written by Kiki Deere
updated 30.08.2021
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written by Kiki Deere
updated 30.08.2021
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Travel is the best form of procrastination and as a student, with those long holidays full of faraway deadlines, it's almost inevitable you're going to want to get away. Flights are cheaper than ever before, so there's no excuse whatever your budget. Whatever our preference, here are some of the best places to spend your student breaks.
Travellers inevitably find themselves staying longer than planned, whiling away their days on the beach with an ice-cold beer in hand – after all, this is one of the cheapest places in Europe to enjoy a lager (or two).
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The Spanish capital is home to scores of wild bars, pubs and clubs catering to all musical tastes where you can dance your socks off as you knock down some potent drinks.
You’ll probably find yourself in a café eating churros with chocolate for breakfast – the fried dough pastry is perfect for soaking up that pounding hangover.
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Trendy Hvar Island is packed with stylish bars and clubs, while Brac retains a traditional feel with picturesque fishing villages, vineyards and olive groves.
City Harbour of the town of Hvar, on the island of Hvar, the Adriatic coast of Croatia © rustamank/Shutterstock
Ptuj, Slovenia © Ondra Vacek/Shutterstock
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Kumbhalgarh Fort. Rajasthan, India © Dmitry Rukhlenko/Shutterstock
Local families will welcome you into their home, lovingly prepare homemade meals and perhaps even smoke a cigar or two with you. This is the country to try your hand at salsa (or how about an Afro-Cuban dance?) and – of course – look the part in a vintage American car.
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It has a lively Indigenous culture and is one of the country’s most cosmopolitan regions with influences from nearby Asia. (Darwin, its capital city, is closer to Asia than that other Australian capital cities). Its population is also the nation’s youngest; the average age is just 31 years.
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written by Kiki Deere
updated 30.08.2021
Raised bilingually in London and Turin, Kiki Deere is a travel writer specialising in Italy. She has seen her work published in a number of magazines and UK broadsheets, including The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and Lonely Planet online. She has completed numerous guidebook writing assignments for Rough Guides that have taken her to far-flung corners of the globe, from the Brazilian Amazon to the remotest province of the Philippines. Follow her @kikideere on Instagram and Twitter.
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