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Exploring France by canal boat: The art of slow travel

Celeste Mitchell slows her usual breakneck travel speed and finds the true rhythm of the French countryside.

Inside the four-person suite at Le Relais Madeleine

Review: Le Relais Madeleine, Paris

Leigh-Ann Pow ignores five-star options and discovers the perfect Paris bolthole worth bragging about.

French Alps

A hotel where you can ski off the roof to the lifts

Better get your skis on...

Conrad Singapore Lobby

Conrad Centennial Singapore: An icon reimagined

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Review: The Imperial Osaka

In Osaka, finding a well-priced and spacious room comes with a few compromises.

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What is a Spanish paradors and how can we stay in one?

Spain is jam-packed with astonishing old palaces, castles, forts and monasteries, and the best thing is that you can stay in them.

Manarola, Cinque Terre

A night in a sweet hilltop abode right by the Cinque Terre

Vanuatu Tropical beach

Steve Jacobs insider’s guide to Vanuatu

Garden Route South Africa outique hotel Madison Manor

Five surprising Garden Route stays that’ll blow your mind