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Taj Mahal at sunrise

Travel review: India’s Golden Triangle in luxury

Touring three of India’s most alluring cities – Delhi, Agra and Jaipur – in the five-star comfort of the ITC Hotels chain.

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The apartment in the Rambla del Poblenou

Travel review: the Catalan capital, Barcelona - city of Gaudi and Modernism

The bustling tree-lined pedestrianised promenade of the Rambla del Poblenou makes the perfect travel base for families and offers a chance to see a slice of the real Barcelona, away from the Plaça Catalunya tourist trap.

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The Radisson Blu is near Canary Wharf

Travel review: Radisson Blu Edwardian, London

Just a few minutes from Canary Wharf, the Radisson Blu on the edge of the Thames is a great business hotel. But don’t stop reading! Please don’t let that fool you into thinking it’s a bit vanilla. In fact, if you book a room, you just might just bump into a superstar.

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One of the five courses on the British Pullman train.

Travel review: The Golden Age of Travel on the British Pullman

When you climb aboard the British Pullman train as it rests by the platform in London Victoria, you take a step back into time to the era of steam engines, comfort and elegance.

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The beach at Portreath, a 10 minute walk from Gwel an Mor.

Travel review: Gwel an Mor, Cornwall

When you need to get away from it all, what could be better than a luxury lodge set in the rolling countryside of England, the beach just minutes away from you?

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York Minster

Travel review: York

It was founded more than 2,000 years ago by the Romans, became the capital of the Vikings’ northern kingdom and was sacked by the Normans after mounting a failed rebellion.

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A canalside scene in Amsterdam, close to the Red Light District

Travel review: Amsterdam

Despite the brilliance of its signature 17th century canal-side architecture, Amsterdam is a city that thrives on modernity.

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Two of the recently-born lambs at The Olde House, Chapel Amble, Cornwall.

Travel review: The Olde House in Cornwall

Working in London, surrounded by high-rise buildings, constantly battling the crowds on the Underground and surrounded by noise wherever you go, can be a little exhausting.

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Bansko's pistes are carved through forests

Travel review: Winter Sports in Bansko, Bulgaria

I refuse to believe I’m the only one in this situation. Winter sports enthusiast of many years standing, who hasn’t ventured near a piste for ages due to girlfriend whose ideal holiday is more beaches than boarding.

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Our room was luxury itself

Travel review: The Cary Arms, Babbacombe Bay, Torquay

If there is a more peaceful and calming way to fall asleep than listening to the waves lap against the shore, I have yet to find it.

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Lucas Rosselli, one, from London, inspects a model landscape of London made from 2,186 sugar cubes. Picture: Geoff Caddick/PA Wire

Sweet! London skyline made out of sugar cubes

It might look sweet, but a sugar cube recreation of London’s skyline is not for eating.

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