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Top of the lago: a saunter around the Italian lakes

Hiking high above Lake Maggiore, through forests and hills alive with Grand Tour romance, is a great way to build an appetite for Piedmont’s epic cuisine

Disney goes eco: the new holiday resort near Disneyland Paris

There’s some weirdness attached to Villages Nature, the Disney-imagineered vision of rustic life, but the waterslides are amazing and there’s lots for kids to do

Guernica: the town that became a symbol for peace

Eighty years since bombs devastated it – and as a new exhibition opens in Madrid displaying Picasso’s fabled artwork – the Basque town is a proud advocate of peace, as well as gateway to a region of lush hills and wild Atlantic coast

The 10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe

Here are those jokes as promised: 1. “I’ve decided to sell my Hoover… well, it was just collecting dust.” – Tim Vine 2. “I’ve written a joke about a fat badger, but I couldn’t fit it into my set.” – Masai Graham 3. “Always leave them wanting more, my uncle used to say to me.Continue reading “The 10 funniest jokes from the Edinburgh Fringe”