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Mauritius is well known for its awesome accommodations. You’ll find some of the best hotels in the world in Mauritius. But there are so many more really outstanding places, which you could choose for your stay. Here are a few of the best places to stay when visiting Mauritius: Paradise Cove: The Blue (Pool) View

An insider’s guide to the best cheap hotels in Cape Town, featuring the best places to stay for stylish interiors, sweeping views, comfortable rooms, charming bistros and good city-centre locations. All prices below are rates for double rooms, based on two people sharing. These prices are subject to change in high season and during popular

An expert guide to the top spa hotels in the Cotswolds, including the best for pampering treatments, swimming pools, saunas, steam rooms and hot tubs, as well as gardens, gourmet dining, first-class service and cosy bars, in locations including Chipping Norton, Chipping Campden, Malmesbury, Cheltenham, Cirencester and Tetbury. Dormy House Broadway, Cotswolds, England 9 Telegraph

A wise decision before embarking on any trip is to obtain travel insurance. The documents and details of an insurance plan often includes exceptionally detailed legal jargon, and it can be a nightmare to interpret. We’ve taken the liberty of explaining the major coverages to help guide travelers in selecting which options are necessary for

At what glacial speed does an exhausted cyclist stop moving forwards and start toppling sideways? That was the question going through my mind as I tried to ignore the pain in my cramping legs, squeezed the last few drops of warm water from my bottle, and stole a glance at my handlebar computer. Four miles

The World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual convention of the planet’s top politicians, economists and business leaders, seasoned with a sprinkling of celebrities, has become one of the calendar’s elite events. This year’s edition, which is imminent (January 21–24), is sure to witness the usual cavalcade of what newspapers are obliged to call “the great

Food is one of the most amazing ways to understand and experience a new culture. It is often the lens through which we try to understand the world, how we relate to particular cultures and how we remember certain experiences. The best way to fully experience a new city or country through their food is

Love Island returns for a sixth series tonight. Previously a summer affair, this dreadful programme will now pervade our lives twice a year. Heaven help us. Its reappearance does, however, offer a chance to shine a light on what could reasonably consider itself the original Love Island: Jeju. This South Korean isle might well be

A sprawling city that excels in natural splendour You really can’t overstate the case for visiting Cape Town. First, there’s the in-your-face beauty of a craggy mountain range that drops precipitously into a glittering sea, its flanks carpeted in greens and delicate florals. Then there’s the pristine white beaches lapped by – it must be said

Ireland, offers so many places and things to do as a tourist.  From exploring its diverse culture, visiting the countless museums and places with ancient history to enjoying the beauty of picturesque landscapes, you will be spoilt for choices. Here’s a list of some of the top-rated tourist attractions that you have to see the

It’s hard to imagine England, Wales and Northern Ireland without the National Trust (Scotland has its own variation). Its acorn symbol pops up by beaches and fells, on the gates of mansions and the doors of tenements, beside footpaths, car parks and cafés. It exasperates some people and pleases many more: it means that you

Growing up in Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) in the Fifties and Sixties, I was surrounded by wildlife. The Colombo of my boyhood – a garden city – teemed with birds: mynas, parrots, sparrows and orioles. I’d see snakes and lizards hide in the greenery. My father was not an outdoor man – a bookshelf was

Welcome to Europe’s best party! I’m sure none of you are strangers to the revelries of Carnival, to fancy dress parades, giant floats and the madness happening before Lent begins. Carnival can be dated back to Roman times, and every city, town and village in Europe celebrates its own way. I’ve been touring Carnival celebrations

Norway is a land of majestic fjords with a coastline that merges with the sea like an unfinished jigsaw. And perhaps the best way to see all of it is by car.  Renting four wheels and hitting the open road doesn’t just unlock a world of unpronounceable villages and empty regions. Norway is also the safest place in

A gastronomic delight with real cultural clout That Lyon is a sterling choice for bon vivants becomes evident within seconds of tucking into coq au vin in a jam-packed bistro, admiring fine art in a Renaissance abbey, or getting deliciously lost in a traboule (secret passageway) used by 19th-century silk weavers. It’s a enthralling, richly storied city.

Cultural thrills and contemporary edge Facing west across the Baltic Sea, St Petersburg was created by its founder Peter the Great as a “window into Europe”. Designed by a slew of renowned European architects, its baroque palaces, geometric layout and picturesque canals (Goethe named it the “Venice of the North”) are purposely reminiscent of Europe,

Scenic beauty for adventurers and romantics The clue to the region’s allure is in the name. A dozen or more lakes – sinuous, pretty, forbidding – vie for attention. Throw in craggy fells, tumbling waterfalls, timeless villages of whitewashed cottages, and the pull is irresistible. Even when it’s damp – and it frequently is – the scenery merely acquires

In northern Sweden, 100 miles beyond the Arctic Circle, winter arrives with all the drama of a trumpet fanfare. It swaggers in as early as October and by November the whole place is in lockdown, buried beneath colossal banks of snow. Winter here is not grey and pallid. Neither is it insipid, drizzly, and merely

The city of the future with a beguiling past It’s China’s most cosmopolitan city, with a population of some 25 million people, including more than 160,000 millionaires and a couple of dozen billionaires. It’s a town of wheelers and dealers, go-getters and glamour pusses, big business and flash brands – but it’s not all about

Young-at-heart Japan is becoming popular with adventurous families, says David Smyth In Tokyo, we invented a game – Baby or Dog? – that can be played whenever you are walking along the street behind a person pushing a buggy. It works because in Japan, every time you glimpse what appears to be a parent trundling