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Kids fight on footsteps of Rome’s gladiators

For the first time, visitors to the Colosseum are being allowed to tour the tunnels where the gladiators prepared for victory – or death For years, visitors to the Colosseum have been able to put themselves in the position of the Roman spectator. They could stand where senators and nobles once sat to witness ancient Rome’s bloodiest games; they could look down on the arena where, from 80AD until the games’ end in the fifth century, gladiators fought to the death. And, perhaps, they could start to sense the morbid curiosity of the 50,000 spectators.

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World’s incredible glacier caves

AN intrepid photographer has captured some of the most spectacular underground glaciers in the world. View post: World's incredible glacier

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Blistering barnacles, Tintin, it’s the rose-red city!

In the days before TV, Tintin took his readers to places they had never seen before. Georgia Brown joins a new Tintin expedition to Jordan to find

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South America: Perfect posadas

From the shores of Lake Titicaca to the historic city streets of Buenos Aires, these affordable inns are the perfect way to enjoy South America South America

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The Maldives: best long-haul country

The Maldives was voted your top country outside Europe. Independent travel was only recently made legal here, and we have top tips from a resident on how to

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Wild Jordan: ethical travel award

The winner of the 2010 Guardian, Observer and guardian.co.uk Ethical Travel Award remembers his first trip to Jordan's Rift Valley It's almost 17 years since I first

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Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top

The travel writer Pico Iyer has known Tokyo - Guardian readers' favourite non-European city - for decades but is still captivated by its curiosities and contradictions It

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The Hoxton, London: best UK hotel

Can the new room interiors at Guardian readers' favourite UK hotel combine comfort with Shoreditch edginess? In the old days, hotels just used to open, people booked

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The world’s greatest attractions

You voted for the top 10 must-sees across the globe Read more: Article By Miriam The world's greatest

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South Cornwall’s best budget eats

With one eye on the half-term hols, Lesley Gillilan digs out the best Cornish food - from a child-friendly caff in Penryn to a proper seaside pub

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