Food & wine

• 21 Fine coffee with a taste of history in Prague
  Back in 1714, Georgius Deodatus Damascenus – known as 'the Arab' – started selling coffee in Prague. He was the first to do so, heating the jugs over a pan of charcoal in the street, until...

• 22 Five fine restaurants with five-star views
  Le Jules Verne, Paris Some say this is the most romantic restaurant in the City of Love, perhaps in the whole world. Even if it isn't, it's certainly one of the most impressive. With the famed chef Alain...

• 23 Experience Spain with your five senses
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Sunset over the Alhambra As dusk falls over Granada and the bustle of tourists dies away along the streets of the Albaicin, the great rosy-gold complex of the Nasrid palace with its...

• 24 Spoil yourself at the Zannos Melathron
  In the South Aegean Sea, the delightful island of Santorini is the result of a careful balance of the work of man and Nature. The island and its cliffs are dotted with romantic white villages, but it...

• 25 Indulge yourself at the Chocolate Boutique Hotel
  Set in a grade-two listed building in Bournemouth's elegant West Cliff district, just a few minutes from the town centre and the award-winning beaches, the Chocolate Boutique Hotel boasts of being the...

• 26 The most romantic destinations for lovers

  It's that time of year again, when Valentine's Day looms and love is on everyone's lips. Maybe you think February 14th is just another date on the calendar, but there are plenty who will be using it as...

• 27 Barcelona dreams
  Drive a Ferrari 
 Or perhaps you'd rather it was a Porsche, or a Lamborghini? If you're ready for speed and new sensations at the wheel of one of the world's most powerful, sophisticated and luxurious...

• 28 Tuscany: countryside and culture
  A couple of weeks just doesn't do justice to the ten provinces that make up this region half way between central and northern Italy. But it doesn't really matter. In places like Tuscany, it's best to accept...

• 29 Naples, the birthplace of pizza
  Even officials in Brussels are fans of the Neapolitan speciality: it's just over a year since the European Union awarded the dish the status of 'Traditional Speciality Guaranteed'. But, despite it being...

• 30 Ecohotels: environmentally sound holidays
  Sail along the River Amazon at 10 kilometres an hour, admiring the verdant tropical scenery of the planet's 'green lung'. Enjoy the natural peace and tranquillity as the sun sets over the Amazon jungle....

• 31 Christmas markets sparkle across Europe
  Traditional markets, where you can enjoy the colours of Christmas, buy a real fir tree, mistletoe, tinsel and trappings, the toys and ornaments that bring memories of childhood flooding back, where you...

• 32 Vienna gets into the Christmas spirit
  At this time of year, there's nothing better than to mooch around the stalls of a traditional market, mulled wine in hand, picking out a few last minute gifts and decorations. And Vienna offers a huge...

• 33 Sotheby's Manhattan wine shop
  Sotheby’s has become the first major international auction house to venture into the realms of wine retail with a specialist shop situated in the lobby of the company's New York headquarters at 1334...

• 34 The Oitavos Hotel: sleek modernity on Portugal's Estoril Coast
  The Oitavos is a fine addition to the accommodation options along the Estoril coast – the stretch of sandy beaches west of Lisbon known as the Portuguese Riviera. Surrounded by pine trees, overlooking...

• 35 Moorish exoticism in the red city of Marrakesh
  Click on the photo to see inside some of the luxury palaces of Marrakesh

• 36 Timeless views of France's most beautiful villages
  All across France, from Provence to Brittany, from Normandy to Aquitaine, there are villages, some well-known, some less so, where an atmosphere of peace reigns and the only thing to do is to take your...

• 37 See the Northern lights from a 'spa ship' hot tub
  Winter in Northern Norway is the most glorious season: you can go dog sledding, get to know the culture of the indigenous Sami people in Finnmark – the Norwegian Lapland – or sample the most...

• 38 English pubs: not just beer and peanuts
  It may be hard to imagine Prince Charles knocking back a pint, but it was His Royal Highness who inspired the Pub is the Hub  initiative whose aim is to put the country pub back at the heart of rural...

• 39 Loire Valley chateaux: hotels fit for a king
  The Loire Valley is a land of castles. From the point where the great river rises at Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc until its waters disperse into the Atlantic, the beautiful scenery of the river bank is dotted...

• 40 Ten ideas for an autumn getaway in Madrid
  1. Madrid International Dance Festival 
 From November 8th to 28th, Madrid becomes the focus for the international Madrid en Danza festival;  this year it's the twenty-fifth anniversary of the event,...