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Advice on planning a budget three-week trip around Europe and spending six months in Spain with young children.
Advice on planning a budget three-week trip around Europe and spending six months in Spain with young children.
We baby boomers seem hell-bent on dashing off around the world gaining notches in our money belts. Everyone has been, or is going, to Europe or Asia.
This is the story of a remarkable journey from Sydney, across Australia, the Malay Peninsula, Central Asia, Russia and Europe to London on a decommissioned Australia Post motorbike.
Advice on how to best use a seven-day New York Pass and what's worth seeing in Portugal.
A good watering hole is never far away in Sydney. Here we pick some of our favourites.
Plan something special during your trip to Sydney with a stay at one of these plush and vibrant hotels in the heart of the city.
The earlier books which saw Colin Thubron hailed as one of the great travel writers were notable for their sparse writing style, keen observation of telling detail and insightful exploration of grand geographic themes.
The historic seat of the Earl and Countess of St Germans is the atmospheric venue for a creative, edgy annual festival that embraces literature, music, films, fashion and an arty flower show.
For serious travel photographers, manufacturers are bridging the gap between sophisticated digital SLRS and the basic compacts with the hybrid compact system camera.
What could be more romantic than a cycling tour of Europe's best wine regions?
Luxury RVs have all the trappings of penthouse suites, writes Marian Carroll, from marble benchtops to bronze fittings.
The first thing I do when I enter a new hotel room isn't to go straight to the window to check out the view, test-bounce the bed or look into the bathroom to see whether the toiletries are Molton Brown or Gilchrist & Soames.
An expanded, updated and improved new edition of the book which won deserved acclaim - and an award - when it was first published 11 years ago.
Think of women's clothing and Iran and the unappealing image that springs to mind is probably the shapeless, black coverall of a traditional chador.
Travellers short on space, but keen on the comforts of home, might like to slip the Pocket Pal tube of biodegradable washcloths into their toilet bag or backpack.
The stately houses along the canals and streets of central Amsterdam may seem crammed together, but the houses have spacious rear gardens that are not visible from the outside.
Kids often like solo air travel, but it's scary for the parents, finds Danielle Murray.
Cruise ships have been flocking to Auckland in recent months, reviving calls for the city to build a flash new terminal, preferably capable of catering for two ships at the same time.
The latest book in the Day Walks series covers the amazing routes which can be walked in parts of Canterbury like Kaikoura and the Mackenzie Country.
The seaside town of Knysna is famous for its oysters and during the annual Oyster Festival thousands of people participate in celebrations dedicated to the delicacy.