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From Setubal to Cape St. Vincent: 140 Kilometres of Wild Atlantic Tourists Skip Right Past

While neighbouring Algarve drowns in concrete, this stretch of Portuguese coast stayed empty - because someone chose to protect it...

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Capri: a six-kilometre island that has been selling the powerful their peace for two thousand years

Tiberius moved his residence here, Neruda wrote verses in exile. The view is free. The lemon trees are not.

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24 Hours Before Greece: Sort It Out Today, Leave Calm in the Morning

Fuel, an international driving permit, the kit in your car and the right hour - what to sort out today...

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Les Landes: 120 kilometres of French beaches tourists skip, and one emperor who made them

The largest artificially planted forest in Western Europe, wild beaches and a calm that feels like science fiction in the...

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When to Leave for Greece via Bogorodica So You Don't Get Stuck at the Border

Every Balkan summer has the same enemy - the queue at Bogorodica. Here's when it's actually jammed, and when you...

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Lake Geneva: The Castle That Floats on the Water and Six More Reasons Not to Rush

The largest Alpine lake in Western Europe, 73 kilometres long, with one shore in Switzerland and the other in France....

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The Greece border live: 3 things before you head to the sea

When the queue is shortest, which crossing is faster and what the trip costs - three things that make your...

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London in summer: the city worth seeing the way locals do, not through a postcard

Warmer weather, long evenings, new hotels, restaurants from around the world, and Frida Kahlo and Schiaparelli exhibitions. In summer, London...

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Salzburg at the Peak of Summer: The City of Mozart and the Most Prestigious Music Festival in the World

The Austrian jewel among the Alps is getting ready for 250,000 guests. A fortress over the city, Mozart's birthplace and...

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The Greece border live: 3 cameras and wait times travellers report themselves

Before you set off for Greece, check the border live - cameras from all three crossings, real wait times and...

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Orosi: The Valley in Costa Rica Where the Water Has Heated Itself Since 1743

Seven thermal pools between tropical forest and volcanoes, water hotter than 70 degrees rising from the ground. Sometimes the best...

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Porto in One Day: The City of Wine, Orange Rooftops and the Bookshop Everyone Ties to Harry Potter

It doesn't take much time to win you over. A one-day guide through Portugal's second city - from wine cellars...

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