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Running around the world for the best glass of wine
Is wine good for running? Hard to say, you won't find a training plan with a mandatory bottle of Bourgogne. But joining a local event is probably the best way to visit a new destination in a short time, it's sightseeing on the run. And if you fly to France, South Africa, Tuscany or California you have no reason - not even a full marathon - to skip a great glass of wine. Here are my best suggestions from around the world, salute!
Holiday Idea #36: Turkey's Culture: Istanbul and Ephesus
Istanbul, with all its preserved treasures, is the place to start a cultural exploration of Turkey, but break up a week with a trip to the ruins of Ephesus.
Eight-point check list when you book a horse vacation
Eight things to consider when choosing and booking your horse riding holiday, from horse riding expert Claudia Flisi.
Four Days in Istanbul
There's far too much to see in Istanbul to see it all in four days, but you have to start somewhere, and this start covers the highlights, assuming you're going to come back to this eternal city, shaped by three powerful empires, and still flooded with art and antiquities as well as a colourful people and shimmering, spire-and-dome-peaked location on the water.
Holiday Idea #35: African Safari and Mauritian Beach Break Combined
The big five and some of Africa's most pristine wilderness, married with Mauritius's tropical beach perfection = a match made in heaven, and on earth where it resolves many ideal holiday arguments.
Holiday Idea #34: Diving the Maldives
Known for idyllic azure and pale sandy coasts, the Maldives are just as beautiful under the waterline - if not more so, and are one of the best places in the world for a diving holiday.
Holiday Idea #33: More than a week in the Maldives
Find yourself your own private Maldives island? Get pampered at a resort, sail or cruise a few perfect isles or head underwater and dive, dive, dive? What kind of Maldives break do you fancy? You're a bit spoilt for choice here.
Holiday Idea #32: More than a week in Mauritius
There's a lot more to the destination of so many daydreams than the white beaches and the blue bays - if you can drag yourself away.
FREE Dubai
Dubai is frequently used in the same sentence as the word 'free' – though usually with the word 'duty' preceding it - but there are alternative uses for the word free in Dubai.
Widows of the slopes: Best Ski Resorts for Non Skiers
Just because you can't ski it doesn't mean you can't aprés ski. Some people like to hurtle down hills, the wind in their hair, and some people prefer to appreciate said hills from a distance, with maybe some glass and a warming beverage between them and their white coating.
