City breaks
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Room 212, Bristol: accommodation reviewA one-bedroom, eco-friendly, holiday let on trendy Gloucester Road proves cute and practical enough to ward off any charge of pretentiousness, despite its arty leanings -
Shanghai’s Suzhou Creek cleans up its actThe once-smelly and disease-ridden canal area is being made into a new waterfront destination for shopping, strolling and living – while preserving its heritage -
Bullets at the bodega: hygge and horror in Copenhagen’s cosiest barRosengårdens Bodega is warm and friendly, but has its darker side: it’s the spot where the Danish resistance caught up with a notorious Nazi informer in 1944
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Holidays in Iran: readers’ travel tipsOur well-travelled readers pick Iranian hill villages, palaces and guesthouses, plus unusual events such as ancient athletics and ritual mourning
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Green Rooms, Wood Green, London: hotel reviewThis new arts hotel in a converted art deco showroom is a bargain by London standards – especially for artists and creatives, who are offered discount rates
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Top 10 Paris restaurants for €10 a headWith the traditional Parisian brasserie in decline, a new website is pointing diners to alternative cheap eats. The founders of Les Petites Tables show us where to dine well on a shoestring
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‘Small pockets of cool all around’: jazz star Shabaka Hutchings on JohannesburgThe London saxophonist loves Johannesburg’s restless musical energy so much he recorded his new album there with local musicians
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Why play a video game when you can drive around Tokyo in a real Super Mario Kart?The new Super Mario Run game will take on Pokemon Go later this year but our writer goes one better – dressing up as the gaming icon for a go kart tour of Tokyo
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20 great hotels, B&Bs; and apartments in GermanyVintage caravans, log cabins, a view of the Alps or the Baltic … we choose affordable, alternative places to stay across cities, coast and countryside
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European city tours with locals: five of the best websites and appsWho better to explore a city with than an enthusiastic, knowledgeable local? Smartphone-based digital wizardry means finding the right guide or tour is now only a tap away
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'It’s a half-mile of magic': Elaine Sciolino on rue des Martyrs, ParisThe former New York Times correspondent loves this sloping street and its 200 small businesses so much she’s written a whole book about it
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Russia’s Golden Ring: day trips from Moscow into history and heritageA short train ride north-east of Moscow lies a collection of towns foreign tourists often miss but they’re rich in culture, tradition and fantastic sights
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