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Winter walks Nine looped winter walks around Ireland (with a great meal at the end)
  • John G O'Dwyer
  • December 4, 2019, 06:10

Build up an appetite walking these trails, which all have a great restaurant to refuel in afterwards

Once in a lifetime holidays to take this winter Once in a lifetime holidays to take this winter

From volcanoes in Costa Rica to sleigh rides in Lapland - take a trip you'll never forget

Visit Lebanon and experience a vibrant, open-hearted culture Visit Lebanon and experience a vibrant, open-hearted culture

People in Beirut are beginning to re-engage with their cuisine, culture and architecture

Perfect Puglia: Something for all the family on holiday in Italy’s ‘heel’ Perfect Puglia: Something for all the family on holiday in Italy’s ‘heel’

New flights from Dublin to Brindisi will make the region easy to visit for Irish tourists

Aviation as a hobby: ‘I fly planes – that’s kind of cool’ Aviation as a hobby: ‘I fly planes – that’s kind of cool’

Every time I take off I think, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m actually allowed to do this’

Travel Deals

Active luxury in Kerry in a hotel with postcard-perfect views Active luxury in Kerry in a hotel with postcard-perfect views

Travel Bag: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas around Ireland

Sligo foodie tours, Barcelona ecoluxury, Cork staycation Sligo foodie tours, Barcelona ecoluxury, Cork staycation

Travel deals: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas in Ireland and abroad

New London hotel, just the fit for fitness-lovers, and breathtaking Prague views New London hotel, just the fit for fitness-lovers, and breathtaking Prague views

Travel deals: Plan an escape with these holiday ideas in Ireland and abroad

London designer bolthole, afternoon tea at Lismore Castle, five-star-plus Bali London designer bolthole, afternoon tea at Lismore Castle, five-star-plus Bali

Travel deals: We check out the latest offers so you don’t have to

Travel News

Hotel sues tourist after he complained about Nazi portraits

Hotel sues tourist after he complained about Nazi portraits Visitor posted on Booking.com and TripAdvisor about disgust at pictures in Austria

Top travelling tips for wheelchair users, from wheelchair users

Top travelling tips for wheelchair users, from wheelchair users Read the online fine print and don’t be afraid to write instructions for baggage handlers

How to make sure you’re covered if something goes wrong on holiday

How to make sure you’re covered if something goes wrong on holiday Simple tips like having a working phone and doing your research will go a long way

When things go wrong Ryanair staff hardest to find, says Which!

When things go wrong Ryanair staff hardest to find, says Which! Consumer group surveyed passengers on how European airlines dealt with complaints

Should manholes now be called maintenance holes?

Should manholes now be called maintenance holes? Berkeley in California is taking terms like ‘maiden’ and ‘manpower’ out of its city code

Dutch airline KLM having week from hell following second PR gaffe

Dutch airline KLM having week from hell following second PR gaffe Company attracted negative press after saying it would tell breastfeeding mothers to cover up

Ireland

Strandhill Community Development Association were announced as the Irish winner of the 2019 Eden (European Destination of Excellence) Award. Photograph: James Connolly Ireland’s garden of Eden? Try award-winning Strandhill, Co Sligo

Coastal village famed for surf and seaweed baths nets title for ‘destination of excellence’

Harvey’s Point on Lough Eske in Donegal 10 great hotels around Ireland for a Christmas away from it all
Parknasilla, Sneem, Co Kerry 10 great places to stay along the Wild Atlantic Way
  • Sailing Ireland’s west coast: the wild, watery Atlantic way
  • Galway’s Lonely Planet award: ‘I don’t see how we will cope’

Europe

In Lecce, there are plenty of restaurants for dinner. Most are Italian, but you can also find a selection of Greek and Turkish places too. Photograph: iStock Perfect Puglia: Something for all the family on holiday in Italy’s ‘heel’

New flights from Dublin to Brindisi will make the region easy to visit for Irish tourists

Paris in the snow. Photograph: iStock The best European cities for a winter weekend break
Guests have to pay for skis and boots separately – the rest is all-inclusive, from food and drinks to lessons and lift passes. Leave your brain behind on an all-inclusive ski holiday in France
  • Cycling the Berlin Wall nearly 30 years after its fall
  • Leaving our family’s holiday home in France after 20 years

Long Haul

Nature lovers will revel in the hiking trails in Shimla, India. Photograph: iStock Once in a lifetime holidays to take this winter

From volcanoes in Costa Rica to sleigh rides in Lapland - take a trip you'll never forget

Colourful buildings of Randyland art museum in Mexican War Streets district in Pittsburgh’s Northside. Pennsylvania, USA Pittsburgh: A cool American city without the big-city price tag
Qantas nonstop flight: Capt Helen Trenerry and First Officer Ryan Gill demonstrate the monitors they wore during the London-Sydney test trip Record flight, record jet lag? Qantas touches down after 19hr 19min
  • There is hope for a changing world in Vancouver’s inspiring food scene
  • Myanmar on the cusp of another revolution – but this time it’s about wine

Walks

Winter walks Nine looped winter walks around Ireland (with a great meal at the end)

Build up an appetite walking these trails, which all have a great restaurant to refuel in afterwards

Walk for the Weekend: Screig Mhór & Screig Bheag, Co Kerry
We moved off with the great northern ramparts of Keeper, the highest mountain in north Tipperary. Walk for the Weekend: Silvermines, Co Tipperary
  • Walk for the Weekend: Hook Head, Co Wexford
  • Walk for the Weekend: Mount Congreve, Kilmeaden, Co Waterford

Welcome to My Place

Louise Molloy and her father in law Antonio Pintor enjoying a meal in family restarant Los Pinos “which sums up what I love about Buenos Aires - family food and good wine!” Welcome to my place... Buenos Aires
  • December 1, 2019

‘I love my life here, there is never a dull moment politically’

Robin Meredith in Almuñécar, a small town on the coast of Granada where he lives with his girlfriend Ieva Welcome to my place ... Almuñécar, Spain
Paraic McGrath now works as director of business development for Taxback International in Singapore. Photograph: Grainne Quinlan Welcome to my place . . . Singapore
  • Welcome to my place ... Chania, Crete
  • Welcome to my place . . . Mechelen, Belgium

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He tells me he needs treatment to fix his self-esteem. I tell him it would just be totally fake. Photograph: iStock I want to stop my husband from trying impotence medication
Houses of the Oireachtas: its Members’ Restaurant serves seven kinds of potato if you count ‘skinny fries and chunky chips’ twice. Photograph: Alan Betson Oireachtas Members’ Restaurant: Inside the secret dining room where TDs and Senators eat

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