While Cuba’s economic liberalisation has led to more tourist guest houses and new golf courses, it also means residents can buy, sell – and upgrade – their 50-year-old cars.
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Founded in 1501, Santo Domingo is home to extraordinary traces of the original city, which served as a template for the design of emerging cities in the New World.
Amid this island’s rolling limestone hills and powdery beaches are fascinating survivors of the colonial past – rum shops, horse racing and churches that have a story to tell.
From a Californian seafood haven to a Sardinian cafe in Sydney, these five beachfront eateries prove that everything tastes better by the water.
Villa Polaroid at the Hotel Le Village uses the iconic camera both literally and figuratively in decorative elements throughout the property.
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President Raul Castro has announced a landmark new travel policy that will make it easier for millions of Cubans to leave the communist country.
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An annual award gives guidance to travellers
Choose a postmark over a passport stamp
Florence’s unlikely artistic win
Florence
Mini guide to Croatia’s islands
Croatia
Riding the wave of change in Munich
Munich
Forms of ID: Amar Hussain
A street food tour of Yangon
Burma
Sydney’s kaleidoscope of art
Sydney
On the road: San Pedro de Atacama
Chile
How human error can cause a crash
Under-explored European day trips
Spain
Dubai’s ping pong nightclub
Dubai
Reader Q&A: Three days in Delhi
Delhi
Best places to heal a broken heart
Bahamas
Epicurean Slovenia makes its mark
Europe
Walking with Jesus in the Galilee
Israel
Vancouver’s revamped night market
Vancouver
New Mexico’s hospital turned hotel
USA
Business trip: Denver
Colorado
Four apps encourage smarter detours
Technology
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