In the lap of the Gods
	5:06pm Wed 13 Feb 08
	It is impossible to describe how cold it feels when you walk off a plane on to the runway at Kittila Airport in northern Finland.

	Sloping off for some fun in the Alps
	5:39pm Wed 6 Feb 08
	Skiing is all very well, but it's the flights I always hate. If you're going to a well-known ski resort, the terminals and planes are always full of people carting their skis (and everything else snow-related) around with them, and it takes forever to board.

	All action up in the Alps
	4:55pm Wed 30 Jan 08
	Colin Nicholson takes a ski holiday in the German Alps and finds that history is never far away, even out on the slopes — which once hosted the Nazis' showpiece Winter Olympics

	Cardiff on the up
	2:43pm Thu 24 Jan 08
	It is no secret that Cardiff is a city on the rise. Its spectacular new stadium, the Wales Millennium Centre, the environmentally-friendly Welsh Assembly buildings, all this and more, are evidence of the city's commitment during the last decade or so, to making the Welsh capital into more than just an anonymous administrative centre.

	Spiritual heeling in Italy
	4:38pm Wed 23 Jan 08
	Five girls, 36 pairs of shoes and one aim - relaxation!

	A pampering in Tunisia
	4:43pm Wed 9 Jan 08
	Sara Smith found the perfect way to banish her post-Christmas blues with an exotic shoppping and spa trip

	Lourdes Almighty
	5:41pm Wed 2 Jan 08
	The giant candles kept on arriving. Wheelchairs stacked up along the banks of the Gave river.

	No snakes on my plane
	6:05am Thu 27 Dec 07
	"Snakes? You want snakes?" Roused from my sleep at 35,000ft, why would I want snakes?

	Trulli madly deeply
	4:51pm Wed 19 Dec 07
	Puglia is currently Italy’s best-kept secret. Martin Cowell lets the cat out of the bag after a visit to a region which could become ‘the new Tuscany’

	Put the piste behind you
	4:18pm Wed 12 Dec 07
	Colin Nicholson finds that a winter holiday in Canada's Quebec province can be action-packed without taking to the slopes.

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