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Stockholm: the complete guide

Don hard hat and harness to see Stockholm from its rooftops

In more ways than one, the Swedish capital is at its coolest right now. Wrap up and rock on

Madrid - a lesson in the dark arts

Caroline Eden visits Madrid's golden triangle of art museums, taking in Goya’s Black Paintings and many more masterpieces

Hot hotels for 2010

New decade, new prospects for a stylish getaway. But how do you know which destinations are the real deal? We have all the answers

Bargain travel destinations for 2010

You don’t have to break the bank to have a great holiday. If you know where to look, next year has plenty of bargains up for grabs

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Tight security leads to airport delays

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Wrap up: New Year's Eve guide

Monarch Airlines

Monarch favourite to go under

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Smiles in the Cook Islands, July

The best things to see and do in 2010

Whether you’re after culture, sport or exotica, on your doorstep or far away, we have a calendar full of dates for you

New Years Eve celebrations in London

New Year's Eve: best party cities

We round up the best of the United Kingdom and Ireland’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Who’s got the sparklers?

Britain's top 10 New Year's Day brunches

Put off the January diet for one more day and enjoy eggs Benedict in Edinburgh or marshmallow lattes in Manchester

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France, Rhône-Alpes, Tignes, Alps, Savoie, Travel Destination, The freestyler Petra Moroder jumping on the Tignes slopes during the trials in World Championship

Where to ski, month-by-month, this season

It looks like being a bumper year for the white stuff. We tell you where to go, and when, to be sure of the snow

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Q&A: ski fitness and injury

Our experts hosted a live debate on getting in shape and skiing with ailments. Find out what our readers asked here

Video: How to get fit for skiing

A ski junkie and a fitness expert test the best gadgets and games to get you in shape for the coming ski season

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Alpine Mountains and Swiss Cow taken near Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland Region of Switzerland, summer 2007.

10 things I learnt about Grindelwald

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Google goggles.

Google Goggles: will we ever ditch the guidebook?

Now that Google is translating the world through our smart phones, is there still a need for a travel guide? Ginny Light tests the new technology

Travel: the highs and lows of the decade

The best and worst moments in the past 10 years - from sniffing gorillas to a meal so sublime, it made a grown man cry

Mystery Guest awards: the best and worst of 2009

Seduced in Soho, baffled in Brighton: our anonymous reviewer has enjoyed plenty of delights, with a few sleepless nights along the way

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The Times Christmas Walks: 20 winter rambles

With or without the kids, here are 20 of Britain’s top treks — specially selected for a brisk winter warmer

John Betjeman's favourite walks

Family journeys into prehistory inspired the poet, as his daughter recalls

Julia Bradbury: ‘Walking is not just about the cagoule’

The TV presenter will be the new face of the Ramblers — but can she make the organisation fashionable?

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Wales, Snowdonia National Park, Nant Gwynant, lake in valley

The world's best national parks

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Stone Easton Park, Somerset

Ston Easton Park, nr Bath, Somerset

Mystery Guest

Blythswood Square Hotel, Glasgow

The Altstadt, Vienna.

The Altstadt, Vienna

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Spa Day

Seven spa breaks for January

Travelintelligence.com editor Ben Cooper rounds up the best hotels in England with availability for New Year spa weekends

Dior spa, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris

Dior Spa, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Paris

Super stylish spa in the French capital with "live" fashion shows and the promise of eternal youth

Hotel Du Vin Spa, Birmingham

Fitness and pampering in stylish surrounds in this boutique hotel spa in the Midlands

Spas & Lifestyle 

Ultimate bootcamp

Fight club: punch your way to fitness

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An empty street in Stockholm's Old Town

The Times travel photo competition

View this week's finalists, the December winner and enter the January competition

Charlie Hopkinson gets his hands dirty in Zaire, 1986

Overlanding then and now

Lifelong overlander Charlie Hopkinson introduces an exclusive competition and galleries with an account of the early years

Signs of the times 2009

The votes have been counted and we can now reveal the 20 most popular silly signs of the year

Best of 2010

Masquerade and mystery at the Venice Carnival

10 unmissable events

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VAMIZI LODGE, MOZAMBIQUE, AFRICA

Mozambique's lost islands

Head to Quirimba, an exotic escape where delicate ecosystems combine with a fractious history

Man diving with tropical fish.

Diving for beginners in Egypt

One man. One boat. One week to learn to dive before travelling to the Red Sea. And one problem: he’s scared of water

Dubai: the insider's guide

So much for the doom mongers: hotels are 90 per cent full, the driverless Metro is running smoothly and a Waitrose has opened

Escape the cold

Young woman on sandy, tropical beach. Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba, The Caribbean

Our complete wintersun guide

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Ian Carr, managing director of Team Simoco

Profile: Telecoms boss Ian Carr

The MD of Team Simoco explains why he always packs his pyjamas and discusses the company's Beijing sickbed

Stop moaning about travel disruption, it's Christmas

Business travellers have faced trying times in the past two weeks but many of the problems are beyond the control of the airlines and rail companies

How business travellers take their holidays

With Christmas upon us, we look at how frequent business travellers approach leisure travel

Business hotels

Palm court at the Langham Hotel, London

Review: The Langham, London

Grande dame has a stunning £80m refurbishment

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Moses in scene 21 of more than 9,000 that make up The Passion

Christ not Christmas: Passion Play 2010

The 5-hour Passion Play has more than 2,000 actors and has been staged every ten years in Oberammergau, Germany, since the 17th century

New Zealand's best boutique lodges

Forget backpacking: the country’s wilderness is best enjoyed from a hot tub, with a glass of sauvignon

The boho side of Cape Cod

Provincetown is a curious mix of rugged landscape and bohemian vibe with a community of artists and misfits

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