The City of Light is not just for lovers. LUCY MILLER and her sons discover a playground for all ages

NEW Orleans, the sultry, free-spirited jewel in the crown of the American South, offers a rich multicultural heritage which simmers in its music, cuisine and nightlife.

EMILY GARNHAM gets a taste of 18th-century justice, shops until she drops and enjoys a scrumptious cream tea and champagne sophistication in Nottingham

CATE HOPE enjoys sightseeing in historic Honfleur, France and medieval Bruges, Belgium plus some gourmet dining and a variety of activities on a mini-cruise from Southampton

TAKING a bike out for a ride through the Austrian countryside doesn’t have to be hard graft, as woefully inexperienced cyclist KATHERINE FENECH found out.

STEPHEN KAHN enjoys a stay in Oxford Prison Hotel and finds the town and gown's mixture of imposing colleges, quirky medieval pubs and intriguing museums equally captivating.

DEREK LAMBIE discovers that it's not just its romantic ties which have seen Paris enjoy something of a French renaissance

BRAVE the cold weather to visit the capital of Germany, Berlin.

Check into a new hotel in London's Paddington that is bringing some welcome colour and proving to be a sweet-smelling attraction

ON MY way to Congress the other day the gloom of the early evening was suddenly bejewelled with the multi-coloured light show of Dick Cheney's ride home after his own trip to Capitol Hill.