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Sale away: Cruise bargains are still available this summer

Cruise Report: Plenty of ships to fill, so grab a last-minute European deal

If you are among the cautious thousands who have waited until now to book a summer holiday, there is a far better choice of last-minute cruises than the cruise lines – with their "book now to avoid disappointment" warnings – would have us believe.

One of the colourful stalls in Souk Semmarine in Marrakech
The lodge features 82 rooms, plus a restaurant, bar and pool

Great escape: A crash course in summer holidays

School summer holidays are in full swing - but the Great British exodus to the sun is a relatively new invention

That's amore: the seductive Amalfi coast

My life in travel: Gennaro Contaldo

'Why would you want to read a book on holiday, when there is so much to see'

Tail back: easyJet planes at Geneva airport

Simon Calder: Sunday night flight into the unknown

The man who pays his way

Travel agenda

From coffee in Nicaragua and upmarket Asia to Andy Murray's hotel

Open Jaw: Where readers write back

Fictitious restaurant fools TripAdvisor

The moral of the story is: only read the negative reviews. If they are fake, the resort or venue will take action to have them removed from TripAdvisor. But if a positive review is faked, no-one (other than a bored or conscientious journalist) will check it.

"Smart mind"

Spa Star: Remède Spa, St Regis Resort, Bali

Treatment of the month

Travel challenge: Summer in Sorrento

A short break in the Italian city of Sorrento over the Bank holiday weekend

British Airways flew its new A380 aircraft for the first time to Frankfurt as part of a test flight

BA enters SuperJumbo age with... with a 90-minute flight to Frankfurt

Passengers at Heathrow surprised to find themselves aboard British Airways' newest plane - the Airbus A380

Caught on camera: National Geographic announces the winners of its 2013 traveller photo competition

National Geographic Traveler Magazine has announced the winners of its prestigious photography competition which showcases the planet in all its diversity.

A passenger enjoys the in-flight entertainment

BA in-flight entertainment scales new heights

David Phelan takes flight with the latest entertainment on-board BA

Old friends: writer Rhodri Marsden meets one of York’s historical holograms

History as an app-arition: York City Council creates historical holograms for tourists

Guidebooks and leaflets aren't enough to tempt tech-savvy tourists these days. Rhodri Marsden grabs his smartphone and goes to meet them

 
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