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How to go hip in New York

The Hotel on Rivington, New York

Herbert Ypma, of Hip Hotel style, has teamed up with Virgin to bring out the best in hotels wordwide

The American Museums of dirty tricks

Cops, robbers, spooks and hacks are all commemorated in the new wave of Washington museums

Britain's top 10 hotels for 2009

The Good Hotel Guide is about to reveal its favourites: The Sunday Times goes under cover to test all 10 of the best

European weekend rugby breaks

The Heineken Cup returns this week, kick-starting a new generation of rugby pilgrimages - pack your kit bag

Add your worst hols to our blacklist

mosaic fabricant Lucio Orsoni of the Orsoni Trend Group. For four generations, Orsoni has produced artisanal mosaics. Thanks to his jealously-kept savoir faire, Orsoni supplies the Vatican Mosaic Studio with its small glass tiles which serve in the restoration of Saint Marco's Church in Venise and have been in use since the begining of construction of la Sagarda familia in Barcelona.

A colourful course in Venice

A couple taking a walk on a beach

Where did you holiday this year?

spas and lifestyle  

The unusual exterior of the Bergoase spa at the Tschuggen Grand, Arosa

Five of the best ski spas

It's a return to the Golden Age, with people heading to Alpine resorts for rarefied air and well-being rather than skiing

Casaspa

Casa Spa, Paddington, London

A homely spa beneath the Edgware Road offers a hammam and massage experience for a steal

Natura Day Spa Mayfair, London

Facials to help your skin breathe and tutti-frutti tootsies treatments at keen rates for W1

good spa guide map

Times Online Spa Guide

200 reviews of British day and hotel spas

your say today  

Art in St Petersburg

Paul Pennington is looking for tips on making the most of the Hermitage museum

A Vancouver hotel for £120 a night

Melissa Nuttall wants somewhere central to stay that won't blow her budget

'My travel insurance doesn't cover old suitcases'

William Warren wants an insurer that will cover baggage he bought more than five years ago

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open quote mark Visit Budapest's central market and spend an hour or two upstairs in the gallery - sample goulash made for the workers in the cafes, plus sausage, paprika, bread and beer open quote mark

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Tom Brown, Lancaster

WINTERSUN  

Dominican Republic, Samana province, Sanchez, girl at her balcony

Chilling in Trinidad and Tobago

The hinterland of Trinidad and Tobago offers a glimpse of the real Caribbean life, says Brian Schofield

The Delfin Riverboat cruising in the Amazon in Peru

A wild cruise on the Amazon

Pink-footed tarantulas and red howler monkeys... the exotic wildlife on a river cruise along the Amazon

Rick Stein's guide to eating out in Sydney

The seafood master's new book took him to the world's best coastal restaurants - this is his guide to Down Under

China 

Attendant at the Aman Resort in Beijing

A first look inside the Beijing Aman hotel

Travel comment    

Ginny McGrath

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Ginny McGrath
Am I the only one who wanders around airport coffee shops looking for a socket for my laptop?
Mark Frary

travel images  

Helen Keefe sent this picture of Jared Steadman from London in Hisronu, Turkey, using a water slide in a rather unconventional manner

Your travel smugshots

A gallery every week of your holiday images - the winner receives a Lonely Planet guidebook

Tourist on the beach at Ventnor, Isle of Wight

A weekend away with Martin Parr

Sue Foll packs her camera for a break with the photographer renowned for capturing Britain on holiday - view the results

Smugshots special: bonus galleries

Six new entries in our Bolivia salt plains gallery, plus many more smug slideshows worldwide

citizen traveller

The Times travel photo competition

wintersports  

Man Snowboarding in Meribel

Top 10 weekend skiing destinations

Belinda Archer selects her top ten resorts in The Alps for a 72-hour getaway

How to save on the ski slopes

Have a great snowsports holiday without shelling out a fortune - you just have to know where to look

best read features

Autumn breaks  

Spain, Espana, Balearic Islands, Islas Baleares, Mallorca, Majorca, View of Lluc Alcari in Cala de Deia

Why Mallorca is best in the autumn

Cath Urquhart enjoys walking, art, swimming and stylish hotels on an October weekend in Deia

Dodging showers in the Canaries

Maggie O'Farrell finds that the danger of a wintersun break in the Canary Islands is that the weather doesn't always oblige

The complete guide to Hania

Where to stay and eat in the old capital of Crete, now one of the best city breaks in the Mediterranean

Wintersun lite

Fishing at sunset on Budva beach, with the silhouette of the old town in the distance

Why Montenegro is such a hot destination

Easter Island

times recommends

Best of the Americas, month-by-month

Exclusive gallery and twelve recommended destinations

business travel  

Peter Littlewood of Bulldog

Profile: Peter Littlewood of Bulldog

Being responsible for renaming Marathons as Snickers, he once needed a bodyguard on his travels. The men's grooming world is a safer place

Airport baristas everywhere recognise us – we walk in, look shifty and then leave

Why the clever airlines don't make us play hunt the electricity socket

Cathay Pacific opens arrivals lounge at Hong Kong

Frequent flyers on oneworld partners will also get access to showers, wifi, food and drink

Business Travel 

BOAC’s Comet begins the first transatlantic jet service

50 years on: the first transatlantic jet

In your coffee break

Where was I travel competition

Our winning competition - Where Was I?

The cover of the Sunday Times Travel magazine

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

Flying Suitcase Graphic Travel

More top travel prizes to be won

where to stay  

Angela Hartnett and Gordon Ramsey are opening a new boutique hotel, in Camden, called the York and Albany

Gordon Ramsay's new London hotel

The chef opens his first hotel and restaurant in Camden - with a pop at the Connaught, his old landlord

The Utter Inn, Sweden

The world's 10 best one-room hotels

Don't like your fellow guests? Get a place of your own, at these hotels with just one bedroom

10 Miami hotels for all budgets

From £105-£650, beach-side to Art Deco, Sarah Turner picks ten top hotels for all tastes and pockets

British hotel reviews - search maps

Hotel reviews 

Lounge at the Rectory, Crudwell

The Rectory, Crudwell, Wilts

Mystery Guest

Malmaison Oxford

Novotel, London St Pancras

Novotel St Pancras

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website of the week

10 travel websites to watch: October

Cabin crew spill the beans, find the perfect seat onboard, stay slim on the road and more travel gems from the web this month

Mother and daughter preparing lunch

The 10 best learning holidays

Dancing, sailing, surfing, strumming – discover a new talent while abroad, and brush up on your languages while you’re at it

Confessions of a Tourist: Lean over the car, sir, and spread 'em

Joseph Bale got painfully tied up with the US police. And liked it

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