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Europe Holidays
Salzburg: snow, strudel and ‘Silent night’

An ideal destination for a winter city break, the Austrian city is gearing up for the bicentenary of its celebrated carol

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Adventure Holidays
Racing for the rum: Christmas in Antarctica

In his latest update, Leo Houlding hurries to reach a food cache in time for the holiday

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The new adventurers

Interviews with the world’s leading explorers, adventurers and endurance athletes

Europe Holidays
High above Chamonix, a historic hotel is reborn

The view inspired Shelley and Byron, now the hotel at Montenvers has been revamped ready for its first ski season

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The hotels and villas making low season a high point

Quintessential summer destinations are now throwing open their doors in winter

Asia & Australia Holidays
Japan’s Noto Peninsula is the perfect setting for a cultural cycling tour

An hour’s flight from Tokyo, Memoirs of a Geisha author Arthur Golden starts a celebratory bicycle trip to Kyoto

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On location: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

From Dubrovnik to Donegal, where to find the dramatic landscapes from latest chapter of the space saga

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Sarah Thomas: the woman who swam a century

Unnoticed and unfeted, a US swimmer is breaking the sport’s boundaries

Adventure Holidays
Danger and delight: a dispatch from Antarctica

In his latest update from his pioneering expedition, Leo Houlding tastes success but has a close call with a crevasse

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Travel writers’ discoveries of 2017

William Dalrymple, Jan Morris, Pico Iyer and a panel of FT travel writers look back on the year’s highlights

Africa Holidays
Rwanda: the calm after the storm

After numerous trips reporting on the aftermath of the genocide, John Carlin returns for something very different: a holiday

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Life in the freezer: Leo Houlding’s update from Antarctica

In his first dispatch from his pioneering adventure, Houlding finds his meticulous plans coming up against the harsh realities of the coldest continent

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