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Amalfi Coast | Lee Marshall | Italy, Amalfi Coast, Amalfi

Sip a dry martini on the Hotel San Pietro's private beach, or eat spaghetti con le vongole next to a Polaroid-friendly spate of fishing-boats in a narrow cove...

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Island Outposts, Jamaica | James Henderson | Jamaica, Kingston, Kingston

In our days of mass, package tourism, it is sometimes hard to maintain the romance of Caribbean travel. Jumbos fly like migrating birds to the winter warmth

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Living it up in Acapulco | Rory Spowers | Mexico, Acapulco and Pacific Beaches, Acapulco

Acapulco takes its name from a Nahoa Indian myth about two young lovers, Acatl and Quiahuitl, who were barred from marriage by their parents

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Madeira’s Floating Garden | Nancy Lyon | Portugal, Madeira, Funchal

I could have walked for weeks along the levadas, soothed by the aromatherapy of the hundreds of flowery scents, the shifting light and shade, the sound of coursing water, and the pure Zen of the scenery

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Pacific Christmas | Yvonne Van Dongen | New Zealand, Other, Great Barrier Island

The day after Christmas all roads in New Zealand lead to the water. By the end of the day the nation’s rivers, lakes and coastline are dotted with some of the happiest people you’ll see anywhere

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St Lucia | William Dalrymple

If I really wanted to comprehend St. Lucia, said the politician, there was only one thing for it: I should talk to an obeah man. Or, better still, a gadee: a black magic woman

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The Caribbean: A Beginner's Guide | James Henderson

There are few experiences more pleasurable than walking the beach on your first morning in the Caribbean. After the long flight and the time difference the day before, you’re in bed by ten (3am UK time)

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The US Virgin Islands | James Henderson | US Virgin Islands, St Thomas, St Thomas

It’s strange how even construction techniques in the tropics can seem exotic. My favourite in the USVI are the rubblestone walls, which are neatly patterned and colourful affairs, with chips of red and blue chips .

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Voodoo Nights | Norman Miller

The voodoo-inspired candomble is just one African influence in Bahia, northern Brazil

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