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Here are 10, both in the UK and abroad, that won't break the bank</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/08/easter-holiday-ideas-family-kids#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-362y6" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/02/france-holidays-vendee-arcachon-luberon" class="link-text">My France – the French reveal their holiday getaways</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/02/france-holidays-vendee-arcachon-luberon" class="small mask"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Travel/Pix/pictures/2012/3/1/1330630401090/Bassin-d-Arcachon-003.jpg" class="non-link-image" width="140" height="84" alt="Bassin d' Arcachon" class="image-in-trail"/> </a> <span class="date">2 Mar 2012: </span> <p>Which bits of France do the French love to visit for the perfect holiday? <strong>Rhiannon Batten</strong> asks locals including Philippe Starck and Sébastien Foucan</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/02/france-holidays-vendee-arcachon-luberon#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-35ndt" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/02/stylish-budget-places-stay-france" class="link-text">Stylish places to stay in France on a budget</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <span class="date">2 Mar 2012: </span> <p><strong>Alastair Sawday</strong>, founder of Sawday's guides, picks 15 French hotels, B&Bs and gites that are stylish, chic and really great value</p> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/mar/02/stylish-budget-places-stay-france#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-35zf4" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="live"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/24/emma-kennedy-puzzling-place" class="link-text">Emma's Eccentric Britain: The Puzzling Place, Keswick, Lake District</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <span class="date">24 Feb 2012: </span> <strong>Emma Kennedy</strong> scratches her head and cudgels her brain at a quirky Lake District museum that's a puzzle from start to finish <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/24/emma-kennedy-puzzling-place#start-of-comments" class="trail-comment-count comments-closed" short-url="-p-35jz3" style="display:none"><span class="comment-count-val"></span></a> </div> </div> </li> <li class="live image"> <div class="trail-caption"> <div class="linktext"> <h3> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/12/tunisia-cycling-hot-springs" class="link-text">A Star Wars break in Tunisia, family cycling and the best hot springs</a> </h3> </div> <div class="trailtext"> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2012/feb/12/tunisia-cycling-hot-springs" class="small mask"> <img src="http://web.archive.org/web/20120312172641im_/http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2012/2/8/1328706702363/dar-hi-hotel-nefta-tunisi-003.jpg" class="non-link-image" width="140" height="84" alt="dar hi hotel, nefta, tunisia" class="image-in-trail"/> </a> <span class="date">12 Feb 2012: </span> <p>Head to the desertscape of Tunisia; 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