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How far can you travel on £250? How about a week on Spain’s Camino de Santiago, a long weekend in Jordan, or six days in Kosovo or Morocco – just a handful of the budget adventures undertaken by Wanderlust readers for our 25 trips under £250 special feature. Also inside are true trips of a lifetime: a 14-page guide to visiting Antarctica, and TV naturalist Mark Carwardine’s account of meeting mountain gorillas in Uganda.
Plus, exploring Israel, walking the new Wales Coast Path, and city guides to Calcutta and Vilnius.
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Renowned the world over for its culture and its cuisine, France is also a land of spectacular and greatly diverse landscapes
In one day, you could drive from Brittany’s windswept coasts and medieval forests, past the verdant, flat pastures either side of the Loire, through the snow-flecked peaks of the Massif Central, the deep gorges of Languedoc-Rousillon and on to the sun-baked beaches of the Mediterranean.
France is also an ideal destination for green holidaymakers. Numerous ferries and a now even quicker Eurostar (just 2h 15m from London to Paris) connect Britain with France – great for those conscious of their carbon footprint. Once you're there is a wide range of eco-accommodation, from environmentally-friendly ski lodges to mountain retreats; a wide network of cycle paths and some 60,000km of long distance footpaths (sentiers de grande randonées) – making this a rambler’s paradise.
Those used to 24-hour-7-days-a-week convenience may be shocked to learn our French cousins still take time off. As a general rule, shops in rural areas tend to close between midday and 2pm. By law, shops are not allowed to open on Sundays (although some food stores have obtained exemptions, many shops flout the rules in busy cities and there have been moves in the French parliament to relax the laws). Many shops, restaurants and museums also close on Mondays - something to think about if your planning a long weekend.
1st May 2012 Inspire Me
Let summer begin with four easy escapes this May or June
29th February 2012 Inspire Me
Today is the day of the leap year – the one time women can propose to their man. Inspired by the occasion, Graihagh Jackson reflects on ten ways to pop the question
20th January 2012 Inspire Me
From bed-ins to campervan trips, take inspiration from the tales of these notable newly-weds
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