There is something really enchanting about the Isle of Harris, in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. This really is a place to get away from it all.

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Tags: Scotland , Islands, Hebrides, Harris

It was a wierd sensation to have left on Sunday night, to have journeyed overnight and to arrive at Sydney on Tuesday morning. We felt cheated. After all we only had a couple of weeks in Australia to explore a little bit of this huge country and, even before we got there, someone had stolen one of our days!

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Istanbul is one of the world's great cities with a population of more than 11 million. It also has an amazingly diverse society, thanks to its role as centre of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman empires and a city, quite literally, straddling Europe and Asia. That makes it a fascinating destination for visitors.

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Blackpool? As the guide on the open top bus confirmed, that is what Dublin means in Gaelic - black pool. But, unlike its namesake on the other side of the Irish Sea, Dublin has a very cosmopolitan atmosphere.

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On a clear day, Zermatt is all about the Matterhorn. But, on the day we arrived in this famously car-free town, where enclosed golf buggy taxis hum around the streets, the Matterhorn was teasing. It's head was stubbornly stuck in the clouds. We joked about our "room with Matterhorn view", but still it was not to be seen.

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Tags: Switzerland, Zermatt, Matterhorn

It is ironic that - as the country at the heart of Europe and one of the most scenic - we have taken so long to focus on its attractions and delights.

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Tags: Switzerland, Jungfrau