With its fine sandy bay and magnificent old quarter speckled with half-timbered mansions, ST-JEAN-DE-LUZ remains the most attractive resort on the Basque coast, despite being fairly overrun in peak season. As the only natural harbour between...
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BEDFORD , some thirty miles east of Buckingham, has struggled to retain a modicum of character in the face of redevelopment, but the end result is pleasant enough, the town's neat and tidy centre hugging the north bank of the River Ouse. Bedford also...
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Guarding the southern approaches to the San Gottardo and San Bernardino passes, BELLINZONA is the junction-point through which most traffic flows without stopping, but it's worth spending some quiet time here before the bustle of the lakes....
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