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It may be one of the world’s most expensive cities, but your break here needn’t be, with our guide to a chic, cheap weekend in the British capital.

With great food, architecture, atmosphere, bars, beaches and now budget flights, Tel Aviv’s one of the world’s best cities.

You can keep the Costa Brava. Instead we should enthusiastically embrace our blustery and ever-changing British weather - from the cosy confines of a perfect hideaway.

Standing tall above the Welsh valleys like bright green ramparts, the Brecon Beacons offer epic splendour in a pocket-sized wilderness. Coming here feels like you’ve struck gold.

This was the greatest city on Earth when other world capitals were just villages. Even now the glory of Rome leaves simple barbarians like ourselves wide eyed in wonder.

Catch the night train, travel through the Land of Nod and wake among misty mountains and silvery lochs. No you’re not dreaming; you’re in Argyll.

The exquisite Islamic gardens and palaces of Granada feel more North African than Spanish, and will leave you wanting to come back for Moor.

Whatever floats your boat, you can get your weekend away in the Dutch capital.

There’s something magical about the sight of a hot air balloon gliding gracefully above the summer sky - so just imagine how amazing a few hundred look.

A short boat trip away, it’s got plenty in common with trendy Ibiza - and so much more (chilled) besides. Like Caribbean-style beaches, cute beach bars, great sea-front restaurants - Can Rafalet is one of the best in the Med - and beautiful sunsets.

We dig Cornwall for its rugged coastline, cliff-top walks, cosy pubs, the fabulous seafood and because they make the world’s creamiest ice-cream.

Spellbinding, stumble-upon medieval and 19th century ruins, arts, customs, and twisting streets - you can’t help falling in love with Morocco’s ancient capital. Direct flights from the UK now make it within weekend reach.

Art nouveau and Ottoman baths, Buda’s unforgettable skyline, Pest’s grand boulevards and a resurgent restaurant scene - Budapest always leaves us wanting more.

The weather may be famously changeable but the Lake District remains so constantly beautiful that it will melt the heart of even the most rain-soaked poet.

One part European, one part Asian and 100 per cent captivating, Istanbul is rediscovering the greatness of its Ottoman and Byzantine heyday.

Ski up the hill faster than you ski downhill - by learning snowkiting

Take a weekend spin round Austria’s capital for its workaday cafes with bow-tie wearing waiters, its awesome, only-available-here wines, and the Third Man museum - a cracking small private collection which sums up the city’s and movie’s history.

Tacky Tenerife? Not on this website. This is all about the fantastic north, where it’s already spring…

Secret coves, misty moors and cracking cream teas, too - it’s no wonder that Country Life magazine hails Devon as the best county in England.

Norfolk is Britain’s Big Country, where unhindered horizons stretch out to infinity. Get there before rising sea levels turn these boundless flatlands into a giant paddling pool.

A few years ago, Sweden was the place to be. Now everyone in Scandinavia wants to move to Copenhagen.

Long-haul feel, short-haul flight… Marrakech is the most foreign, glamorous place you can get to on a two hour flight.