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The Green Spaces Travel Awards, 2008 - the winners

You nominated 200 inspiring places, we drew up a shortlist - and then the judges visited the 24 finalists

Nevis: the island where everybody knows your name

Jonathan Futrell becomes an instant celebrity on Nevis, the friendliest place in all the Caribbean

The insiders' guide to bohemian Paris

Jane Birkin, Camille and more famous residents on the coolest places to hang-out in Paris

The world's best homestay holidays

The only way to get under the skin of a place is to stay with a local. Here's how to homestay in India, Africa, South America and more

Nautica cruise ship

Cruise ship in brush with pirates

Couple walk along frost covered path, Oxfordshire, England

Britain's 12 best winter walks

PHIL DANIELS as Kevin Wicks.

My hols: actor Phil Daniels

wintersports  

The waitresses, or snow birds, at the Coco Club Verbier

The Dolomites: luxury skiing on the cheap

Finding a touch of class on the slopes doesn’t have to cost the earth. We sample the subtler luxuries of Italy's Dolomites

A trio of tiny snowflakes

Ski resorts open early after heavy snow - as prices plunge

It's the best start to the season in Andorra for 40 years - but prices to the resorts have fallen by a fifth

Go cross-country in Norway

Up, down, all around: Norway offers a new world of cross-country skiing

British hotel reviews - search maps

breaks  

Istanbul

5 splendid city breaks on a budget

Istanbul, Vilnius, Belfast, Tunis and Porto - five city breaks that won't break the bank

Madeira: the complete guide

The ‘flower island’ is not just for golden-wedding celebrations. Pack shorts – and disco pants

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your say today  

Norman Rockwell

The Rockwell art trail in Massachusetts

Gillian Richardson wants to know if Norman Rockwell-mania goes beyond the museum in Stockbridge

BMI air miles flight cost £102 in taxes

Stephen Phillips found the same flights for £78pp if he didn't use his air miles

Surfing in southwest France

Nathan Drummond wonders whether Hossegor is good for surfing

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A festive stall at Nuremberg Christmas market

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Europe's 20 best Christmas markets

We reveal the finest places on the Continent to warm the cockles

wintersun  

A fishing boat in Palawan, the Philippines

The 20 best winter sun destinations

Our guide to the winter sun destinations where you know exactly what you’re getting

Museum of Islamic Arts, Doha

Doha: the cultural Dubai

Forget Dubai's bling. One Gulf state hopes that high culture will attract the more discriminating visitor, says John Arlidge

Get your kicks on South Africa's Route 62

Will Hide finds that his sterling goes a long way on a spectacular journey along South Africa's 'unknown' highway

Travel Images 

James Nisbet’s gondolier in Venice

December comp: win a Leica camera

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richard lloyd parry

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Richard Lloyd Parry
My ideal travelling companion? He's small, green and fits in anywhere. He's a Brompton
Pete Paphides

business travel  

Firefighters try to douse a fire at the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai

Would your company know if you were in a Mumbai hotel?

Traveller tracking systems have become very sophisticated since they first became widespread after 9/11 but they don't know everything

Eurostar faces disruption after strike vote

Unions vote for action over shift patterns introduced after Channel Tunnel fire

Last week it was rail fares, this week it's APD

Changes to air passenger duty announced in the Pre-Budget Report will hit business travellers hard

Birmingham loses key business air links

Bmibaby to end sevrices to Rome, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon and Bordeaux

Business gadgets

Asus Eee PC S101

Asus Eee PC S101

The latest review: The blingiest netbook ever plus more gizmo reviews

Hotel reviews 

Mystery Guest

Gatwick Hilton, Crawley

The bbar in 41

41 Buck'ham Palace Road, London

Northcote Country Manor House Hotel, Burrington, North Devon

Northcote Manor Hotel, Devon

spas and lifestyle  

The Spa at 51, Victoria London

The Spa at 51, Victoria, London

Mud and algae treatments soothe city skin in a courtyard retreat not far from Buckingham Palace

Wyck Hill House and Spa

Wyckhill House Spa, Gloucestershire

A compact spa with good-value packages set in the grounds of an 18th-century Cotswolds mansion

Spa gifts for men

Six spas in London where you can treat your man (or yourself) to a haircut, manicure or massage as a Christmas gift

good spa guide

10 spa gift ideas for the women in your life

In your coffee break

Where was I travel competition

Our winning competition - Where Was I?

The Sunday Times Travel supplement

The Sunday Times Travel Magazine

Flying Suitcase Graphic Travel

More top travel prizes to be won

and finally...

Barack Obama orders lunch at Manny's Coffee Shop and Deli in Chicago

Obama's Chicago

Washington DC is hosting the inauguration, but the Windy City is the place to be. Take a tour of ‘Obamaville’

What to do when you're stranded in Bangkok

Going nowhere at the airport? Then head back into town and take a surprise mini-break

Confessions of a tourist: It started with a Jack and Coke...

... and ended in a near miss and pitiful humiliation for Nigel Morgan

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