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Snow Stoppers

Plot a course for brilliant-white vistas, fun winter activities and warming local delicacies aplenty along the way. Fleur Rollet-Manus slips on her snow boots and rounds up seven sparkling tours

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The Food and Travel Hotlist

What better way to open the year than by starting to plan your adventures? Even the most experienced travellers require a steer in the right direction andFood and Travel is here to be your compass. We’ve spoken to experienced travellers to hear where they’ll be going, have dug deep to find the lesser-known, culture-packed cities worth your valuable holiday time, and have uncovered the countries that are perfectly ripe for adventure. So settle back and take your time, because these are the decisions that will define your year ahead.

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Gourmet ski chalets

Fine food and fine conditions are the hallmarks of any memorable ski trip – but why stray from your cosy nook when the best meal is at yours? Gabrielle Sander gives her guide to Europe’s finest places to ski, eat, sleep and repeat

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Eat your greens

When it comes to choosing a golf destination, it’s not just about the courses you play, but also the ones you eat. Alex Mead takes to the world’s fairways to seek out the places that can successfully appease both the Ramsay and Rose in all of us

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The Very Hungry Cyclist

Get your knees in the breeze with Andrew Eames’s selection of Europe’s best leisurely, luxury cycling itineraries, each one with its own distinctive cuisine and plenty of pit stops en route

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Plan the year

See these destinations at their best by planning your family fun by season. Try tulips in spring, pick summer fruits in the UK, dive in the autumn and embrace winter snow

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Call of the wild

From puffin-spotting in Wales to hanging out with giant guinea pigs in Brazil, the best family safaris don’t have to involve lions and leopards. Gather your mini-explorers for one hell of an adventure, says Emma Gregg, who’s tracked down 11 alternative safaris in spectacular destinations around the world

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Isles of fun

Wave goodbye to the mainland and discover unspoilt treasures, good food and kids’ activities galore on one of these European islands, says Imogen Lepere

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10 of the best hotels with private beaches

As Europe hots up, don’t waste your time fighting for a spare scrap of sand. Rather pick a hotel with a private playa and drop and flop at your leisure. It’s your holiday, after all

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