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Central Park for great for free walks and celebrity spotting and, if you time it right, check out the performances at the Summer Stage Festival at Rumsey Playfield

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Gemma Tipton
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Forget the price tags – there are lots of ways to enjoy NYC without breaking the bank

Check in: Glorious gardens, budget flights to Miami, and there’s an App for that

Check in: Glorious gardens, budget flights to Miami, and there’s an App for that

Jo Linehan
September 24, 2016, 03:00

Jo Linehan & Joan Scales round up this week’s travel news and deals

Discovering New York’s green core

Discovering New York’s green core

Catherine Mack
September 24, 2016, 02:30

Upstate New York is a vibrant, verdant escape from the metropolis

Walk for the weekend: Donegal’s ancient byway

Walk for the weekend: Donegal’s ancient byway

John G O’Dwyer
September 21, 2016, 15:40

The trek through this glen is like going back in time

The Irish Times travel writing competition

The Irish Times travel writing competition

September 17, 2016, 10:00

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

Travel advice: a checklist for checking in

Travel advice: a checklist for checking in

Joan Scales
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Every airline has a variety of ways to check in and costs for seats and boarding

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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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Live Like a Local: walking in Lativan capital Riga

Live Like a Local: walking in Lativan capital Riga

Portmarnock native Cian Guckian highlights some of Riga’s main attractions

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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

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The harshly beautiful but treacherous Donegal coastline

Walk for the weekend: Donegal’s ancient byway

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John G O’Dwyer
September 21, 2016

The trek through this glen is like going back in time

Cruach Mhárthain on the Dingle Peninsula, Co Kerry. Photograph: Getty

Walk for the weekend: a sea-to-summit ascent

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Tony Doherty
September 16, 2016

This Co Kerry walk follows in the footsteps of ‘Ryan’s Daughter’ and offers stunning views

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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

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Tom Kelly
September 24, 2016, 03:00

Also new version of London Tube walking map praises many benefits of . . . walking

Sony signature series hi-res Walkman; Samsung Gear S3; Grrowler dog collar and bowl

Travel Gear: Tech to make travel easier

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Tom Kelly
September 17, 2016, 03:00

A bling walkman, a smart watch and a clever dog collar

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