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Send us your travel tips and win a £200 hotel voucherThis week we’re looking for your suggestions on the best of Ibiza. Tell us about the best discoveries you’ve made, assuming you can remember them...
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How Carleton Watkins’s images shaped Yosemite's futureAbraham Lincoln’s 1864 law to preserve California’s Yosemite Valley may have helped create the National Park Service but it was Carleton Watkins’ photographs that inspired the president -
Kishanth Javegar explores Myanmar's rural beautyLush landscapes and a lunch break in the shade are captured in these images from a backpacking tour of the country -
Shia LaBeouf embarks on a digital road tripThe actor and performance artist is hitchhiking for a month and inviting the public to track him down and take him … anywhere
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Take the kids to … Seaton Jurassic, east DevonAn interactive time travel journey through the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods at a seaside attraction that’s ‘educational entertainment at its best’
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A tour of the DouroThe Douro region is famous for its port, but also produces fine, good-value reds and top nosh. Perfect touring country, then, for thirsty, foodie travellers
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Travel hotspots – in picturesIranian photographer Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji has spent years capturing mesmerising pictures of Iran. The photos take us from downtown bazaars and ornate bath houses to luscious green fields and neverending deserts
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The Devonshire Arms, Pilsley, Peak DistrictSmart, good-value rooms at this 18th-century gastropub are let down by clumsily old-fashioned food. Good job the beer’s a winner
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French châteaux: 10 stays at affordable pricesA château holiday needn’t cost a king’s ransom: these 10 sumptuous castles-turned-hotels across France won’t break the bank
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10 of the best waterside holiday cabins in EuropeRomantic hideaways, back-to-basics eco-huts, treehouses and high-spec shacks for lapping up nature by lakes, rivers and fjords
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The Bull & Swan, Stamford, LincolnshireSet in a town oozing 16th-century charm, this historic pub offers rooms with wow factor – but the food could do with a bit of an upgrade
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Five of the best websites for family camping in FranceThere are hundreds of campsites across France so how do you choose one that’s right for your family? These small chains offer fantastic locations with waterparks, on-site activities and spas
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York Dungeon is back and it's more ghoulish than everA blast with the past at the reopened attraction that offers screams and ghouls, full-blooded acting and technical wizardry
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The National Museum of Flight, ScotlandTwo huge hangars in East Lothian, east of Edinburgh, have been given a multimillion-pound refurb to bring aviation history to life. And there’s a Concorde, too
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Bewilderwood, NorfolkIn this neck of the woods, children explore mazes, zoom around on zipwires and listen to engrossing stories. For adults, there are always the trees to admire
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Family hiking fun in the Picos de EuropaA family break in northern Spain made for happy wanderers of all ages – though language skills and a cagoule may be worth packing
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Take the kids to … Puzzlewood, Forest of DeanAn enchanted, mystical wood makes for contented kids and adults on a day out where smart technology meets traditional fun
readers' tips
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Arguments on trips – share your stories!Have you ever experienced a major fall out with your travel companion/s on a long trip? If so, we’d like to hear from you
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What readers love about MontrealWhat with bagels, Breton pastries, steak, chips, tacos and beer, it’s a good thing our readers’ tips to Montreal also include walks and cycle rides – plus music from classical to jazz
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Readers' best bargainsDespite rampant gentrification, the City by the Bay still has some great affordable experiences, if you know where to look. Readers share their best bargains
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May competitionOur monthly photo competitions have no theme this year: we just want your best travel shots. Enter via GuardianWitness and you could win a seven-night ‘Secret Fjords’ self-drive holiday to Iceland
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Visit the Pontine Islands, tooMaldives? Seychelles? No, grazie. When Romans need a break they sail to the Pontine archipelago, a cluster of former prison islands packed with history and surrounded by pristine blue water
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Cycling fun in the NetherlandsA Dutch cycling break with kids offers canals, coast, chocolate and, crucially, no hills
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RGS launches campaign to reveal secret BritainThe Discovering Britain project includes more than 200 walks, trails and viewpoints that hope to encourage the public to explore the country around them
Travel news France fuel strike leads to tourist anxiety ahead of bank holiday weekend