Les Sables-d'Olonne tells visitors to save swimsuits for the beach or pay a fine.
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The Sunshine State's cultural heritage and absorbing history rivals its world-famous beaches, writes Lauren Jarvis
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Discover world-class museums, cultural festivals and performing arts in the Sunshine State
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Connect with the natural spoils of the Sunshine State through eco tours, conservation centre visits and diving trips
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By The Travel Magazine | David Powell | 8/1/2025 10:11 AM
From Southampton, visiting Zeebrugge (for Bruges) and then right into the heart of Amsterdam onboard Celebrity Apex.
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By The Travel Magazine | Rupert Parker | 7/31/2025 12:54 PM
World famous for its winter skiing, summer in St Anton, Austria, is equally rewarding.
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Author Damien Rudd reveals the world’s most joyless place names, explains the stories behind them, and ponders whether Nothing in Arizona or Death in Finland should be on your next itinerary
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By World Travel Magazine | Vishal Jain | 7/31/2025 4:15 AM
There are places that whisper wealth. And then there are those that never need to. Saint-Barthélemy is the latter. For India’s discerning elite—those who measure their holidays in moments rather than miles, and whose sense of luxury is rooted in privacy, provenance, and poetic setting—this island is not a getaway. It is a quiet revelation. […]
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By The Travel Magazine | Susie Boulton | 7/30/2025 10:58 AM
Sea, sun and sand were not on the agenda for our ten-day tour of…
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By The Travel Magazine | Susie Boulton | 7/30/2025 6:52 AM
Hotel Jetwing Vil Uyana is a superb eco-retreat and haven of wildlife, where luxury thatched dwellings are ensconced among five habitats.
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Green-minded hotels are sprouting up across Vietnam – and not just in the countryside. From urban boltholes with a conscience to rustic ecolodges and luxury beach resorts with their own forest reserves, we look at Vietnam’s new wave of responsible stays
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Want to see these beautiful big cats for yourself? Head to India, where tiger numbers have doubled in the past decade
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By World Travel Magazine | Rachel Owens | 7/29/2025 6:10 AM
Orient Express Returns to Travel’s Golden Age—This Time by Sea. Orient Express, long synonymous with romance, refinement, and railway prestige, is preparing to unfurl its sails. The Orient Express Corinthian, expected to launch in June 2026, is the first of two anticipated sailing yachts from the brand and will mark a significant expansion of its […]
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Oslo’s Øya Festival 2025
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After scenes of visitors out of their vehicles at the Kogatende river crossing caused a storm on social media, we thought it was time for a refresher on responsible animal encounters during the Serengeti migration
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We pick some of the best trips for solo travellers who want to see the world on their own terms
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By World Travel Magazine | Christine Lee | 7/28/2025 5:24 AM
Ngorongoro Crater Safari: The Best Luxury Lodges, Wildlife & Experiences. Some places ask to be admired. Others ask to be felt. Ngorongoro does both—and then, with the gentlest hush of wind through mossy forest, it asks you to pause. To look again. And to truly listen. Perched over 2,000 meters above sea level in Tanzania’s […]
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By The Travel Magazine | Rupert Parker | 7/28/2025 4:14 AM
The final 100 kilometres from Vigo to Santiago de Compostela
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When and how to apply for the new visa waiver to visit 30 European countries for third-country nationals.
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:
palimpsest \PAL-imp-sest\ noun
Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.
// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.
// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.
“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024
Did you know?
Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.