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A hearty welcome in Cappadocia | Claire Gervat | Turkey, Cappadocia, Urgup

In this extraordinary part of central Turkey, the ash and mud from volcanic explosions 30 million years ago has formed a soft stone called tuff, which has eroded over time into fanciful shapes. Not only that, generations of inhabitants have carved out cave houses, churches and even underground cities from the rock, so it is not just the landscape that is worth further investigation...

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A tale of two cities | Claire Gervat | Estonia, Tallinn, Tallinn

Although the ferry had barely nudged its way out of its Helsinki terminal for the short crossing to Tallinn in Estonia, the more determined drinkers were already lining up behind large glasses of beer

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Aix and Cezanne | Claire Gervat | France, Provence, Aix-en-Provence

Cezanne was so famously uncheery, in fact, that the recent discovery of a photograph of him almost smiling caused huge excitement

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Art in Venice | Claire Gervat | Italy, Veneto, Venice

We drank in the view of Venice’s famous landmarks as it grew sharper and sharper – more Canaletto than Turner now – and longed for the moment to last for ever

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Feed Your Senses | Claire Gervat | Ireland, Southwest (Kerry & Cork), Kinsale

We’d certainly earned a treat after our four-mile morning walk along the scenic Cork coastline. Besides, you don’t come to Kinsale, the gourmet capital of Ireland, to not eat

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Florida Keys | Claire Gervat | United States, Florida, Florida Keys

The 100-mile-long string of islands trails like a curve of careless paint drips from the south-east corner of the Sunshine State to within 90 miles of Cuba, and until the early 20th century the only way to get from one end to the other was by boat

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France Without The Channel | Claire Gervat | United Kingdom, East Anglia, Lavenham

Everyone knows you can’t be in two places at once. Yet, as I sleepily stretched out to the corners of the four-poster bed, I wondered if I’d achieved the impossible.

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On a wind and a prayer | Claire Gervat | Greece, Lefkas Island, Vassiliki

If you’re in Vassiliki on the southern tip of the Greek island of Lefkas, there is usually an instructor not too far away on the water. For this is the home of Club Vassiliki

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St Vincent and the Grenadines | Claire Gervat | St Vincent and Grenadines, Mustique, Mustique

Inconvenience can be a marvellous thing. Many’s the beauty spot that’s been spared the worst excesses of mass tourism by the sheer difficulty of getting there

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Through the Rabbit Hole | Claire Gervat | United Kingdom, Thames Valley, Oxford

Around us was a scene of timeless beauty; a line of feathery willows to one side and on the other a vast and half-wild meadow that had been grazed for thousands of years

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