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Scotland’s North Coast 500: Some people drive anti-clockwise, saving the more dramatic west coast scenery till last. Photograph: Sue Mountjoy

Get your Route 66 kicks closer to home

James Ruddy
November 19, 2016, 06:00

Scotland’s Highland way offers the scenery, characters and pit stops for a perfect road trip

Check-in: Deals and breaks in Ireland and abroad

Check-in: Deals and breaks in Ireland and abroad

Jo Linehan
November 19, 2016, 05:00

Thanksgiving Day parades in the US and festive magic at London’s Bloomsbury hotel

Cycling from Japan to Ireland... with a little vodka for breakfast

Cycling from Japan to Ireland... with a little vodka for breakfast

Anthea McTeirnan
November 19, 2016, 05:00

Couple peddled 10,000km in epic trip that took them through Mongolia and Siberia

Back to central Europe with a bump

Back to central Europe with a bump

Will Burton
November 19, 2016, 05:00

Perambulating and taking the train while six months’ pregnant is surprisingly relaxing

Travel Gear: Surprise offering from a serious camera-maker

Travel Gear: Surprise offering from a serious camera-maker

Tom Kelly
November 19, 2016, 05:00

Leica goes instant, turn your bike electric and travelling light with Moleskine

Travel Advice: Book ahead for the best holiday activities

Travel Advice: Book ahead for the best holiday activities

Joan Scales
November 19, 2016, 02:51

Gallery and museum visits are bookable online, and if you want a papal audience...

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The Irish Times travel writing competition

The Irish Times travel writing competition

Want to win a travel-writing assignment abroad for The Irish Times Magazine? Enter our annual competition, in association with Travel Department

How to be a travel writer - top tips from Irish Times writers

How to be a travel writer - top tips from Irish Times writers

The Irish Times Amateur Travel Writing competition is in full swing. For inspiration, we asked some of our writers to give their tips on how to write great travel stories

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Rent a Room Relief: let the spare bedroom pay the mortgage

Rent a Room Relief: let the spare bedroom pay the mortgage

People can earn tax-free income by renting a room in their home. How does the scheme work?

Travel Desk

Travel Desk: food museums, Bond movie hotels and gay ski week

Travel Desk: food museums, Bond movie hotels and gay ski week

Fionn Davenports rounds up this week's travel news

Walks

The walk goes up around the two Lough Brays, initially close to their shores and later along the high brow of their corries

A Walk for the Weekend: Peace and wild beauty along Glencree rim

Walks
Michael Guilfoyle
November 16, 2016

This is one of the best compact walks to be had in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains

Poll na bPeist on Inis Mór

A walk for the weekend: Wild, misty splendour of Inis Mór

Walks
John G O'Dwyer
October 26, 2016

Unforgettable views and a magical detour to the natural wonder of Poll na bPeist

Weekend In ...

Weekend in . . . Berlin, a place for the strange and libertine

Weekend in . . . Berlin, a place for the strange and libertine

Believe all the hype, the German capital is a hipster idyll – but in a good way, writes Charly Wilder

Weekend in . . . Split

Weekend in . . . Split

This seaside city in central Dalmatia really does have it all

Tom Kelly's Travel Gear

Clockwise from top left: Leica’s Sofort camera; the Moleskine travel light, and the Electron Wheel

Travel Gear: Surprise offering from a serious camera-maker

Travel
Tom Kelly
November 19, 2016, 05:00

Leica goes instant, turn your bike electric and travelling light with Moleskine

The Spark lantern in its diffuser bag; Kodak’s Ektra camera phone with its retro styled case and a new type of brake light to keep cyclist safer

Travel Gear: Lights, camera, action

Travel
Tom Kelly
November 12, 2016, 05:00

A new type of brake light for bikes, a camera that is also a phone, and a rechargeable lamp

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