If swine flew ...

I knew the inordinate number of Piglet and Pooh Bear bags clutched by rug rats at the Frankfurt International Airport was a bad omen.

Are we there yet?

Getting to Timbuktu isn’t a world-famous joke for nothing, as Lerato Mogoatlhe found out.

Mali’s marvellous capital

Lloyd Gedye and photographer Lisa Skinner get to grips with Bamako.

Root canal sounds more fun

Amsterdam's reputation as a seething, hot-boxed bordello does the city a disservice.

A 'shroom with a view

Niren Tolsi made an omelette of his brain before Amsterdam’s magic mushroom ban took effect this week.

Nomad's land

Far from the package resorts of the Red Sea and Luxor, a spectacular eco lodge at Siwa provides a haven of style and romance in the Sahara.

Bauhaus boarding

The Unité d’Habitation in Marseille is one of the iconic buildings of the 20th century. Now you can stay there for a night, writes Lauren Cochrane.

Venice goes retro

Nude hippies, big blobs, stunning dog pounds -- is the 2008 architecture biennale too wacky for its own good? Jonathan Glancey reports.

Hats off to Panama

Panama City used to be somewhere people travelled through, not to, Vicky Baker reports.

Britain plunged into travel chaos

Britain is plunged into travel turmoil as its third-largest tour operator goes bust while the Channel Tunnel remains closed due to a fire.

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