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Marseille’s year in the sun

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Beluga whales in the Hudson Bay, close to Churchill ©Robert Harding NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS 7:17pm

A sub-aqua serenade

Every summer, thousands of beluga whales converge in the waters off Churchill, Canada, giving tourists the chance to swim – and sing – alongside them

The Explorer’s Library at the restored Gritti Palace EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS 7:30pm

A 500-year-old palace gets a fresh look

An impressive and painstaking restoration of one of Venice’s landmark hotels, the Gritti Palace

A boat off the Canaries ADVENTURES Mar 1, 2013

Sail of the century

Andrew Eames gets a glimpse of the Canary Islands rarely seen by tourists on an adventure aboard a 100-year-old tall ship

Canis lupus, the Iberian wolf ©Plain Picture EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Mar 1, 2013

Ahead of the pack

Paul Richardson joins a wolf-watching tour in Spain, where attitudes towards the species are changing

The Juvet Landscape Hotel ©Knut Slinning EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS Mar 1, 2013

Postcard from ... Norway

A rare encounter with nature through architecture makes the Juvet hotel particularly special

Lucy Kellaway admires the alpine view ©Sébastien Albert Lucy Kellaway from WINTER SPORTS Feb 22, 2013

Switzerland without skis

Two decades after her last – disastrous – ski holiday, Lucy Kellaway returns to the Alps to visit a remote hamlet reinvented as a luxurious retreat for those who love mountains, but not falling over

St Nicholas Abbey ©Alamy AMERICAS DESTINATIONS Feb 22, 2013

Beyond Barbados

The Caribbean island is turning to its rich history in a bid to attract tourists seeking more than white sand and rum punch

Frankel’s Bentley awaits justice in Death Valley NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS Feb 22, 2013

Postcard from ... Death Valley

The driest place on the North American continent is a stunning place to drive Bentley’s new Continental GTC Speed

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A taste of Sicily

In a grand Palermo mansion, Brian Viner takes lessons in cookery (and high society) from a local duchess

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