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Fantastic Guide to Tarragona

Tarragona may have been hiding under the wings of Barcelona, but there is more than enough here to bring her out in the open to embrace visitors with open arms.

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Terry Marsh braves a visit to the famous Rosslyn Chapel and finds there's more to it than cracking codes.

Rosslyn Chapel. Experience a piece of history without code cracking

Long before Dan Brown and the Da Vinci Code heaped attention on this extravagantly ornate chapel set on a low hill above Roslin Glen in the Midlothian countryside south of Edinburgh it had been a popular destination for generations of curious travellers.

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Andy Mossack spends autumn in Valais, one of Sweitzerland's most mountaimous cantons roasting chesnuts and maiing rye bread.

Autumn in Valais. Discover chestnut picking, raclette and delicious Brisolée wine.

Switzerland’s attraction in winter and summer needs no introduction, but during autumn, from October to mid-November, it’s a pretty special place to be too.

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Anthea Gerrie visits the infamous Moulin Rouge night club in Paris. Facade Moulin Rouge 2 lamp PF ©Moulin Rouge D.Duguet

Moulin Rouge. Discover Paris’ infamous nightclub

Moulin Rouge. Cliché or not, this sumptuous cabaret approaching its 130th birthday continues to be the greatest show in town.  

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the Lyrath Estate

Lyrath Estate. Kilkenny’s beautiful luxury country retreat.

With a grinding of gears (well it was a rather sharp turn) we enter the wide gates and sweep up a long imposing driveway towards one of Ireland’s still intact grand demesnes.

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Anthea Gerrie visits the digital world of Atelier Des Lumieres in Paris. Klimt at Atelier des Lumieres2 credit Culture Spaces

Atelier Des Lumieres. Discover giant digital art in Paris 

Can viewing art digitally ever be as good as poring over the brush-strokes of the real thing?  The thrilling close-ups of Chagall’s Paris Opera ceiling recently projected onto a screen at the city’s Philharmonie convinced this art lover it really could, and now the Atelier des Lumieres, the city’s latest and greatest attraction, proves that looking at highly-detailed images through a magnifying lens and state of the art projectors is the way to go.

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