8 best British holiday cottages for dogs
No matter what the Chinese calendar may say, in Britain 2009 is set to be the Year of the Dog.

D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival In Bloom

D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival In Bloom
It's that time of year again, when a swath of the nation's capital becomes awash in a sea of pink.
Six brilliant budget hotels in.... Paris
Let’s hear it for the two-star hotels of Paris. For years, the talk of the town has been all about the rising tide of luxury, so it’s a huge relief to rediscover a proud tradition of hotel-keeping at the other end of the market. Yes, in some cases you have to compromise a little on location to find it, but the best of these properties are so good, you’ll feel stupid for ever having spent more.

Good green family fun in Austria
The Dorfvelo was a strange, lumbering contraptionpart bike, part electric car, part Doctor Who extraand I just couldn't get the hang of it.

The Alps are alivewith snow and cheap travel deals
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London's 10 best pubs
Five minutes after the opening of the world’s first pub, the world’s first prohibitionist tried to close it. Pubs have to fight hard to survive and that struggle at the moment is as hard as its ever been. Today pubs are closing at an alarming rate.

Dreaming Of A European Tour? Try NYC!

Dreaming Of A European Tour? Try NYC!
If you're hankering for a tour of Europe this year but can't afford the time or plane fare, here are some of the ways in which New York City can be oh so continental.

Palm Springs Welcomes Spring Breakers
Palm Springs has long been the playground of the rich and the retired. But now the peaceful city is taking a demographic detour, reports CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy.
Bomber Command tours take off in Lincolnshire
Tours of Lincolnshire's wartime aviation history are taking off around Bomber Countythe heartland of Bomber Command and the legendary Dambusters.

Travel crisis: Britons abandon Spanish costas
The British love affair with Spain appears to be on the wane after new figures showed tourists heading for the Costas fell by 23.4 per cent last month.

Head to head: Thailand's best luxury spa
Chiva-Som is the Manchester United of destination spas: a seemingly invincible force, feared and revered by rivals. For almost 15 years, this tiny Thai resort has been the place where the likes of Kate Moss, Elle Macpherson and Liz Hurley retreat to hone their bodies to perfection.

Esalen And The Human Potential Movement

Esalen And The Human Potential Movement
At Esalen: a journey for body, mind and soulhardly a destination.

Tokyo: on the trail of Kuniyoshi
The Canadian tourist crouched like a tiger. Her Brazilian rival, hidden from her by a screen, began to hobble like an old lady. The geishas on either side of them laughed into their hands. The game of Tora, Tora, Tora was in full flowand an ancient culture welcomed some 20 visitors and curious locals.

Spring Break In A War Zone
Drug related violence has gotten so bad that the U.S. State Department recently issued a travel alert for Mexico. But, as Seth Doane reports, that's not stopping tens of thousands of American college students heading south for spring break.
A souvenir of brilliant travel photography
On his travels, Hughes has built up a fabulous library of images in which landmarks have been augmented by, or replaced by tacky souvenirs.

Go West: Ireland's Aran Islands
Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands west of Ireland, is famous for its wild, rugged beauty, a thousand miles of stone walls, stunning views across the Atlantic and clusters of ancient ruins.
Tel Aviv revs up for its 100th birthday
Barely 7am and the sun is already beating down as my feet pound the wet sand. Huge breakers, the remnant of a winter storm, are crashing to my right.

Nashville On A Budget

Nashville On A Budget
This central-Tennessee city, famous worldwide for its records and rhinestones, is a worthy destination for tourists pinching penniesrecession or not.
Get more from your beach break
Holidays have to work harder now that we’re all impoverished and having to send the kids to work just to afford a weekend away.

A classical cruise across the Baltic
I admit it. When asked whether I'd like to sample a classical music-themed cruise across the Baltic, the ungracious words “busman's holiday” did cross my mind.

High on the Isle of Skye
From the April issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

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The best last minute travel deals and bargains
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The 20 coolest camp sites in Europe
Everything you need to know to go camping and caravanning in 2009, in our dedicated section

Life on the ranch in Argentina
In my next life, if I am really good, I hope to come back as a capybara. To the unbiased observer, the capybara appears to have taken the chequered flag in the great cycle of reincarnation.

Budget Paris: romance, not rip-off
Cathédrale de Notre-Dame

45 things to do in France this summer
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