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Escapes
Discover, plan and book your perfect trip: our practical vacation guides set out to inspire, inform and entertain.


Vacation Time: Lake Como!
Experience the dolce vita lakeside


Vacation Time: West Cork Coast
The place to be on St Patrick’s Day


Vacation Time: Prague!
City of Spires


Vacation Time: Off The Rails!
Best train journeys in Asia


Vacation Time: Finnish Lapland!
The homeland of Christmas


Vacation Time: Antigua Guatemala!
Historic streets, timeless beauty


Vacation Time: Get Your Spook On!
Ghost Hunting! Scary places to haunt on October 31 MEET THE PENITENT GHOST of Lord Richard Nugent at 16th-century Ross Castle in County Meath, now a five-bedroom B&B. As the story goes, Richard separated his daughter Sabrina from her husband, and she starved herself to death. In addition to the sightings, raised voices are heard and doors slam shut on their own. Sabrina’s livid! GET FREAKED OUT AT THE TOWER OF LONDON : one of the spookiest places in Britain. Edward V and his


Vacation Time: Mighty Melbourne!
Experience the good life down under PHOTOS COURTESY OF Adobe Stock SITUATED ON THE BANKS OF THE YARRA River in south-eastern Australia,...


Vacation Time: Dubrovnik
The Pearl of the Adriatic DUBROVNIK’S POSTCARD PRETTY OLD TOWN is UNESCO-listed and packed with beautifully preserved baroque buildings,...
Thank you! Generally speaking, we write about places we know well and have visited recently. For extra info, Lonely Planet is our go-to – we love the way the Lonely Planet guides combine practical advice, thorough research and engaging storytelling. Visit www.lonelyplanet.com
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