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Carinthia’s Magical Christmas Markets in Austria’s stunning Lake District.

05/12/2024 by .
Carinthia’s Magical Christmas Markets

Andy Mossack goes hunting Christmas Markets in Carinthia but soon discovers wellness, lakes and alpine Advent fun.

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Pupert Parker reviews the 22nd Dominican Republic Jazz Festival Omara Portuondo w Piano Player

22nd Dominican Republic Jazz Festival. One of the best cultural events in the Caribbean.

One of the biggest cultural events in the Caribbean, this Dominican Republic Jazz Festival is unlike any other.

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Verbier

Skiing in Verbier

Verbier should carry a government health warning, something like ‘You come here at your own risk’. Risk of what! Well, your wallet for a start, then your health, then your ego.

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Chisenau Wine Festival

Mysterious Moldova

I’m waiting for an audience with the Gypsy King of Moldova, Arthur Cerari, and this is his palace.

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Rupert Parker goes hunting Christmas Markets in Northern France

Christmas Markets in Northern France. Festive fun in France.

Most people hurtle through Pas de Calais on their way South but it’s an easy hop across the channel, particularly if you use Eurostar.

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Channelling his inner Luke Skywalker, Andy Mossack visits the set of Star Wars Mos Espa

On the set of Star Wars Mos Espa. Tunisia

Standing on a sand dune overlooking the set of Mos Espa the space port in Star Wars, I swear I had a strange feeling. It was as if my landrover was some kind of parked interplanetary space vehicle and I was being spied upon by a terrestrial power.

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Anthea Gerrie gets wild and windy as she drives Ireland's Wild Atlantic Way

Driving Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way

 The spectre of a renewed “hard Irish border” being raised daily in the run-up to Brexit is reason enough to take a road trip around Britain’s closest neighbour.

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