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The city has lost none of its fascination: buckets are still lowered from high windows on winding lanes strung with washing lines. Photograph: iStock

Relive Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels on the city’s real world streets

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Spectacular views in northern Tenerife

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The prehistoric world of Anaga Rural Park is a cool and humid contrast to the Canary Island's sunny resorts

Bruegel Box: three of the artist’s painting are projected on to walls, floor to ceiling around you, at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts

Brussels is buzzing with Bruegel artwork to celebrate 450th anniversary

Sorcha Hamilton
December 14, 2019

City offers non-traditional approach to experiencing art and multimedia exhibitions

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’

Sarah Walsh
December 1, 2019

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

Darragh Geraghty
November 19, 2019

Winter is the most romantic time to visit Paris, and nobody seems to know it

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

Emma Cullinan
November 3, 2019

‘Just try it’ is the philosophy at Club Med in Val Thorens, from the slopes to the dancefloor

A tourist on a bike rides along the East Side Gallery, an international memorial for freedom with paintings by artists from all over the world on one of the longest remaining sections of the Berlin Wall.

Cycling the Berlin Wall nearly 30 years after its fall

Margaret Ward
October 20, 2019

Margaret Ward cycles along the brutal barrier that once split the city

I suspect no door or beginning will match the one we and the kids opened that day in August 2000, as we stepped onto the terrace of our house in Herault

Leaving our family’s holiday home in France after 20 years

Michael Guilfoyle
October 20, 2019

Our love affair with this house and our holidays here started with excitement, anticipation and longing

Edinburgh Castle high above the city illuminated green for St Patrick’s Day. File photograph: PA

What’s the story? In Edinburgh’s Storytelling Centre there are a lot of them being told

Jennifer O'Connell
September 28, 2019

Tall tales and time machines in a glistening sandstone city that is the jewel of East Lothian

Downtown Abbey on Airbnb: Highclere Castle, in Hampshire, in southern England

‘Downton Abbey’ lists on Airbnb, for one night only, for €170 for two

Frances Perraudin
September 18, 2019

Earl and countess of Carnarvon open Highclere Castle, in England, to select guests

Bodrum is Turkey’s most famous resort, well known for its nightlife. Photograph: iStock

There’s no better way to unwind than on a boat cruise around Bodrum

Deirdre McQuillan
September 14, 2019

New route to Turkey’s most famous resort opened from Dublin this summer

President of Liberland Vít Jedlicka with Floating Man festival-goers. Photograph: David Simacek

Floating Man, Liberland: A tiny festival in one of the world’s newest (and smallest) states

Jillian Godsil
September 11, 2019

What happens when a Czech libertarian throws a festival on a scrap of land on the Danube?

Simone, John, Sophie and Jane at Chateaux Azay-le-Rideau in the Loire Valley.

Could we drive the family on holiday to France in an electric car?

John Gibbons
September 1, 2019

How would our electric vehicle (and our patience) cope with 3,000km of low carbon driving?

A couple of French tourists could face up to six years in jail after allegedly pilfering 40kg of sand from one of Sardinia’s pristine beaches.Photograph: Jorg Greuel/Getty Images

French tourists face six years in jail over claims they stole Sardinia sand

Angela Giuffrida
August 20, 2019

Couple in hot water as Italian authorities get tough on issue blighting island for years

The Eiffel Tower. Photograph: iStock

How to holiday cheaply in France: Everything you need to know

Fionn Davenport
August 11, 2019

France – yes, even Paris – can be explored affordably if you follow these tips and tricks

A picturesque beach at sunset in Lagos, Portugal. Photograph: Sergei Aleshin/Getty

How to holiday cheaply in Portugal: Everything you need to know

Fionn Davenport
August 3, 2019

Smart ways to take advantage of the country’s stunning beaches and fascinating cities

Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain.

How to holiday cheaply in Spain: Everything you need to know

Fionn Davenport
July 27, 2019

From accommodation to food and transport, there are lots of ways to save money

Camping (without a tent!) in Greece

Travelling back in time: Memories of my interrailing youth

Arlene Harris
July 27, 2019

In 1991, having just turned 20, I headed off around Europe on the adventure of a lifetime

Sicily’s Taormina, and the Mediterranean Sea

How to holiday cheaply in Italy: Everything you need to know

Fionn Davenport
July 20, 2019

How to get the most of an Italian break without blowing your budget

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There’s something for everyone on the new Suir Blueway in Tipperary

Arlene Harris
July 13, 2019

With its rich history and myriad of outdoor pursuits, there’s a lot more to this county than hurlers and horses

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