Dozens of works of art have been commissioned over the past four years for the 2012 Olympics and several state-of-the-art sporting venues have been constructed.
Beyond the Olympic Village in Stratford, eight sports stars are excited to spend their summer exploring Europe’s biggest city.
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Have book and pen, will travel.
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The city’s Unseen Tours, led by trained guides who are or have been homeless, show visitors a grittier side of some of the city’s most famous neighbourhoods.
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Two tours highlight the structures built to host the 2012 Games and explore the city’s industrial past.
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The country inn is an icon of the United Kingdom, and some of the best are located in the intensely green counties an hour or two west of London.
The ancient Hebrides are a traveller’s paradise
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Beijing’s labyrinth of history
Beijing
America’s best little beach towns
Washington
A new chapter for Johannesburg
South Africa
Duct tape designs take form in Ohio
USA
Reader Q&A: Mini breaks from London
London
See eye to eye with a butterfly
San Francisco
Spain’s super-charged sport
Spain
Walking in Inca footsteps
Peru
Jaffa, an Israeli city in flux
Israel
An artful 48 hours in Neukölln
Berlin
New gear to smooth summer travel
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Monkeying around in China
China
Italy’s lesser-known Riviera
Italy
Our favourite images of the week
Coastal Australia’s nautical icon
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London’s wild night out
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