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Travel: Luxury and history side by side on beautiful Mykonos

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FOR a small island, Mykonos has a big reputation – $300 million super-yachts come to play in its clear Aegean waters, chic nightclubs pulse with tanned lithe bodies and lazy days are spent at beach clubs serving cocktails to the well-(un)dressed.

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THINK of Washington DC and most people automatically picture the White House or Capitol building, but there's more to do in this elegant city than simply posing for your selfie outside these iconic landmarks.

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SITUATED by an ancient packhorse, five-arched bridge which crosses a bend in the meandering River Wharfe, The Red Lion Hotel in the village of Burnsall was the homely base from which I recently enjoyed the magnificence of the Yorkshire Dales.

Festival of Heritage to take place in ruins of picturesque 15th Century Franciscan Friary in Co Antrim

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In the garden where Monet's great paintings were brought to life

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