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Bucharest

The Adiyogi Shiva statue is 112 feet (34 metres) tall, an allusion to the 112 chakras of the body.

‘Arc de Trump’? The 20 most over-the-top buildings ever constructed

The US president’s proposed monument would join a long and rapidly growing list of structures we could probably do without.

  • Chris Moss
Julie Andrews in a scene from the film The Sound of Music.

The movies that inspired my travels

Movies can inspire you to visit a destination ... or they can put you off it.

  • LEE TULLOCH
Water under the bridge ... the Hungarian parliament building in Budapest.

Down the Danube

Margaret Turton takes a river cruise laced with spies, revolution and royalty.

Paris's Le Train Bleu

Stops all stations

Inspired by the Orient Express, Alice Russell embarks on a 4000-kilometre train journey from London to Istanbul.

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Shades of beauty

Sailing down the Danube, John Borthwick discovers blue is a very personal hue.

  • John Borthwick