Hot for a stopover

Two days' play in Dubai

Filling time in the world's hottest stopover hub is no problem at all. Here’s what can happen in a magical, unplanned 48 hours in Dubai.

Sleepy and spiritual

A spiritual venture in Rangiroa

Find your spiritual side in Rangiroa, a coral atoll way out in the Tuamotu Archipelago, 350 kilometres north-east of Tahiti.

Global snapshots

Travel pics of the week

Here's a round up of some of the top travel photos from around the world this week. Which one is your favourite?

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Emergency landing at Heathrow

An emergency landing by a British Airways jet has briefly closed both runways at London's Heathrow Airport.

On a tour of Atlanta

Putting travel apps to the test

Touring Atlanta with only travel applications on an iPad as a guide leads to a spontaneous and unforgettable holiday.

Fine dining

Akl_Strap A new-wave movement has brought fine dining to Auckland. Here's some of the best.

Urban appeal

The scenery between is lovely, but what do NZ cities offer a visitor that's unique?

At your service: Cruising

Joke-star launches funny flight

Roaming the range

Flinders Sam Boyer finds something strangely curative about a wander in the Flinders Range of South Australia.

Australia's ski season

Things are looking up for skiers and snowboarders with early snowfalls across Australia's mountain resorts.

Driving the Eastern Seaboard

A quintessential country town

Beach, blanket, babymoon

First comes love. Then comes marriage. But before the baby in a carriage comes a babymoon.

Be a smart Gallic

Honfleur_Strap Venture just a little off the well-worn track to towns just waiting to be discovered.

The scoop on gelato

Trust the Italians to build an academic institution around ice cream.

A dose of culture

In Bologna

Berlin's burgundy blast

Berlin welcomes a fresh Anish Kapoor exhibition that is both spectacular and playful.

Moving Muppets

Muppets-Strap The Muppets may have taken Manhattan but they are are now getting a new home in a Queens museum.

Off the beaten path

Explore the Mayan culture, but keep off the heavily beaten path to Chichen Itza and Tikal.

Woozy on wheels

The city of cars

NY's other side

Brooklyn's open-air Smorgasburg market gives you a taste of the artisan life.

A woman in Egypt

Egypt One free-spirited British woman spent 30 years living near the temple of Abydos.

Roasting in the wadi

There's warm hospitality amid a striking landscape so ancient the occasional fossil is scooped up.

India changes you

A Himalayan adventure

Oldest person to conquer Everest

An 80-year-old mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries has reached the top of Everest.

Trek across magic kingdom

Cape Town Alison Stewart returns to her home town to finish some business on Table Mountain.

A musical odyssey

You definitely know you're in Cape Verde when everything turns into song.

Booze and bikinis in Egypt

Heart of the adventure

Suddenly in Sudan

After two years in London, Sian West wanted more adventure so she took a teaching position in Sudan.

The love boat

Qe2 Trupti Biradar goes in search of romance - and luxury - on the high seas.

Blink if you dare

Take in the highlights on a whistle-stop tour from Waikiki to Sunset Beach.

Art in reality

Learning the cruise lingo

At your service: Cruising

Sarah Watt thinks she has gone to heaven when she takes her first luxury cruise, on the Crystal Symphony.

Fiji round the edge

Fiji There are no wrong turns on a newly-possible road trip around Viti Levu.

The love boat

Trupti Biradar goes in search of romance - and luxury - on the high seas.

The village people

Airline reborn

Fiji with toddler

Is it possible to take kids to a luxury resort without spoiling it for everyone else?

China's new tourist trail

Yabuli_Strap China is about to carve out a new tourist trail by investing heavily in snow.

Save your snowy visuals

Mounting a third-eye camera in your goggles lets you see what you ski and capture it.

Dread, white and blue

One day wonder

Australia's ski season

Things are looking up for skiers and snowboarders with early snowfalls across Australia's mountain resorts.

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