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Travel: Have a whale of a time in Nova Scotia... Nov 01 2011

CLOUDS of cool, dense mist surrounded us as we made our way out to sea on our cruise boat from Brier Island – a remote spot off the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia, Canada.Read

Travel: Spook-tacular fright nights in Florida Oct 19 2011

MACHINE guns rattle overhead and shells explode with a bang as we walk through the First World War trenches.Read

Travel: A trip to Lapland your child will never forget Oct 12 2011

BACK in my day, Father Christmas could be found perched in a corner of Lewis’s.Read

Travel: The secret side of Melbourne Oct 05 2011

I'M on the other side of the world yet Birmingham band ELO’s Mr Blue Sky is playing in the trendy cafe we walk into in Melbourne.Read

Travel: A German lesson to remember Oct 04 2011

THE big Motorhome & Caravan Show comes to the NEC next week. Marcus Queenborough says you really shouldn't miss out on the attractions offered by German campsites.Read

Travel: Serene oasis in the bustle of Limassol town Sep 28 2011

IT must have been quite a shock for the workmen taxed with setting out a new pedestrian area in the old part of the popular Cypriot town of Limassol.Read

Travel: The hotel where the party never ends Jul 20 2011

IT’S music festival season and more fans are combining summer holidays with the chance to catch a gig from their favourite bands.Read

Discover gem in the Adriatic Jun 29 2011

ARRIVING on the island of Rab I was told it had been touted as a possible honeymoon destination for Prince William and Catherine Middleton.Read

The island of Spinalonga

Travel: Eat, drink and be very merry Jun 22 2011

ALL-inclusive holiday packages – what is there not to like?Read

South American glaciers

Travel: Cruising from Chile to Rio de Janerio May 11 2011

IN THE first of a two-part feature Mail travel editor Edward Stephens joins a cruise from Chile to Rio de Janerio. In today’s instalment he describes the first leg of his journey, including navigating the infamous Cape Horn - the graveyard for many mariners...Read

Provencher Bridge and skyline

Travel: The locals are so friendly in Winnipeg May 04 2011

‘CAN we have the check please’ I ask after polishing off possibly the largest piece of non-dairy chocolate cake in the world.Read

The Disney Dance Express

Travel: Live the dream at Disneyland Apr 27 2011

THERE’S been a bumper sprinkling of pixie dust in Disneyland Paris in the last few weeks, and the fallout from it means guests can now live the magic rather than just watch it.Read

Iron Gates Gorge

Travel: Super Serbia's a hidden treat Apr 13 2011

I HAVE a confession to make. Before going to Serbia, I couldn’t have pointed it out on the map.Read

Travel: French lessons we'll remember Apr 06 2011

NOW, I’m not usually the kind of tourist who seeks out the history of a place in minute detail when I arrive at a new destination.Read

Travel: Fun family holiday that won't break the bank Mar 30 2011

I THINK it’s fair to say that, like most people, we had a challenging 2010. The stresses and strains of the economic downturn meant that it seemed an age since we had last had a holiday – and made it more imperative than ever that we had a good one – and one that was value for money.Read

Travel: An unbeatable his and hers holiday Mar 23 2011

It’s the annual dilemma that has the potential to put the skids under the most stable of marriages – where to go on holiday.Read

Travel: Seeing beautiful Belgium needn't cost the earth Mar 15 2011

GO green in Ghent. That’s the environmentally-friendly invitation from Belgium’s fourth largest city.Read

Travel: Southern France is a splash hit at festival time Mar 09 2011

IN an age when a playground game of conkers can give the nanny state palpitations, what on earth would the health and safety watchdogs make of water jousting?Read

Warm glow to life in lap of luxury in Dubai Mar 04 2011

Brian Dick escapes chilly Britain and warms up in the opulence of Dubai.Read

Travel: Skiers go wild for a taste of the Rockies... Mar 02 2011

Heading out for a day’s skiing on the slopes around Banff, high in the Canadian Rockies, I expected to catch sight of at least some of the renowned wild animals that wander around this great outdoors – elk, bison, reindeer, moose, caribou, that kind of thing.Read

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