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The Guardian's blog on travel, holidays and readers' traveller tales
  • Broken Hill

    Travel blog
    Five reasons to visit Broken Hill in outback New South Wales

    Broken Hill was recently awarded one of Australia’s rare National Heritage listings, but is that reason enough to make the journey? We asked local mayor Wincen Cuy to give us some solid reasons to visit
  • A red-necked stint

    Travel blog
    Cairns mudflats reveal the world's most incredible long-distance voyagers

    The great knots, sharp-tailed sandpipers and tiny red-necked stints that wade the shore have made it all the way from Siberia, but habitat destruction now threatens to disrupt their migratory routes
  • brown boobies

    Travel blog
    Great Barrier Reef: forget the fish, there are 20,000 birds on this island alone

    An unforgettable, overwhelming and pungent day spent on Michaelmas Cay during a tour of wildlife-rich Queensland
  • Koulouri, a sesame-covered bread that makes a popular snack in Athens

    Guardian Travel Network
    Athens' best street foods and stalls

    Where do you go if you want a bite to eat on the streets of Athens? The Culinary Backstreets network has the answers, from fresh koulouri breads to the Athenian twist on a hot dog

  • Food vendor making quesadillas in Mexico City

    Guardian Travel Network
    Mexico City's best street foods and stalls

    Do you know your tacos from your tlacoyos? Mexico City is the destination for part two of our street food guide from the Culinary Backstreets network

  • Da Hu Chun

    Guardian Travel Network
    Shanghai's best street foods and stalls

    With the first World Street Food Congress kicking off in Singapore, the Culinary Backstreets network is celebrating the best street food and stalls in the cities covered by its bloggers, kicking off with Shanghai

    • This blogpost first appeared on the Culinary Backstreets blog
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  • Navagio Beach, Zakynthos Island, Zante, Greece

    Ask Tom
    Holiday planning advice: Ask Tom Q&A

    Tom Hall of Lonely Planet was live online from 1-2pm BST on Wednesday answering your queries. Read his tips and advice here

  • Algarve. Portugal

    Ask Tom
    Holiday planning advice: Ask Tom – live Q&A

    Got a travel dilemma? Tom Hall of Lonely Planet was online on Wednesday to answer your queries

  • Heteroclito, Athens

    Guardian Travel Network
    Athens' new-school wine bars

    Greece is not known for its wines, but a new crop of wine bars in Athens offers locals and tourists the chance to sample some excellent homegrown varieties, says Despina Trivolis

  • Typical GDR living room

    Travel blog
    Back in the GDR: Berlin's East Germany museum

    The Berlin museum is a fascinating, if slightly contradictory, look back at life in the German Democratic Republic, capturing the ambiguities of the former communist state

  • Brela, Makarska Riviera, Croatia

    Ask Tom
    Holiday planning advice: Ask Tom - live Q&A

    Got a travel dilemma? Tom Hall of Lonely Planet will be online today from 1pm (BST) to answer your queries

  • Devout pilgrims, Tibet

    Guardian Travel Network
    The road to Tibet

    Photographer Michael Yamashita discusses his fascinating but challenging journey through China into a rapidly changing Tibet, while researching his new book Shangri-La: Along the Tea Road to Lhasa

  • Street food at Jing’an Villas, SHanghai

    Guardian Travel Network
    Shanghai: where skyscrapers loom, a street-food paradise thrives

    Just minutes from the hi-tech business district of modern Shanghai, traditional street food is sold from the back doors of people living in the 1930s-built Jing'an Villas neighbourhood

  • Montreal food tour

    Guardian Travel Network
    Food and restaurant tour of Montreal: old school v new school

    Top Chef judge Gail Simmons takes a tour of Montreal, Canada's foodie capital, comparing the traditional, old school haunts with restaurants at the cutting edge

  • A Beach Symphony, Kerala

    Guardian Travel Network
    India: five gorgeous getaways

    From a remote desert camp in Rajasthan to cottages right on the sand in Kerala, these five exclusive Indian pads are the perfect antidote to winter

  • Mescal blog

    Guardian Travel Network
    Mescal goes hip in Mexico City

    Think of mescal and you probably picture a worm floating in cheap, rough liquor. But in Mexico City, the spirit has become fashionable, with specialist mezcalerías serving high-quality versions of the drink. And there's not a dead grub in sight …

  • Children playing football on the beach

    Ask Tom
    Ask Tom live Q&A!

    Got a travel dilemma or planning a winter escape? Tom Hall of Lonely Planet will be online on Wednesday at 1pm GMT to answer your queries and offer advice

  • Ikaria, Man in Tavern

    Guardian Travel Network
    The Greek island diet you can eat forever

    Thanks to a healthy, natural diet, people living on the Greek island of Ikaria enjoy extraordinary longevity

  • Cas Tota, Assagao, Goa

    Guardian Travel Network
    At Casa Tota there's more to Goa than beaches and sunsets

    This restored Portuguese villa in the village of Assagao epitomises the new Goa – a stylish mix of contemporary and colonial, with an Ayurvedic centre and great restaurants nearby

  • El Vilsito taquería in Mexico City

    Guardian Travel Network
    Mexico City's taco garage

    There are thousands of taco shops, or taquerías, in Mexico City, but El Vilsito is a bit special. Not only are the tacos al pastor to die for, but by day it doubles up as an auto repair shop

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