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Long-haul that’s even cheaper than the eurozone

9:18am Monday 8th March 2010

With some far-flung luxury resorts ready to discount prices by up to 40 per cent, summer 2010 could set a new pattern for the travel industry, by delivering long-haul holidays which cost less than short-haul trips to the pricey eurozone.

Suffolk so satisfying

8:55am Monday 1st March 2010

Staycations – where people decide to holiday in Britain, and even close to home to keep costs down – are all the rage at present, so we took ourselves off to Suffolk.

Belfast is leaving the past behind

8:33am Monday 15th February 2010

Laura Wurzal finds a city at peace

Portugal’s gold coast

8:54am Monday 8th February 2010

Shereen Low gets a taste of paradise in the Algarve

A great deal to Cro about

8:13am Monday 1st February 2010

Peter Beal goes island-hopping in the waters around Croatia

Safari so good in the Dordogne

8:18am Monday 25th January 2010

Under canvas to find a touch of luxury

Discover the Douro’s delights

10:10am Monday 11th January 2010

Drifting dreamily down the Douro, it was hard to imagine that this peaceful river in northern Portugal was once a navigational nightmare for boats.

Tenerife takes a trip upmarket

10:05am Monday 11th January 2010

Sipping a margarita on a shady terrace fringed by palm trees, overlooking an expanse of crystal-clear, glistening blue water, I could have been in the Caribbean or the Maldives.

Island has a licence to thrill

8:49am Monday 4th January 2010

The helicopter lifted us gently into the sky from a broad stretch of green grass near Ocho Rios, and suddenly I could see why Jamaica regards itself as one of the most fashionable corners of the Caribbean.

Poetic beauty of Grasmere

8:45am Monday 4th January 2010

Grasmere’s most famous resident once described the Lake District village as “the loveliest spot that man hath ever found” – and two centuries on, the sentiment still holds true.