Travel
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Sensational Slovenia
From the shoreline I admire the church that rises from Slovenia’s only island, its 52-metre tower clearly visible. It dominates Lake Bled, the intriguing 15th-century architecture protruding from a blanket of abundant forest. Its looks less than...
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Whirlwind weekend in Fez
Ryanair’s launch of new direct flights from Italy means that with just two cheap flights, you could be in Fez, Morocco’s second biggest city. Let Helen Raine guide you around its twisting Medina and beautiful riads. Friday Getting into the city The...
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Score with a city break
As Jo Caruana discovers, a quick trip away to watch your favourite team or a big match can prove to be the perfect escape in gorgeous cities throughout Europe. Football – or any sport really – can make great travel inspiration, and there’s nothing...
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Keep Portland weird
Cities aren’t really my thing. I’ve lived in them, passed through them, visited them – but I can’t say I actively seek them out. Give me wide open spaces and nature any day. So if it weren’t for the fact that I was attending a conference in...
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All eyes are on Brazil
As host of the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016, the whole world will want to visit Brazil soon, so make sure you beat them to it. This beautiful country is home to equally beautiful people, famous for their love of football and...
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Emirates adds new Japan route
Japan will soon be easier to reach for Maltese passengers when Emirates launches daily, non-stop flights between Dubai and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on June 3. Emirates operates daily flights from Malta to Dubai via Cyprus, providing Maltese travellers...
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Concourse A is fully open
Concourse A, the world’s first purpose-built facility for A380 planes, is now fully open at Dubai International. All 20 A380-capable contact gates and Emirates luxurious First Class and Business Class lounges are now fully operational after a...
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Houses for hobbits in the city underground
What constitutes a natural wonder? It has to be unlike anything else in the world, aesthetically beautiful and ripe for exploration. And it needs to be supported by a mammoth marketing campaign. After two years of public voting, seven natural...
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City hotels promote the great outdoors
From sightseeing city runs and nature hikes down country trails to surfing sessions, hotels are luring leisure and business clients outside their climate-controlled rooms for outdoor activities to keep fit while travelling for business or...
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Lampedusa has world’s best beach
Italy’s Rabbit Beach has been crowned the number one beach in the world by Trip Advisor reviewers. Situated on the small island of Lampedusa, it is a totally unspoiled nature reserve that can only be accessed by boat and is one of the few rare...
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‘I always wanted to live, not just exist. I still do…’
Kevin Jonathan Drake48 years oldActor My best ever trip… Madeira, 10/11 years ago. The Portuguese islands are some 800 miles off the coast of North Africa, in the Atlantic. The whole place is particular in that it is ‘neither fish nor fowl’ in any...
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Inspiration for painting holidays
If you ask people what they do to relax and unwind, they may say that they garden, read, go for a walk, cycle, paint; others will say that they need to get away from it all, and travel. Of course, there’s no reason why you should have to choose...
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Billionaire unveils his ‘titanic’ vision
Australian mining entrepreneur Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for Titanic II, a modern replica of the doomed ocean liner, although he stopped short of calling the vessel unsinkable. The ship will largely recreate the design and decor of the fabled...
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Best place in the world
Lonely Planet, the world’s largest travel guidebook publisher, has named Sri Lanka the best place in the world to visit in 2013. We take a closer look to find out why. The exotic island nation of Sri Lanka has almost too much to offer visiting...
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World travel opportunity
My Destination, the global travel resource powered by local experts, is offering the chance to win a six-month, all-inclusive, blogging trip around the world and $50,000 (€37,845) prize money. The winner will face challenges along the way, ranging...
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Air Malta to operate UK charter flights
Air Malta will once again operate weekly charter flights to/from seven regional UK airports this summer. Between May and October, the national carrier will fly to/from Birmingham and Cardiff on Tuesdays and Fridays. It will also operate weekly...
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Luxury Cyprus holiday winner
Marie Claire Galea is the lucky winner of the Cyprus competition published in The Sunday Times on February 10. She has won a fabulous one-week holiday for two people at the five-star Aphrodite Hills Resort close to Paphos, courtesy of ROCS...
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Charm of Italy’s powerhouse
If you’re thinking of a city break to Italy, you’ll probably consider Milan or Rome before Turin springs to mind. Yet, this northern Italian city, tucked into the base of the Alps, is well worth a visit, at any time of the year. It’s January when I...
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Live TV onboard Emirates flights
Emirates’ passengers will no longer have to worry about missing their favourite team in action after the airline introduced a live sports channel onboard its flights. Sport24 is one of four channels available on the new ice TV Live system. The...
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Mix travel with cocktail pleasure
During a global recession, you’d expect cocktails would be out of vogue. Sipping from a pricey drink garnished with frivolities such as miniature umbrellas seems out of keeping with the new age of austerity, even on holiday. But if anything,...
