Travel & Leisure
Lonely Planet Has Ranked New Zealand as the Fifth Best Country to Visit in 2018
Give yourself a pat on the back, New Zealand.
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FeatureNew Zealand Summer Guide 2024-2025
Everyone's favourite season of the year has arrived, and we're here to help you make it your best summer ever.
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NewsTen of the Most Blissful Waterfront Stays You Can Book in East Gippsland
This regional gem is filled with idyllic waterfront retreats offering the ultimate antidote to city life.
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NewsTwenty of the Best Airbnb Stays You Can Book in Tasmania
Book one — or a few — of these cabins, suites and lodges as you plan a trip around the Apple Isle.
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NewsFifteen of the Most Unique Stays You Can Book Around New Zealand
Spend a few nights in a leafy treehouse, a beautifully restored truck perched right on the bay or even a mountaintop cabin with views for days.
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FeatureA Southern Edge Road Trip: Follow a CP Writer's Ambling Foodie Adventure in Tasmania's South
"While I love a scenic road trip with good company as much as the next person, this road trip truly rivalled almost every journey I can recall."
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NewsSix Tassie Restaurants Championing Paddock-to-Plate Dining For if You Like Eating Straight from the Source
Tasmania is home to some of the finest produce grown anywhere in Australia — here's where to sample it straight from the source.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Kangaroo Island
The South Australian island's wineries, beaches, oyster farms and accommodation are as beautiful as ever.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide to Queensland's Bundaberg Region
Watch baby turtles hatch, swim at the Southern Great Barrier Reef, then sample award-winning local gin and rum.
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NewsA Weekender's Guide To Bowral and the Southern Highlands
Stay at a country estate, taste locally produced wine and whisky, peruse a whole heap of art and feast at a hatted restaurant — all in just one weekend.
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NewsThe Essential Spring Long Weekender's Guide to Hobart
For New Zealanders in search of epic adventures, incredible scenery, delicious gastronomy and damn good wine, you don't have to travel far.
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GuideThe 14 Best Hotels In Melbourne
Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the best hotels in Melbourne will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and pillow menus await.
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NewsThe Best Places to Go Glamping in New Zealand
Choose from seaside glamping spots, campsites in the mountains and tents scattered about countryside farms full of roaming sheep.
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NewsThe Most Romantic Places to Stay in Bali When Proposals and Honeymoons Come Calling
Perfect for those looking to honeymoon or just run away with their special someone.
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NewsOur Guide to the Best Glamping Sites Around Australia
Stay in luxury tents scattered among remote deserts, lush rainforests and tropical islands at these Australian glamping sites.
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GuideThe Ten Best Hotels in Brisbane
Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the top hotels in Brisbane will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and rooftop pools for days.
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GuideThe Best Hotels in Sydney
Whether you're vacationing or staycationing, this lineup of the top hotels in Sydney will help you live your best life — fine restaurants, premium spas and unbeatable views across the city await.
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Travel & LeisureOtagoOtago Central Rail Trail
Pedal your way through the South Island's culture and history.
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Travel & LeisureAirbnb Is Opening Its Own Home-Sharing Apartment Block
It's the first of the company's plans to build their own sharing-friendly complexes — and yes, it sounds just like a hotel.
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Travel & LeisureThis Pinecone-Shaped Italian Holiday Home Is the Ultimate Treehouse With a View
The three-level structures overlook the Dolomites, and come with 360-degree views and a skylight.
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Travel & LeisureJapan Just Launched an Unlimited Road Trip Pass for Visiting Travellers
Tourists can now venture far and wide through the country's scenic rural sights for one flat price.
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Travel & LeisureHow to Spend 48 Hours in Kuala Lumpur
Make the most of your whirlwind trip to the Malaysian capital.
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Travel & LeisureA Life-Sized Lego House Has Opened In Denmark
The 12,000-square metre is shaped to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, and boasts 25 million pieces inside.
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Travel & LeisureAir France's New 'Rooftop Bar'-Like Airline Is Made for Millennials
Joon won't be millennial pink, but it will have organic food, sneaker-clad staff and the vibe of a 'rooftop bar'.
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Travel & LeisureThis New Remote-Sensing Laser System Could Put an End to In-Flight Turbulence
Focusing on the bumps and jumps that happen in clear skies, Boeing's new technology could make knocked knees and spilled drinks a thing of the past.
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Travel & LeisureA Quick Trip to Wellington
With all the best bits of New Zealand — sights, food, culture — blended into a renowned arts scene, sublime food circuit and spectacular waterfront, Wellington is a top spot to head to for an easy city holiday. Let's start planning.
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Travel & LeisureThis New Inflatable Tent-Raft Hybrid Will Change the Way You Go Camping
Splash about in the Traft by day, then sleep in it at night.
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Travel & LeisureThis Remote Cabin in the Swedish Wilderness Could be the Ultimate Way to De-Stress
The 72-Hour Project looks at the benefits of Sweden's nature-loving lifestyle.
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Travel & LeisureThe World's First Karaoke Ferris Wheel Has Opened in Japan
Croon tunes from one of eight rotating booths.
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Travel & LeisureThis All-Vegan Cruise Liner Is Shipping Vegans to the Norwegian Fjords
It's the world's first cruise that's 100 percent vegan.
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Travel & LeisureMilford Sound Lodge
Choose from a riverside chalet, backpacking room or a spot at the rainforest campervan site, and spend the night nestled beneath the towering peaks of the Darran Mountains.
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Travel & LeisureAbel Tasman National ParkAquapackers Abel Tasman
Instead of booking accommodation in town, jump aboard this catamaran in Anchorage Bay to stay in a million-dollar setting at a very reasonable price.
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Travel & LeisureKahutara PurePod
Spend the night perched above the Kahutara River in a private glasshouse 20 minutes inland from Kaikoura, set on 200 acres of farmland and native bush.
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Travel & LeisureGlenorchyEcoScapes Retreat
Nestle into one of these eco-friendly escapes providing luxe, romantic lakefront accommodation across the lake from Glenorchy.
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Travel & LeisureQueenstownThe Sherwood
Eat beautiful food grown in the kitchen garden, join a daily yoga class and partake in a jewellery workshop all at this stunning hillside retreat.
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Travel & LeisureLake PukakiMt Cook Lakeside Retreat
Recharge in the wilderness among the trees at this eco-friendly, luxury retreat situated in the heart of the Te Waipounamu World Heritage area.
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Travel & LeisureFranz Josef GlacierRainforest Retreat
The treehouse from your youth is one thing; sleeping among the trees in a grown-up rainforest house is a whole other wondrous experience.
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Travel & LeisureFox RiverWoodpecker Hut
This off-the-grid abode is the stuff dreams are made of with ocean views, cosy wooden quarters and even a cedar hot tub out the front.
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Travel & LeisureYou'll Soon Be Able to Soar Across the Desert Via the World's Longest Zipline
Opening in the UAE December, it'll be longer than 28 soccer fields.
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Travel & LeisureFour Ways To Enjoy Vegas Without Stepping Foot Inside a Casino
Find the fun, food and scenic sights beyond the debauchery and bright lights.
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Travel & LeisureA Less Obvious Guide to Seoul
Find first-class chicken and beer with the Korean capital's king of chimaek.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Now Stay in the Middle of a Rwandan Volcano
Sleep in six thatched forest villas within an eroded volcanic cone.
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Travel & LeisureLonely Planet Has Launched an Instagram-Like App for Travel Inspiration
The self-publishing content platform is your new #travelinspo go-to.
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Travel & LeisureThe Less Obvious Guide to Discovering Whistler
Discover the beauty of Whistler off the beaten track.
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Travel & LeisureMadrid's Massive New Cactus Garden Is a Succulent-Lover's Dream
Featuring more than 400 xerophytic species across 16,000 square metres.
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Travel & LeisureA Hot Tub Amusement Park Popped Up in Japan
Complete with an onsen merry-go-round, hot tub-themed rollercoaster that spurts bubbles and foam dance parties.
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Travel & LeisureThe World's Longest Suspension Bridge Has Opened in the Swiss Alps
The 494-metre-long pedestrian bridge reaches heights of 2200 metres above sea level.
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Travel & LeisureThe Top Outdoor Adventures to Discover in Whistler
Make those ski dreams a reality, and head into the great Canadian outdoors.
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Travel & LeisureGallery: National Geographic's 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Winners
Take a wander through some of the world's most incomprehensibly stunning moments — starting with an erupting volcano hit by a lightning bolt.
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Travel & LeisureThis House-Sharing Service Is Like the Airbnb for Architecture Lovers
PlansMatter only lists "places that have architectural intention and a story to tell."
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Travel & LeisureHelicopter Glamping Is Your Next Bucket List-Worthy Travel Experience
The decommissioned Royal Navy chopper features a lounge where the cockpit used to be.
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Travel & LeisureYou Can Now Take a Dip In a Parisian Canal
It's the first time one of the city's waterways has been opened for swimming in nearly a century.
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Travel & LeisureMuji to Open Its First Hotels
You'll soon be able to stay in the Japanese home goods giant's sites in China and Japan.
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Food & DrinkEight of the Best Hotel Restaurants in Auckland
If you sink too deep into a food coma there's always a room upstairs.
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Travel & LeisureLondon's New Urban Zip Line Lets You Fly Across the City at 80 Kilometres per Hour
The city zip line — which is apparently the fastest in the world — will be set up in South London for the next 12 weeks.
