland's wild scenery. Photograph by David Noton

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4 min read • Jul 26, 2011

There’s a saying that goes, ‘The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco’. It’s credited to Mark Twain, but that’s a lie; nobody really…

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3 min read • Jul 20, 2011

Hairpin bends: 36. Length: 48km. Average slope gradient: 9%. Those are the vital stats of Austria's Grossglockner High Alpine Road, one of Europe’s…

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6 min read • Jul 14, 2011

'The road is life,' wrote seminal American author Jack Kerouac in the 1950s, inadvertently summing up Cuba's post-Special Period transport system in just…

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3 min read • Jun 19, 2011

Mark Twain famously said the coldest winter he ever spent was summer in San Francisco. Well, with summer here in the northern part of the world, maybe…

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2 min read • May 9, 2011

Every country in the world displays some diversity, but South Africa takes some beating.

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4 min read • Feb 17, 2011

For all of Sri Lanka's cultural treasures and natural riches, the resilience and kindness of its everyday people are its greatest assets.

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4 min read • Feb 17, 2011

When Sydney is sweltering, head inland for higher-altitude cool temperatures, unique wines, fine dining and historic towns that look straight from a movie…

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3 min read • Oct 15, 2010

In the film Due Date, Robert Downey Jr and Zach Galifianakis, as an expectant father and aspiring actor, race west from Atlanta across the south to LA. It…

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3 min read • Sep 20, 2010

Ever dreamed of the romance of the Grand Tour, of hotel drawing rooms dripping with aspidistras and antimacassars, of mahogany dining rooms and creaking…

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4 min read • Sep 17, 2010

With just a week to spare in Lebanon, that tightly packed powerhouse of Middle Eastern history perched beside the Mediterranean, you can – with the help…

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2 min read • Sep 8, 2010

Maybe it's the economy, maybe it's the weather, or maybe retro travel is in vogue - whatever the reason, 2010 has been a strong year for the classic…

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4 min read • Aug 22, 2010

In Canada’s Banff and Jasper National Parks, mountains, big mountains, rise above the tree line -- grey in the summer and white monoliths of stone in the…

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7 min read • Aug 4, 2010

Where else in America can you wallow in natural hot springs in the morning, take photos of mountains at lunch time, roll up in one of the world’s coolest…

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3 min read • Jul 16, 2010

South Africa’s Western Cape is full of famously delightful areas, such as the Winelands and Garden Route, but the West Coast is still a local secret. With…