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Dublin may be known as a party town, but to come to Ireland’s capital and focus only on the nightlife would be a waste. This is a city where you can plot a whole weekend around gallery and museum hopping, or simply follow your nose to discover side streets filled with independent boutiques and historical

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. Berlin draws widespread attention for its slew of

As the UK country hotel scene innovates and evolves at high speed, spas are very much keeping the same pace. You can’t move these days for not just new spas opening but also, and perhaps more importantly, the classics giving themselves a little dust off and shake up. Out of a flurry of redecoration and

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. If you have a trip planned to the

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. Arguably the most coveted destination in Miami, a

Sailing from its home port of Southampton, P&O Cruises flies the flag for British cruising with wallet-friendly holidays tailored to UK tastes. Alongside “no-fly” cruises it offers good-value fly-cruise holidays from London and nine regional airports to the Caribbean, Northern Europe, North America and the Mediterranean.  The line’s seven ships have Britons in mind. Along

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. Neo-Moorish arches, Triana tiles, arcaded patios and Islamic

Precious antiques, one-of-a-kind boutiques fizzing with indie cool, luxury hat ateliers and food markets – Vienna is seriously underrated as a shopping destination and deserves to be better feted. Our Telegraph Travel experts round up their pick of the best options, whether you are after traditional Viennese ‘candy mosaic rock’, a dirndl with a modern

Kraków is a university town, which sets the tone for a lively nightlife, further fuelled by the introduction of tourist bar crawls. Don’t let that put you off though, this city has plenty of easy-to-find, off-the-radar drinking spots, where you can savour a range of vodkas or the burgeoning craft beer scene. In fact, there

Poland’s geographical position has meant a history where the country’s borders have changed and changed again, leading to cities which blend a variety of influences in their architecture and food. Kraków though is resolutely Polish and seen by many as their spiritual capital. Walk the cobbled streets, observe from a café on the vast Market

Krakow is one of central Europe’s jewels; with a history that stretches back to the 10th century. It is also the best preserved city in Poland, the old town centre having escaped the destruction that befell the rest of the country in WWII. It brims with atmosphere with narrow, cobbled streets radiating off the impressive

Kraków is the home to the country’s only 2 Michelin star restaurant, Bottiglieria 1881, crowned in 2023 to great acclaim. Here Chef Przemysław Klima draws deep on the culinary soul of Poland, and his childhood memories of perfect rural summers, to offer dishes such as pickled beetroot, apple-wood smoked trout and a sauce made from

Scotland and tea have been in a relationship since the 1600s, with the first tea served at Holyrood Palace in 1680. Originally smuggled into the country and affordable only for the very rich, by the mid-1800s tea was regularly taken with bread and butter in the afternoon and the rest is history: a saga of

Just an hour from Edinburgh, ­Berwickshire is a naturally beautiful region in Scotland’s southeast, imbued with maritime heritage, and yet shamefully under-visited. Its coastline runs south from Cove Harbour, just a few miles south of “Sunny Dunny” Dunbar, all the way to the English border, where Berwick- upon-Tweed topples just over onto the English side

Stand between the fragrant orange trees that line the main square in Vila Real de Santo António, surrounded by charming 18th century town houses and a mosaic of bold black and white cobblestones at your feet and you could be forgiven for thinking this little town’s claim to fame lies in its looks. In many

As a Latin American mega-capital, Mexico City, unsurprisingly, serves up the full gamut of hedonistic options come nightfall. A major arts and cultural centre, its theatres host world-class opera, ballet, pop and rock, and its clubbing scene ranges from all-night salsa to cutting-edge electronic music, often given a Mexican twist by local, though well-travelled, DJs.

Mexico City, familiar to all as the most populous city in the western hemisphere, is a lot more than that. The crossroads of ancient cultures, it has a storied past, with Aztec ruins embedded in the modern city’s fabric. The key northern seat of the Spanish conquest, it has a cultural and historical heft rarely

Mexico City is big – so get a city map and plan your experiences a little. It’s best to see museums and sights in clusters, so you don’t have to keep hopping into a cab or on to the metro. To really get into it, and to do some city walking, aim to see a

Marseille is going straight – cultured, even. New museums and galleries sprout. Trendy restaurants and bars abound. Hotel openings bang into one another. The 21st-century city is recapturing the trading grandeur of the 19th century. It’s got a sophisticated swagger as it aspires to regain world city status. Yet it remains Marseille, where the staring

All hotels have been independently reviewed and selected. We will earn a commission if you book via the links below, but this never affects our rating. Our expert writers are usually hosted on a complimentary basis in order to gain the first-hand experience necessary for their review. Studding Italy’s heel are fabulously exotic ‘masserie’ –