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Culture holidays

Enjoy the walk.

Here’s why I hate using Google Maps when I’m travelling

I ignore hectoring instructions and commanding blue lines and choose my own route based not on efficiency, but pleasure.

  • by Brian Johnston
Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan, is one of the best-preserved home museums.
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Europe

Snooping in famous dead people’s homes is one of my favourite things to do

I’d much rather visit a place that was a real home, one that has its living history preserved. That’s why snooping in famous dead people’s homes is one of my favourite things to do.

  • by Lee Tulloch
The ancient arabic fortress of Alhambra in Granada.

Seven magical things you’ll discover at Spain’s astonishing Alhambra

This sprawling palace complex is one of Europe’s most visited monuments, but you can escape the tour groups and see its more tranquil side.

  • by Brian Johnston
On the march – Le Grand Elephant.

How a gigantic, mechanical elephant help revitalise a struggling city

It is enormous at 18 metres tall and 48 tonnes, with dozens of human passengers riding on its head, shoulders and flanks.

  • by Nick Place
The desert house designed by Richard Neutra for Edgar J. Kaufmann.

Palm Springs’ celebrity homes are a feast of desert drama

A record 105,000 visitors attended the annual Palm Springs Modernism Week in 2023, glimpsing the mid-century estates of Sintra, Elvis and DiCaprio and more.

  • by Louise Goldsbury
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At the Jurlique flower farm in the Adelaide Hills, pink roses are harvested by hand and then dried.

Your favourite costly perfumes will make sense after a visit to this farm

After a tour of Jurlique’s gorgeous sustainable farm in the Adelaide Hills, it isn’t difficult to appreciate why natural fragrances are so expensive.

  • by Lee Tulloch
An evening view of Marseille from the Intercontinental Marseille – Hotel Dieu.

This grand, 800-year-old hotel overlooks one of the most beautiful cities in France

With so many centuries of history seeped into its walls, it’s practically a portal to the Middle Ages.

  • by Kristie Kellahan
This is one of Tokyo’s most popular tourist attractions.

‘I was almost brought to tears’: Navigating Tokyo’s hugely popular tourist attraction

Part museum, part art installation and part amusement park – as one of Tokyo’s most popular attractions, it pays to know before you go to teamLab Planets.

  • by Barry Divola
Shikoku’s Awa Odori festival has a carnival-like atmosphere.

The summer dance festival in Japan revellers won’t want to miss

In Shikoku, Awa Odori attracts around 1.3 million people, creating a carnival-like atmosphere at what is now one of the largest summer festivals in Japan.

  • by Julietta Jameson
Almost every culture practices some form of fortune telling.
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Opinion

It might be a crock, but this is one of the most fun things I do on holiday

Fortune-telling is a worldwide pastime, and it has also been used by scammers over thousands of years to separate people from their wallets.

  • by Lee Tulloch