Natalia Sidorova
The Scottish Highlands are a wild and wonderful corner of Europe indeed. Mountains towering more than 1,300 metres (4,200 feet), covered with dense forests and hanging moss; ancient castles brimming...
Vaflya
Aaaahhhh... Your favourite tunes in your earbuds. Warm sun and soft sea breezes caressing your body, cradled by powdery white sands beneath you. The gently swooshing surf in the...
There are excellent reasons Northern California's "City by the Bay" is one of America's most storied cities (if far from its most typical). Born as a colonial Spanish mission and fort on the...
Masson
Travel in the 21st century is, relatively speaking, a doddle. Airlines like Iberia connect the most far-flung corners of the planet - much of it at fairly affordable prices - and...
Noradoa
When it comes to Ecuador travel, most of the attention goes to the Galápagos and Quito - maybe with some to spare for quaint Cuenca up in the Andes. But...
Anders Adermark/Sunny Ripert
Two places in two different parts of France. They sound somewhat similar, and both plenty have plenty of history and culture. But they're very...
David Escribano
Guatemala's northernmost department (like a state or province), Petén, is also not only its largest, but home to most of its ancient Mayan archaeological sites. Tikal is by...
Quick, what’s Africa’s largest country? If you said Congo, Libya, or South Africa, well, yes, they’re certainly up there, but the answer is Libya’s (plus Morocco’s and Tunisia’s) next-door neighbour Algeria – bigger than Alaska plus California...
We're transported to the arid southern Westeros land of Dorne, and before our very eyes appear Jaime Lannister, Jon Snow, Arya Stark, and Daenerys Targaryen, declaiming dramatically. But wait, this isn't Sunspear,...
Sasha Fenix
The Latin-flavoured bit of the USA in the Caribbean that is Puerto Rico is itself a tropical paradise of balmy, palm-fringed beaches, rain forests, and vibrant island culture...