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Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland. Touring Switzerland has never been as easy as this.

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Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland

Michael Cranmer Travels First Class on the Grand Train Tour Of Switzerland Sampling The Mountains, Lakes And Vineyards And Encounters A Few Ghosts Along The Way.

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Phuket beach club scene growing rapidly.

The Phuket beach club scene has risen across the West Coast of Phuket and the area is starting to get known as ‘Thailand’s Ibiza’. One of the biggest beach clubs is XANA  set on the beautiful, wide Bangtao beach, has a 35 metre pool  lit up at night, private cabanas and has seen many of […]

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Weekend in Austin. Just what you unexpected.

The packed crowd in Austin’s legendary Continental Club were watching The Whiskey Sisters strut their country rock stuff and clearly loving every minute of it. This is what a weekend in Austin should be like.

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Manchester: A guide to England’s second city.

Barely a decade ago, the idea of a city break in Manchester would have seemed laughable to southerners.

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The impressive Francis Hotel

Anthea Gerrie enjoys a slice of Regency staying at The Francis Hotel in Bath

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Palazzo Manfredi, Rome

In an era when aristocrats rely on visitors to maintain their stately piles, it’s not surprising that an Italian count has turned his palatial offices into a boutique hotel.

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Enjoy the high life in Madeira

Well this was a first. I was about to be pushed down a very steep hill in the middle of Madeira’s capital Funchal on a sled by two men decked out in white and wearing straw boaters.

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