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• CCTV+ : Président Xi Jinping : La Chine est prête à promouvoir un développement mondial plus robuste, plus vert et plus sain

  06-07-2022 05:45
  
  BEIJING, 6 juillet 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- La Chine est prête à travailler avec les pays du monde entier pour promouvoir un développement mondial plus robuste, plus vert et plus sain, a déclaré le président chinois Xi Jinping dans une lettre de félicitations à l'occasion d'un forum sur le...
  
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• A musical tour of Manchester: from the Hallé to the Happy Mondays

  23-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Every genre of music has made its mark on Manchester, including dialect ballads, classical, TV theme tunes and all the strands of post-punk. Welcome to the north-west soundMyth distorts any city’s musical history, and in Manchester myth looms as large as the new Co-op Live, a £365m, 23,500-capacity mega-venue that opens today and will soon be staging big-name acts, including Take That. So, for every occasion a music fan mentions the hit-making boy band or, for that matter, 10cc or th
  
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• Share a tip on travel in Germany – you could win a holiday voucher

  22-04-2024 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Tell us about your favourite places to visit in Germany – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakWith the Euro 2024 football tournament just a month and half away, the spotlight is going to be on host nation Germany in the early part of this summer. Whether you’ve enjoyed visiting the big cities with their bierkellers and clubs, the country’s Baltic coast and islands, half-timbered ancient villages, or its famous forests and mountains, we’d love to hear abo
  
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• Autism makes travel a challenge. Here’s how I learned to cope

  22-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Busy places and unexpected events used to send me into meltdown on holiday. An autism diagnosis helped me to adapt my plans and rediscover the joy of travellingWandering hand-in-hand through the medieval streets of Bologna, my boyfriend and I were in awe of the sweeping porticoes and distinctive rust-red brickwork of the city. It was our first holiday together. We’d wanted to find somewhere beyond the obvious that would marry our respective interests in architecture and history. Bologna wa
  
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• Lyme Regis: a real taste of the Dorset coast with an exciting new food scene

  21-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A thriving artisan quarter and inventive restaurants have injected new life into this genteel seaside town famed for its fossils and literary hauntsLyme Regis’s charms have always been resolutely genteel and old-fashioned, from its sedate regency seafront to its fondness for fossil shops and all things antique and literary.It is a seaside town that has never felt the need to play to the hipster crowd, thanks partly to such distinguished and familiar history: home to 19th-century palaeontol
  
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• Five of Europe’s best national parks – with all the beauty but none of the crowds

  20-04-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Offering exquisite scenery, rare wildlife and spectacular trails, these under-the-radar national parks are worth tracking downThere is a wild and wonderful water world in the north-eastern corner of Spain. The Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici national park, in the central Pyrenees north of Lleida, is characterised by more than 200 lakes fed by melting snow and ice, plus rivers and streams, gorges, waterfalls and marshes. (Aigüestortes means “winding waters” in Catalan,
  
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• A gentler side of the Dolomites: a summer break in Italy’s Adamello-Brenta natural park

  20-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Its peaks are a big draw for adrenaline junkies, but this natural park’s newer attractions offer more inclusive family activitiesThe pool was empty – perhaps because at about 22C, the water was too cold for Italians. It was also about to close. Whatever the reason, we had the glorious Biolago di Pinzolo, a spring-fed, plant-filtered swimming lake, to ourselves. As my son and I swam, we could just make out the tiny red-roofed hermitage of San Martino on the forested slope above, where
  
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• ‘A water world teeming with wildlife’: readers’ favourite national parks in Europe

  19-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  From camping beside glacial lakes in Montenegro to birdwatching in Poland, the continent has no shortage of inspiring wilderness adventuresOne of the most incredible bird scenes in Europe took place as I hiked through the Bielawa nature reserve in northern Poland, about 40 miles north of Gdansk. I had left the village of Sławoszyno via a dirt track and was heading towards Kłanino, the open countryside and fields disappearing from my sight as the hedgerows grew taller either side of me.
  
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• A modern pilgrimage through Herefordshire’s Golden Valley

  18-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  With nights spent in ancient churches and wayfarers’ meals at farms and pubs, this spiritual four-day walk is all about the journey – and rural England at its finestI’m lying on my back. Directly above me is “a vault of heaven” with great wooden beams. I’ve never woken before under such a high ceiling – but then I’ve never gone to sleep in a church before.We have arranged pew cushions on the stone slabs for increased comfort and, while this may sou
  
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• Dalmatian spot: kicking back on Croatia’s Dugi Otok island

  17-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A fishing village stay on one of the country’s less-visited large islands reveals a quiet Adriatic gem boasting green lakes, holm oak forests, and unspoilt beachesThe first thing that struck me about Luka was the silence.My wife, Caroline, and I had driven our rental car from Split north along the Croatian coast to Zadar and taken an hour-and-a-half ferry ride to the island of Dugi Otok. Then we had driven the island’s length southwards, through pine forest and scrub, to arrive at th
  
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• Coach service offers journeys across the UK for knockdown price of £2 each way

  16-04-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of cut-price, sustainable intercity journeys are on special offer this week for trips across England, Scotland and WalesA transport company is offering £2 tickets for coach trips across the UK to be taken up to May 12. With a £1 service fee, that means travellers planning journeys can book long-distance tickets from £3 on the FlixBus website or app.In England there is a government-backed scheme capping local bus tickets at £2 until December 2024, but this offer o
  
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• We revel in the remoteness: wild camping and hiking in the Scottish Highlands

  16-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A five-day mindful adventure on the Knoydart peninsula – one of the last great wildernesses in the UK – offers the chance to fully unwind and leap into the unknownIt’s a relief to lay my rucksack down, plunge hot feet into the cool stream and pause to revel in the fairytale surrounds. Foxgloves stand tall against a cornflower-blue sky, ferns look almost luminous, the water glints in the early summer sunshine. A patch of moss-covered ancient forest provides shade, a cuckoo calls
  
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• Tell us about a favourite beach in Europe – you could win a £200 holiday voucher

  15-04-2024 14:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Share details of a trip to a great beach in Europe (not in the UK) – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakWhat’s your idea of beach heaven? A rocky path down to a secluded Mediterranean cove which is home to a simple beach shack and not much else? A wild expanse of Atlantic beach fringed by dunes and pounded by breakers? Or an elegantly faded old seaside town with a crescent of white sand and a handful of family-run hotels and restaurants, perhaps? From the Baltic co
  
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• Walking in the air: Snowman creator Raymond Briggs’s favourite Sussex paths

  15-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  An exhibition of the great British illustrator’s life opens this month in Ditchling village, in the South Downs countryside that inspired himThere aren’t many people who can claim to have seen a snowman fly over their house. It may sound fantastical, but every Christmas I settle down to watch The Snowman, Raymond Briggs’s best-loved work, and watch as the red-haired boy and the plump, tangerine-nosed snowman swoop over the downs that surround the village where I live before gli
  
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• Retreat to Crete: why the Greek island is a perfect escape

  14-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The unspoilt northeast of Greece’s largest island offers a restorative mix of uncrowded beaches, authentic tavernas and extraordinary viewsSometimes, when you travel, you arrive somewhere so ridiculously picturesque, so dictionary-definition of how you expect the country to look, that you half suspect it was built as a film set, or has been “Disneyfied” specifically for tourists.I get this feeling when I walk on to the small, horseshoe-shaped bay at Mochlos, Crete. Half a dozen
  
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• A Wessex trail: Dorset’s Hardy Way leads to the historic Smugglers Inn

  14-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A circular walk across hills and through picturesque villages known to Constable and Hardy starts and ends at an ancient smugglers’ watering hole near WeymouthNo one appreciated the rural English landscape more than a certain corn merchant’s son from Suffolk. John Constable made it his business to paint bucolic splendour, and perhaps no one has ever done it better. And when he went on holiday, on his honeymoon no less, he chose one particular village.I’m standing there, by the
  
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• Summer in Scandinavia: five eco-friendly ideas to holiday like a local

  13-04-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The essence of a Nordic summer is to lean into a slower pace of life and embrace nature, from staying in a Swedish summer house to gentle canoe tours in FinlandWith swimmable harbours in Stockholm, Oslo, Helsinki and across Denmark’s cities, not to mention plenty of ways to enjoy the sea, from kayaking to urban fishing, there’s often a seaside air to Nordic cities in summer, and especially in Oslo. Continue reading...
  
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• Swede dreams are made of this: wild swimming and forest walks in West Sweden

  13-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Dissolving into nature is possible in West Sweden, where a new holiday concept offers low-impact stays that don’t compromise on Scandi styleAs I slip off the jetty into the chilly water of Lagmanshagasjön, the world loses all distinction. Low mist blurs everything; I can’t see where the lake ends and the sky begins. It is like breaststroking into a silvery infinity. I haven’t bothered with swimwear. Between the tannin-dark water and early morning brume, I can barely see my
  
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• ‘This coast is saturated’: Italian village braces for post-Ripley crowds

  12-04-2024 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Netflix hit series based on Patricia Highsmith novel brings prospect of surge in visitors to Atrani area of Amalfi coastWhen Andrew Scott’s eponymous character in the hit new Netflix series Ripley travels from Naples to the village of Atrani, the rickety bus has the road almost to itself; a solitary Vespa passes going the other way. When he tracks down Dickie Greenleaf at the beach, the rich American and his girlfriend are the only people sunbathing on the pristine sands.Visitors to the Am
  
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• ‘Kayak across the fjord to your own secluded beach’: readers’ favourite summer trips to Scandinavia

  12-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Nordic breaks offer peace and tranquillity, say our tipsters, who revel in midnight skies, car-free islands and spectacular viewsBergen is often referred to as “the city between seven mountains” – which encapsulates its blend of culture and nature. Lose yourself in its charming old town, fish markets, galleries and museums, then hike or take a funicular up Mount Fløyen for views and pine forest trekking. Bergen is a great base from which to day trip. Using direct buses/t
  
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• A scoot through Wales: Cardiff to Llandudno on a Vespa

  11-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The 186-mile A470 might be a bit of a patchwork route but it perfectly showcases the spine of Wales’s beautyThe neglect I had shown to my native Wales over the years, while writing about the streets of Delhi, or small town life in Kansas, shamefully hit home recently while listening to music in my apartment in Hong Kong, where I have been living for much of the past 20 years. The voice of the great British singer-songwriter Ian McNabb rang out loudly: “I never saw my hometown ’
  
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• My hike on the hardest trail in Europe – Corsica’s GR20

  10-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Even an ‘easy’ part of this 125-mile walking trail on the French island presents challenges for mind and body, but the rewards for persistence are infiniteI’m on the easiest bit of one of the easiest legs of the GR20 – the self-styled hardest trek in Europe – so naturally here I am alone, lost in a cloud, with hands so cold I am seriously considering peeing on them.In the guidebook, this was billed as a shortish, flattish day, a mere 10.2 miles (16.5km) with 670 met
  
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• Where tourists seldom tread part 9: four more British towns with secret histories

  09-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Railway nostalgia, the world’s oldest football, fenland skies and a little-known bard are among the highlights of Crewe, Stirling, Boston and BarnstapleThese oft-bypassed towns have all been, at some period in history, influential if not necessarily powerful; wealth-creating though hardly opulent; and vital to the nation’s wealth and security while never fully rewarded for it. Communications and trade once gave some urban centres the edge over others. Churches and marketplaces were s
  
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• Tell us about a great road trip in Europe – you could win a holiday voucher

  08-04-2024 15:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Tell us about your favourite trip – the best tip wins £200 towards a Coolstays breakFew things beat the sense of freedom of the open road. Whether it’s an epic motorcycle ride along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way or a leisurely pootle around the Italian lakes by car, a road trip is a brilliant way to explore a country at your own pace, enjoying varied scenery and discovering less-known spots en route. We’d love to hear about your favourite journeys in Europe – wh
  
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• A car-free trip to the Forest of Dean: a moss-cloaked corner of ancient England

  08-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Trains, buses, cycle routes and footpaths lead to magical scenery and magnificent wildlife in a landscape steeped in historyIt’s so dark, it makes no difference whether my eyes are closed or open. The only sound is breathing and a faint ripple when I weightlessly shift position in the salt-laden, skin-warm fluid. Inside an egg-shaped pod at Float in the Forest, one of my personal nightmares (being left alone for an hour with my own thoughts and no distractions) turns out to be a strange, p
  
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• Upstaging Umbria: rugged and seductive Le Marche

  07-04-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Far wilder and less populated than its more fashionable neighbours, Le Marche offers spectacular mountains and a stunning coastline with none of the super-charged pricesWe are lounging on the terrace of Lapis Turris, a medieval watchtower high in the Sibillini mountains, taking it in turns to name films that remind us of the extraordinary landscape that wraps itself around us. Game of Thrones? Skull Island in King Kong? Tolkien’s Rivendell? It’s difficult to pick; this stunning, empt
  
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• A Pembrokeshire coast walk to a warm, welcoming pub

  07-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Wildlife, fossils and industrial heritage add extra interest to this wild cliff walk to an inn for all seasonsThe coastal hamlet of Abereiddy (Abereddi in Welsh) is not as sun-drenched or glamorous as Acapulco, but the two places share one claim to fame: both are renowned cliff diving destinations. The Welsh version is the Blue Lagoon at the northern end of Abereiddy Bay, a 30-metre drop into deep green water (it is not as blue as the name suggests), which has hosted the Red Bull
  
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• ‘Slick with memories and nostalgia’: writers’ favourite UK trips by car, train and bus

  06-04-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A drive to Dundee, a Cornish sleeper train and a £2 bus trip across Yorkshire offer spectacular scenery, rare wildlife and culinary delightsThe sequence M77, M74, M73, M80, A9, M90, A90 may not sound freighted with emotional weight, but those roads are, for me, associated with the sadness of separation and the pleasure of reunion. It’s the route I drive between our home in Glasgow and Dundee, where our eldest boy now lives, having left for university. Continue reading...
  
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• How I learned to love the slow route home to Ireland

  06-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Journeys are about so much more than getting from A to B, as our writer found when he ditched flying for the train and ferry between Dublin and LondonThere’s always a moment in the journey from Dublin to London – which I make every month or two, taking the land-and-sea route via Holyhead instead of flying – when I stop what I’m doing – reading or writing or chatting to the person next to me – and think: you don’t get to enjoy this from 40,000ft.Sometimes
  
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• ‘I wanted the 17-hour trip to go slower, not faster’: readers’ favourite European journeys

  05-04-2024 08:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The excitement of the voyage itself grabbed our tipsters as they delighted in riding trains, ferries and buses across Europe to as far afield as Norway and TurkeyInstead of a four-hour road trip from Koman to Fierzë, relax and enjoy the Albanian fjords via the Drin River. We reversed on to the Berisha ferry, which takes 10 cars, plus foot passengers. Everyone sits on deck, regardless of the weather, to take in the views, which began with an incredibly straight white line high in the rock, s
  
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