Old roses, hidden temples, forgotten orchards – find peace and beauty in these romantic idylls
‘We were the luckiest people in the world’: a month on the last lockdown cruise
On 1 March, photographer Jon Tonks left New Zealand on a Pacific cruise. Twenty eight days later, the boat docked in San Diego, amid a pandemic. What happened in between?
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Going back to Greece: the Peloponnese after lockdown
Taking one of the first charter flights to Greece for months…
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Iceland’s tiny museums – and the joy of niche collections
Landmark galleries are great, but there’s a fascination and immediacy about the small, offbeat museums scattered across the Icelandic countryside
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Summer in Germany: Three regions for a laid-back, crowd-free holiday
Canny visitors could find they have the Black Forest, ‘Saxon Switzerland’ or the Baltic coast almost to themselves
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Post-lockdown Amsterdam is a crowd-free joy
The tourists are trickling back but the streets and canals are still quiet enough to make cycling around the city an unexpected summer treat
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Endless dunes and beach cabanas – that’s summer on Belgium’s coast
It only spans 40 miles but the Belgian coast is one long line of fun resorts, nature reserves and beaches, all linked by the world’s longest tramline
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Safe flight, spotless hotel and masks everywhere: Canaries reopen to tourism
With their low infection rate, the islands are being used as a laboratory for safe tourism. Joining a trial flight with the UN’s World Tourism Organization, we find Fuerteventura organised, welcoming and very clean
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10 of the best novels set in Germany – that will take you there
The ‘ignominy of division and joy of reunification’ are only part of the journey when exploring Germany through its fiction
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10 of the UK’s best rural summer holidays for families
From pop-up campsites and bunkhouses with plenty of activities to stylish houses in the woods, we round up great places to stay that still have summer availability
