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The Australian | Travel and Indulgence
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News, views and information from the pages of The Australian
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Wayside chapels
IN the 15th and 16th centuries, the inhabitants of the remote villages of the Alpes-Maritimes, in France's extreme southeast, built tiny wayside chapels.
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The blue-ribbon best
IT'S that time of year again when we applaud those accommodation providers and tourism operators who have consistently attained a standard of excellence during the past year.
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Golden oldies
AMID lush fields, vast birch forests and sparkling waterways northeast of Moscow, towns such as Suzdal and Kostroma (known collectively as the Golden Ring) played pivotal roles in shaping the country from earliest times. This is the heart of old Russia.
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Bay watchers
SWEEPING beaches, rugged headlands, windswept lighthouses: Tasmania's east coast? The southern capes of Western Australia?
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Seville from a saddle
I AM standing on a footpath in Seville, studying a street map, when a shrill bell jerks me away from the printed tangle of spaghetti purporting to be streets.
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Royal Copenhagen
ANYONE even mildly fascinated with royalty will find Denmark as interesting as Britain.
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Venetian class
AT a quarter to midnight on September 11, Venice's new Constitution Bridge carried its first pedestrians from Piazzale Roma to the Santa Lucia Railway Station precinct on the opposite side of the Grand Canal.
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From pint to pint
IT is the helipad that throws me. That and the nine-hole golf course.
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All aboard the Balkans Express
THE gilt sign at the cafe on Istanbul's Sirkeci station reads Orient Express but the appearance of the train that has just pulled in says bargain travel.
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Seaside strand of pearls
VENUS rising, a cuticle moon, stage lights standing tall and white like giant popsicles on a balmy, frangipani-scented evening ... Qualia resort on Queensland's Hamilton Island provided a dazzling setting for a unique performance by the Australian Ballet on November 1. The Pearls and Pointe in Paradise event was hosted by ballet board member Sarah Murdoch and supported by Paspaley Pearls. Six dancers performed Wa, one of a cache of works comprising the 2008 Bodytorque series, choreographed by Tim Harbour; it was the first time the piece had been staged in a non-traditional theatre space.
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A monastic retreat near Braga
THE room has been decorated with restraint: a striped, hand-woven blanket in muted colours is laid with an ascetic touch across the foot of the bed.
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Get the Christmas table sorted early
IF it's your turn this year to produce Christmas lunch with all the trimmings for the family, you'd do well to get yourself sorted out now.
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