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Crossing Switzerland on the Glacier Express
Billed as the slowest express train in the world, the Glacier Express takes eight unhurried hours to cross the Alps from Zermatt to St Moritz.
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Life at Houseboat Speed on the Kerala Backwaters
A few days aboard a converted rice barge on Kerala's backwaters resets your sense of pace faster than almost any other trip in India.
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Barge Life: A Week Adrift on the Canal du Midi
Piloting your own boat down a seventeenth-century canal shaded by plane trees is one of the few travel experiences where the journey really is slower than walki
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Cycling the Danube: Passau to Vienna by Bike
The Donauradweg from Passau to Vienna is one of Europe's gentlest long-distance cycle routes, flat enough for a first-timer and scenic enough that experienced t
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How to Cross Europe Without Flying: A No-Fly Itinerary Guide
Committing to no flights across a multi-country European trip changes the shape of a holiday for the better, if you plan the connections properly.
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