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Rupert Parker gives his Guide to Fine Dining in Lisbon Taberna Fina Mackerel w cucumber

Insider Guide to Fine Dining in Lisbon

Lisbon is also good value, compared to other Eurozone cities and you can still eat here from less than 10€. These establishments will cost substantially more but if you’re interested in high quality creative Portuguese cooking, then these are the places where you’ll find it.

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Kalahari Trails Meerkat Sanctuary

Few people would consider retiring to the remote inferno of the Kalahari, most prefer a cosy McCarthy and Stone apartment within walking distance of Waitrose. But 78-year-old Professor Anne Rasa is redefining the Real Marigold Hotel concept.

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The Swan Hotel and Spa, Lavenham

As soon as we pass the mass of black beams and wonky leaded windows, it is clear that The Swan Hotel and Spa is still dripping with its 15th-century origins

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The Angel Hotel, Bury St Edmunds

Bag a room at the front of the Angel Hotel, in Bury St Edmunds, and you will be looking out over a huge cobbled square that has changed little for many centuries, certainly since the arrival of the railways in 1846 ended its role as one of the key coaching inns between London and East Anglia.

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Symphony of the Seas, The world’s largest cruise ship

Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas is where, as I discover on a special pre-launch cruise, kids of all ages, parents and grandparents, can holiday together but not stick together, a truly multi-generational destination.

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Andy Mossack enjoys French hospitality as he goes expedition cruising around South Africa with Ponant

Expedition Cruising around South Africa with Ponant

With just 122 cabins and a couple of hundred passengers, this is light years away from the ever-expanding floating behemoths that graze the high seas. It’s personal, informal and distinctly French. It’s like waking up in the south of France each morning

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