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I visited the seaside town just five miles from Blackpool that couldn't be more different

Blackpool is one of the UK's most iconic seaside towns but just five miles away is a town that's just as inviting yet totally different

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UK's 'magical' hidden gem town with fairytale castle and sandy beaches

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Europe's 'safest city' has beautiful Old Town, hidden beach and Game of Thrones link

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Mind-boggling new 'shipwreck skyscraper' to be built in major European capital

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The summer time paradise almost 2,500 metres above sea level

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The Scottish seaside town once dubbed 'miserable and awful'