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Short breaks

May 2024

  • Young people outside brightly paited doors

    A trail of two cities: an alternative guide to Salford and Manchester

    Sunday’s Sounds from the Other City festival is a joyful celebration of Greater Manchester’s leftfield culture

April 2024

  • 42-Acres Meditation by the lake15

    Restorative in every way: a rewilding retreat in Somerset

  • Crewe railway station

    Where tourists seldom tread
    Where tourists seldom tread part 9: four more British towns with secret histories

March 2024

  • Close-up image of a cocktail being poured into a glass by a bartender at Neon Cactus in Leeds.

    An alternative guide to Leeds: a city with an independent spirit

  • A little girl runs down decking towards Praia do Malhão beach on Portugal’s Alentejo coast.

    Where people who love good food come to holiday: Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal

  • Blue-domed churches, such as this one near the village of Aetofolia, are a common sight on Tinos, Greece.

    In May it is bliss, silent except for whistling bee-eaters: Tinos, the Cyclades, Greece

  • Plaza del Cabildo in the heart of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalucía, Spain.

    Horses on the beach, fried fish and sherry: Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Andalucía, Spain

  • It was the rock lobster: the lure of Centuri, Corsica

  • New life buzzes from all directions: why Pembrokeshire in spring is a nature-lover’s dream

February 2024

  • Film still: Wicked Little Letters (2024) Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman. Directed by Thea Sharrock

    Wicked Littlehampton: surf, sand, cafes and art in West Sussex

  • A dig at Vindolanda Roman fort in Northumberland

    12 of Britain’s best archaeology sites, events and family activity days

  • Sunset at the Nine Stones Close stone circle in the Peak District.

    Readers' travel tips
    ‘A Neolithic miracle’: readers’ favourite ancient UK sites

  • SPAIN-MUSIC-ROCKABILLY-FESTIVAL<br>A couple dressed in fifties-style outfits dance during the 29th Rockin' Race Jamboree International Festival in Torremolinos, southern Spain, on February 4, 2023. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

    Sun, sea and rock’n’roll: how Torremolinos got its groove back

  • From hill walks and yoga to foraging and wild swimming: 12 of the best active UK retreats

  • A local's guide
    A local’s guide to Maastricht, Netherlands: the best bars, culture and hotels

  • Baroque’s off: my mission to seek out Vienna’s modernist masterpieces

  • Picasso’s Barcelona: in the footsteps of the artist as a young man

  • Readers' travel tips
    From surfing in Porto to Ljubljana’s fairytale architecture: readers’ favourite European city breaks

January 2024

  • 4. Art by Courtney Davis illuminates the Wonderful Barn, Leixlip. Photo by Steve O’Connor

    On the trail of a Celtic goddess: the Irish town celebrating St Brigid

  • The Beachhouse cafe in Devon

    On the menu for 2024 … 20 chefs and food writers pick their dream meals across Europe

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