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Travel: The Hilton, Glasgow

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:15:05 GMT

FROM the outside, Glasgow’s tallest hotel is as likely to be praised for its architecture as one of the city’s last remaining 1960s high rises.

Travel: The authentic vibes of Krakow

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:10:26 GMT

IT’S –5°C when I arrive in Krakow’s medieval market square, the largest of its kind in Europe, dating back to the 13th century.

Travel: Hartwell House, Buckinghamshire

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:29:52 GMT

ONE of three hotels owned by the National Trust, Hartwell House, in the Vale of Aylesbury, was first mentioned in the Domesday Book as belonging to a natural son of William the Conqueror. But the stunning building that stands there now, with its Jacobean and Georgian aspects, dates from the early 17th century.

Travel: Safari in Kenya

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:25:24 GMT

THE conservation message comes over loud and clear when visiting Kenya’s famous animals on safari.

Travel: Raemoir House, Banchory

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:36:13 GMT

AS we entered this fine Georgian mansion, the young receptionist almost bounded from behind her desk in the hallway to give us the grand tour.

Through one door, white tablecloths and silver cutlery gleamed from a sunlit dining room packed with Sunday lunchers.

Travel: Cannes, France

Sat, 04 May 2013 13:31:49 GMT

“THESE are the sexual sacks of the beaver,” says a prim lady who has just tricked us into breathing in the powerfully musky smell of a dark and shrivelled pair of what we had thought were some sort of exotic fruit. Poor old beaver.

Travel: Housetrip, Berlin

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:40:12 GMT

FEW cities are as vibrant as Berlin, and few neighbourhoods in Germany’s capital are as charming and central as Schöneberg, a residential area that was part of West Berlin and has long been home to the city’s gay community.

Travel: Surf ‘n’ turf safari at Tanzania

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:29:22 GMT

Tanzania’s Saadani national park may be less well known than the Serengeti but its situation means tourists enjoy big game and beach life