Michele Hewitson ticks off the items on her Paris to-do lists and discovers even more to do.

World sharemarkets have stayed stable overnight, as investors appear unperturbed at the outcome of elections in France and Greece.

Neither contour lines nor 'panoramic' representations do justice to the sheer exuberant topography of South Tyrol, writes Ben Ross.

Twenty-seven kilometres up and over the Pyrenees is one of the bigger days on the 775km trail.

This tiny Portuguese island was once home to Christopher Columbus, writes Sarah Baxter.

Colchester proudly proclaims itself to be 'Britain's oldest recorded town', having been mentioned by Roman writer Pliny the Elder in 77. It has certainly been a key town for many centuries: William the Conqueror built one of the first castles of his realm here and the Romans constructed a vast temple to the Emperor Claudius - long since destroyed. It's also believed to be the place where three popular nursery rhymes - Old King Cole, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Humpty Dumpty first came into being.

Jim Eagles gets to the truth about some well-loved nursery rhymes.

This pretty town in the Southern Bohemia region of the Czech Republic is a Unesco World Heritage Site, with 300 protected buildings in the Centrum alone. When the Communists were in charge here, they disapproved of the 800-year-old town's bright colours and painted everything grey, but the buildings have been restored to their former colourful glory now the regime has ended.

Communists could not dim the glow of Southern Bohemia, writes David Hill.

Not many people know that Denmark and Sweden are joined by the longest road-and-rail bridge in Europe.

This golf and spa resort near the Italian fishing village of Savelletri is the brainchild of Aldo Melpignano, a former investment banker who owns it with his family. It looks as if it has been there for centuries, but it opened fully only in 2011, offering accommodation within a village environment in either townhouses or luxurious private villas.

For further information see borgoegnazia.com.

Life was harsh down a 200-year-old Cornish tin mine, finds Jim Eagles.

The man accused of Emily Longley's murder told friends he had killed her in the days before her death.

Caroline Phillips visits Puglia's newest village resort and marvels at the region's food.