Kayaking, mountain-biking, bridge-jumping, paragliding - as Simon Calder discovers, Slovenia is a mecca for extreme adventures on land and water.

It's easy to imagine this land was fought over by princes, kings and lords, writes Peta McCartney.

Adrian Mourby develops his yoga sea legs aboard a five-masted clipper sailing from Spain to Italy.

There is no city in the world that's easier to get lost in than Venice, as Doug Conway discovers.

To mark the Herald relaunch we're taking an in-depth, week-long look at what it means to be Kiwi. Today - why we choose NZ over anywhere else on the globe.

Dingle Peninsula, because of its isolation and less intensive forms of modern farming, has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in Ireland.

If you're into the macabre, the Scottish capital is the place to be, writes Colin Hogg.

This windswept peninsula on Ireland's west coast has one of the richest concentrations of archaeological sites in the country.

A group of Romanians have been prevented from entering New Zealand amid suspicions they were planning a crime spree down Auckland's Queen St.

Jill Worrall takes in the dramatic scenery of Inishmore during a wild-weather cycling trip.

The largest of the Aran Islands, situated off the west coast of mainland County Galway, is home to one of the most spectacularly-situated and beautifully-preserved Stone Age forts in the world.

This fascinating museum houses thousands of examples of body art from around the globe and through history.

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What really stirs behind the pretty facades of villages, like the Swedish one in which mystery series Wallander is set? asks Graham Reid.

Naples is not exactly one of Italy's model cities when compared with Venice, Milan or Rome, Andreas Heimann writes - but there's much to find in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius.

Bob Downing pays a visit to some of London's most famous tourist attractions.

Six centuries after her death, the image of Joan of Arc is inescapable, discovers Jim Eagles.

In Spain, they love bulls so much they torture them publicly, kill them slowly and cheer loudest when their ears are cut from their still-warm bodies.