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Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot (and what’s not) in the travel world, right now

Reza Pakravan – a traveller, adventurer and film maker – shares his travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot in the travel world right now

Christmas trees, (well it is that time of the year,) new transport facilities in Venice, more help for people with disabilities at airports and the end of the Thomson holiday name attract Adrian’s attention this week.

Why is this significant since they had tried a route to Boston and failed?

Based on the little evidence we have, and until more is known, those pregnant should give thought as to whether they should travel to Florida or the Caribbean this holiday period.

So all your travelling companions want to do is unfurl in the sun yet, while you’re looking for blazing sunshine, you don’t want to spend all day on the beach. Sound familiar? Please don’t worry. We have some suggestions sure to fulfil every sand and culture nirvana

What do elephants, Beatrix Potter, Durham Cathedral and Elizabethan theatre in France have in common? They are all in Adrian’s column this week

A gin distillery at Gatwick captured Adrian’s attention this week but so did Joan of Arc’s ring, the wreck of a gambling ship off San Diego and St Piran’s Day which happens to be today.

As Miami Beach celebrates its 100th anniversary, we’ve got the low-down on where to join the party

Kaye Holland takes time out in Tel Aviv aka the Miami of the Med

Adrian remebers the entreprenrial Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, records the saving of the Wedgwood Collection for our countries, and looks at how successful some places have been in enticing us to visit them.

This week, Adrian gives over the snippets column to American stories as Just about Travel continues its celebration of July 4th – which actually lasts longer than one day over there!

In a busy week, Adrian covers eleven stories that you might not have read about includingb a new Charlie Chaplin museum, pálinka tasting in Budapest and dragon boat racing in Macau.

My wife isn’t keen on me buying a nuclear bunker to turn into a museum or a hotel. I can’s understand why!

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world. This month culture vultures are flocking to Florida while for film fanatics, the Sundance Festival in Utah is where it’s at. But there’s trouble in Thailand…

A number of readers will have decided to go to USA for half term break. The two most popular states are California and Florida probably due to the connections these have with Disney. This year, there will be some bargains once you get there.

Irene Middleman Thomas discovers an unspoiled corner of Florida

Irene Middleman Thomas discovers an unspoiled corner of Florida

Robin Nowacki takes a sip of a long, cool Miami cocktail

Which islands to visit? What kind of ship to choose? Douglas Ward, author of the Insight Guide to Caribbean Cruises, rounds up who goes where and what’s on offer to help you decide what suits you best

The Travel Channel’s Sarah Cawood on staycations, the Scottish highlands and why she loves lying on a beach

Following in the footsteps of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival ( a four day destination event designed to raise money for Florida International University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism) comes the 2010 China Wine & Food Festival. Susan Gladstone, director of the China Wine & Food Festival Tianjin, dishes the dirt on the inaugural event

On holiday one of the things that many people like to do is shop. Airports have almost become retailers as well as places to catch flights and when we get to our destinations, there are shops to galore to pander to our whims. In some places it hardly seems as though you are abroad since the names often seem the same. There’s another Gucci, another Yves St Laurent,, another Hugo Boss.
Why go if you can already find it close to where you live. Otherwise the only reason is because it might be cheaper than back home.
So what might appeal would be something different. How about combining shopping and the opportunity to sightsee?
In Miami in Florida there is something called Bayside.

Being in Miami, I thought I would spend a few days in Miami Beach which is a long strip of land connected by bridges to Miami proper. Obviously this is the beach area and the beaches are gorgeous. Long, long wide strips of sand being lapped or thrashed, depending on the weather, by emerald green seas. Yes it looks that good. I am not exaggerating.

Bling is still king in America’s Magic City. CD Traveller checks out Miami s high life!

There’s more to life than work. More to experience than spending a couple of hours of each day commuting on the tube, and it’s time to do something about it. What you need is to escape the economic woes and stress that swirl around us and live it large for a long week-end.