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  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • Two men on either side of a bar.

    A local’s travel guide to New York City: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • A woman inspects inventory in a display unit in a furniture store.

    A local’s travel guide to Washington DC: what to eat, see and do in three days

  • The art deco district in Miami Beach, Florida.

    A local’s guide to Miami: What to eat, see and do in three days

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Destinations

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    My Rasta father showed me the real Jamaica. After he died, I wanted to share it with my kids

    I had no idea where I was heading when we set sail from Jamaica in the 70s, but I’m glad I’ve returned with my children to remember their grandfather this way
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    Brooklyn for all budgets
    10 places to stay in New York’s coolest borough

  • Yellow Fronted Toucan in the coffee plantation at Coffea Diversa

    The perfect blend
    How coffee farms in Costa Rica are mixing wildlife, agriculture and tourism

  • Corsica GR20 Feature

    Corsica’s GR20
    My hike on the hardest trail in Europe

  • Arwa Mahdawi takes a selfie at the Fairmount Water Works in Philadelphia.

    A fake volcano, an ice-cream, a dog dressed as a shark
    How I holidayed in the Aeolian Islands – without leaving Philadelphia

  • Images of The Todra Gorge in The Atlas Mountains in Morocco in North Africa.<br>Images of The Todra Gorge in The High Atlas Mountains in Morocco in North Africa with and without Berber people.

    My search for magical Morocco
    ‘If you are not lost within a minute, you’re not trying hard enough’

The Americas

  • From left: friends Owen and Sally with Jane and Rhymer in Chile, late December 2002

    A Christmas that changed me: my life was an adventure holiday – and I just wanted to settle down

  • The Road, Sucre, Bolivia

    My bad trip – my Spanish was improving, but my refusal to be taken for a ride got me kicked off the bus

  • man in balaclava ski mask

    My bad trip – I wanted a romantic jaunt. I got a kidnapping and a breakup

  • Tire change in Chilean desert.

    My bad trip: the ‘oasis’ was a fetid puddle and our tyre popped in the desert

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Europe

  • Rooftops view of Turin on a sunny winter day.

    My four-day rail and ferry adventure from the UK to Albania

  • An aerial view of a winding road in the Tuscany landscape, Italy - stock photo<br>Sunset in the Italian countryside

    ‘Ahead lay cypress-lined Tuscan roads waiting to be discovered’: readers’ best road trips

  • France, Rhone, Ampuis, Rhone valley, wine of Cote du Rhone, vineyards of Cote Rotie, Cote Blonde, Guigal domain<br>HWD680 France, Rhone, Ampuis, Rhone valley, wine of Cote du Rhone, vineyards of Cote Rotie, Cote Blonde, Guigal domain

    Rail route of the month: vines on the line from Avignon to Lyon, France

  • The author, leaning out of a stable door. She has her hair in braids and wears glasses. She is smiling.

    Autism makes travel a challenge. Here’s how I learned to cope

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Africa

  • Tipaza Roman ruins in Algeria, Africa<br>W5YF3M Tipaza Roman ruins in Algeria, Africa

    I took my toddler to Algeria – and we were welcomed warmly everywhere

  • Kasbah du Toubkal

    After Morocco’s devastating earthquake, the tourism industry rallies round

  • A young African couple pose on a rocky coastline in South Africa by a plaque marking Africa's southernmost point

    ‘No Ugandan has ever crossed here’: reclaiming the African road trip

  • Opuntia robusta by metal bench, Aloe vera, red painted pavilion, Bauhinia variegata 'Alba', Yucca rostrata, Kalanchoe beharensis, Melianthus major

    Marvellous Marrakech: finding your way around the maze of Morocco’s gem

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Asia

  • A woman sitting on a train in Bangkok, looking into the distance.

    My big move: my dream job took me to Bangkok – but living overseas can be lonely without friends

  • Watermelon ice served inside pineapple halves

    ‘No rules’ and ‘riotous flavour’: how to cook and eat like you’re on holiday in the Philippines

  • The red-brick domes of sulphur baths and Metekhi church in Tbilisi, Georgia.

    From sulphur baths to Stalin’s home: five great trips in Georgia

  • Akihabara, Tokyo.

    ‘A portal to a different world’: a gamer’s guide to visiting Japan

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Australia

  • Runners in colourful clothing in bushland

    Heartbreak Hill to the Great Ocean Road: six of Australia’s best marathons and fun runs

  • Narrm king Freddie Merkin at FabAlice against the rolling back drop of the Macdonnell Ranges. A 4 day rainbow festival - celebrating love, diversity & glitter - in the heart of Australia
Alice Springs. NT Australia

    Three decades after Priscilla, drag blooms in Alice Springs

  • observer-final-hr2

    ‘I don’t want you to watch me die’: the last words my father said before sending me away

  • A porter carries suitcases into a hotel.

    A porter’s guide to suitcases: ‘Expensive, brand-name luggage? One question – why?’

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United Kingdom

  • 42-Acres Meditation by the lake15

    Restorative in every way: a rewilding retreat in Somerset

  • Small boats in Lyme Regis harbour.

    Lyme Regis: a real taste of the Dorset coast with an exciting new food scene

  • The pilgrims in rural Herefordshire, with the Skirrid in the background

    A modern pilgrimage through Herefordshire’s Golden Valley

  • Exterior of the Smugglers Inn pub in Osmington, Dorset, UK.

    A Wessex trail: Dorset’s Hardy Way leads to the historic Smugglers Inn

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  • Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.<br>EYY6CR Early morning mist hanging over the South Downs near Ditchling Beacon.

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    An exhibition of the great British illustrator’s life opens this month in Ditchling village, in the South Downs countryside that inspired him
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    Hundreds of cut-price, sustainable intercity journeys are on special offer this week for trips across England, Scotland and Wales
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