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Letter from the Editor

… we’re revealing our latest batch of travel secrets. Able

Behind the Scenes

Photographer Philip Lee Harvey was on our Nicaragua shoot (p45)

A plain full of penguins and more images from around the world

We spent most of our time in Morocco camping in

Globetrotter

Photographer Charles Fréger first came to our attention with his

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Nearly 20 years after the inauguration of the States’ original

Going Cheap

Lisbon is Western Europe’s best-value city break according to new

Something to Declare: The London Underground is One of the Best Journeys in the World

After a year of stalling, it seems that London might

NEW FLIGHT

Fans of small plastic bricks, rejoice! British Airways has added

Croatia & Slovenia

Lying off Croatia’s northern coast, Cres is an island of

Look to Queens for new trends in NYC

For too long, the chief motivation visitors had to make

Hastings’ revamped pier opens

Six years ago Hastings Pier went up in flames, but

From Bolzano to Verona by bike

With northern Italy slowly warming in the summer sun, now

Sail among the islands of Croatia’s coast

With a coastline meandering along the Adriatic for some 1,200

Lion Inn on a weekend in the Cotswolds

The Lion Inn in Winchcombe faced stiff competition when redesigning

Have a Wild West (Country) adventure

As early summer sees wildfowers sweep across meadows and tree

London’s Tate Modern gets bigger

Tate Modern was perhaps the best new opening of London’s

Natural beauty in Spain’s Extremadura

Little-visited Extremadura in the west of Spain is the perfect

See Norway as Roald Dahl did

Norway may not be the frst place that comes to

Medieval fnery in North Yorkshire

Rievaulx Abbey was one of the fnest monasteries in England,

Central America’s largest country is surprisingly little-known: discover the historic and natural riches of Nicaragua

1 Admire fine colonial Spanish architecture while wandering the tree-lined

Hidden canyons and mountaintop monasteries in northern Greece

'I want you to try everything,’ says Elli Papageorgiou, emerging

Choose Bologna for an Italian city break, just don’t ask for spaghetti bolognese

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair fly direct to

Extraordinary places to stay: summer by the sea or inland, with a few surprises

Swooshing waves, sputtering BBQs, the creak of a striped deckchair

The rich coast

If the best things come in small packages, this could

Have a vintage time in London

This pretty cobbled lane in Islington is lined with antique

San Sebastián is a gastronomic delight

Hidden in a back alley near the Museo San Telmo,

The Côte d’Azur and Marseilles for less

On the coast south of Marseille, high promontories known as

Gothenburg’s weekend attractions

Gothenburg’s old moat and canals date back to the 17th

Walk and swim in rugged, green Madeira

At the extremity of Madeira’s rugged north coast, the village

Tenerife away from the beach bars

The historic core of this colonial town has the lot: