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Kayakers take plunge off 82ft waterfall in Mexico

A trio of adrenaline seeking junkies take the plunge off an 82ft waterfall, one by one riding down with thousands of litres of water a second. Some of the best ... read more

Lorrimer Trip in A Van travel around Australia in caravan

A couple who quit the rat race to travel around Australia with their three children have opened up about their adventurous life on the road. Parents Bec, 33, an... read more

Costa Rica’s Arenal volcano and Tortuguero National Park

It was the elegant Costa Rican footballers in the 2014 World Cup that first got me thinking about a holiday in Central America. Costa Rica is famous for its geo... read more

An Inspector Calls on London’s Sunborn Yacht hotel

An Inspector Calls: London’s Sunborn Yacht Hotel is an overpriced novelty floating hideaway with disappointing food and an off-putting faux-poshness The D... read more

Cheltenham’s No 38 The Park hotel is a luxe, leafy getaway

Rating: A friend has been going on about No. 38 The Park and its sister hotel No. 131, and the glories of Cheltenham itself.  Arriving in a taxi from the stati... read more

An Inspector Calls on the Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden

An Inspector Calls: The Henrietta Hotel in Covent Garden is stylish, quirky – and decidedly decadent The Daily Mail’s hotel Inspector called in at L... read more

The Domes of Elounda in Crete where families come first

Cretans are proud of their olive oil – and rightly so.  But if weren’t for the Minoans 3,000 years ago, cultivation might have been postponed for several c... read more

An Inspector Calls on the Bristol Harbour Hotel

An Inspector Calls: The Bristol Harbour Hotel is a grand converted bank that is certainly rich in style – but a little poor when it comes to service The D... read more

Groningen in the secret gem of the Netherlands

Where does a dad take his seven-year-old when she claims to be the only one of her friends to have never gone abroad? New York? Too far. Rome? Too expensive. Di... read more

Falling for fabulous Ferrara, a city of pasta and palaces

The walls around Ferrara were built to repel enemies. Now, though, the wars that kept medieval Italy busy are a distant memory, and those same walls feel more l... read more

The other Queen of Jordan: In search of Fahrelnissa Zeid

 When T. E. Lawrence passed through Amman a century ago at the head of the Arab Revolt, the city had fewer than 6,000 inhabitants. The only aircraft flying in ... read more

A singing trip to Salzburg, Austria’s feted city of music

Taking 13 ladies of a certain age and turning them into a singing group good enough to perform in one of Salzburg’s most prestigious venues would be a cha... read more

Why the Isle of Wight is still a firm holiday favourite

That fabulous fragment off the bottom of England: Why the Isle of Wight is still a firm favourite for a long weekend  Once beloved of Queen Victoria, the Isle ... read more

This French theme park will thrill the whole family

What a performance! This fantastical French theme park, with huge-scale live shows, will thrill the whole family North-west France’s Puy du Fou theme park... read more

Switzerland is just perfect for a break with a toddler

Sugar-topped mountains, turquoise lakes and the crisp smell of pine needles should be available on prescription for stressed-out parents. While many think of th... read more

A weekend trip to Bordeaux for a glass of claret? Why not?

Fancy a rail trip to Bordeaux? A new section of high-speed line means the train journey from Paris, via TGV, now takes just over two hours — 70 minutes less t... read more

Devon’s Court Lodge and floating Picnic Boat

Dartmouth is jam-packed with tasty treats and river revelry: Enjoying cream teas and family fun in Devon The Daily Mail’s John McEntee opted for a Devon-b... read more

Zizoo charters family yachts to tour the Croatian coast

Hop aboard for a value family break in Croatia: Island-hopping in a chartered yacht is fun and surprisingly affordable The Daily Mail’s Robert Harman char... read more

Malaga’s Picasso Museum and Mariposa Hotel are stunning

Malaga’s red light district has been shown a red card. And in its place? Well, take your pick from the Pompidou Centre, the first European branch of the State... read more

Port Lympne Reserve Tiger Lodge offers close encounters

When we opened our front door and looked out through the enormous sitting room window, I thought someone must be pulling my leg. Or be about to eat it. For ther... read more

Naples guide: The scruffy city in Vesuvius’s shadow

Crucifixes that talk, shop assistants with the faces of Botticelli angels, cathedrals where miracles are commonplace. You could believe anything might happen in... read more

Six of the best cycling routes across the world

Two hundred years ago, the German inventor Karl Drais created the velocipede, a wheeled wooden contraption regarded as the first bicycle. In tribute, try one of... read more

Malta is more than just beaches and cheap breaks

Gozo and Malta are to Roman Catholicism what Liverpool is to football. If you’re not a churchgoer, you’re the odd one out. During the big religious ... read more

How Ile de Re always works its magic on lively children

There were moments during what was supposed to be a gentle family bike ride around Ile de Re where we felt that, just maybe, we’d bitten off more than we coul... read more