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Austria: A weekend in Salzburg

Will Hawkes spends 48 hours in the city of Mozart's birth and finds there's more to it than music and marzipan.

Iceland's tourist hotspot

The threat of volcanic eruption has done wonders for tourism in Iceland.

Russia: Art fit for the Tsars

St Petersburg is full of treasure amassed by royalty, finds Susan Buckland.

Red Kite Barn, Wales

This 'barn' getaway is design-fabulous and about as un-rustic as a cottage in mid-Wales can be. Light floods into the colossal living room upstairs through substantial glass panels cut into the sides and the gable end - but instead of delivering a Manhattan-style skyline, the panorama serves as an ever present reminder of rural bliss. <BR><BR><I>For further information see <a href='http://www.redkitebarn.co.uk' target='_blank'>redkitebarn.co.uk</a>.</I>

Straight-friendly gay hotels

Can accommodation be all things to all people? Samuel Muston checks in to find out.

Italy: Hidden treasures

Flip Byrnes mixes a guided tour of Italy's highlights with free-range sightseeing.

Blur: In and out of focus

Spain: Magaluf scrubs up for a new type of tourist

Hotel chains in the rowdy Mallorcan resort town are aiming to attract a more upmarket clientele as Spain's financial crisis bites.

Thinking small lifts American car sales

Europe and Japan gain, but US makers take a hit as buyers turn away from the thirsty monsters that have ruled the market.

BMW e-scooter gets Olympic trial

Olympic games visitors to get an early taste of the machine that BMW reckons will help it rule the electric scooter market in the next few years.

Belgium: Explore a crossroads of flavours

Harriet O'Brien samples the culinary delights of Liège in southern Belgium's Walloon region.

Olympics: Should it be Sir Mark Todd?

Lancashire: Follow the witches

Mark Rowe explores the landscape which once played host to Britain's largest and most sensational witch hunt.

Amsterdam: Bags to die for, darling

Graham Reid has his breath taken away by a discreet museum in the Netherlands.

An earl, some whiskey and an Irish castle

Roje Adaimy visits a grand location that has played host to royalty and rock stars.

Amsterdam's Museum of Bags and Purses

Amsterdam's Museum of Bags and Purses offers an eclectic collection of the beautiful, the historic, and the just plain crazy. <BR><BR><I>For further information see <a href='http://www.tassenmuseum.nl' target='_blank'>tassenmuseum.nl</a>.</I>