Amsterdam Amsterdam is such a popular destination that interestingly the type of official tourist marketing which normally exists to bring the visitors in just doesn’t exist here. Simply put, there is no need and it is fairly obvious why. The inner city is made up of concentric arcs of picturesque canals lined with highly photogenic […]
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SPANISH TOWN – Virgin Gorda Gorgeous Virgin Gorda sits like a vibrant green jewel encircled by white sand beaches and secret coves. All of this floats amid aquamarine waters where rainbow-colored coral gardens are never far beneath the sparkling surface. Although the third-largest of the British Virgin Islands, Virgin Gorda is compact – just eight
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Named for the grandson of Apollo, Mykonos is the most cosmopolitan of the Cyclades Islands which sit in a rough circle amid the Aegean Sea south-west of Athens. Peppered about with gorgeous pale-sand beaches, the island’s lively nightlife scene attracts a string of celebrities both home-grown and of international fame as well as visitors from
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London There have been many famous quotes or literary references made about London. The 15th century poet William Dunbar called London ”the flower of all cities” while the 19th century novelist Walter Besant is said to have declared on his deathbed ”I’ve been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something
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Believed to have been visited by the explorer, sea captain and pirate Sir Francis Drake in the 1500s and so named for him, the sweeping bay of Bahia Drake is found on one of Costa Rica’s most isolated swathes of land –the Osa Peninsula. With just one road in – and that often impassable in
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Edinburgh UNESCO World Heritage-listed Edinburgh is a gem of a city. Mother Nature here is an undulating landscape of valleys and hills which meet with the sea, dotted about with ancient extinct volcanoes, cliffs and rocky outcrops. Onto this natural tapestry man has imprinted further magnificence and the whole is a medley of medieval architecture,
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While many of the Greek islands are packed with ancient history there are few which can offer a tapestry as rich or diverse as that of Rhodes. Its story has many players –Ancient Greeks, Persians, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans and Italianshave all featured in the island’s history but of all those who settled here none are
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Klaipeda Lithuania’s only port, Klaipeda is where the Dane River meanders down to meet the Baltic Sea. Founded in the 13th century when a castle was constructed here, Klaipeda has known turmoil and tragedy. It was originally part of the Prussian Kingdom and what is today a charming port city has also known grand scale
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Nafplio –Greece Often –and with good reason -described as one of the country’s most beautiful mainland towns, Nafplio’s collection of the extra-special is exceptional by any standard of measuring such things. The town is nestled at the northern end of the Argolic Gulf on the Peloponnese, surrounded by pretty beaches and with not one but
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Road Bay –Anguilla Surrounded by spectacular coral reefs and fringed by sugary-white beaches of talcum-powder softness, the British Overseas Territory of Anguilla is a collection of one main island and countless uninhabited islets and cays. Part of the Lesser Antilles this main island -measuring just 26km by 6km -is tiny in size and has one
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With a history which includes chapters of Persian, Roman, Greek, Byzantine and Venetian rule, Kusadasi is today a modern tourist destination that retains some of its relics from long ago. Then named Scala Nova, the town developed around its importance as a trading port, filling the niche which that of mighty Ephesus had once done
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Pigeon Island – St. Lucia Often heralded as one of the loveliest of the Caribbean gems, St Lucia is full of natural magnificence. Verdant rainforests, plunging and picturesque waterfalls, dazzling white sand beaches and the World Heritage volcanic peaks of the Pitons –this is what awaits for all those who venture to these green and
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ST. GEORGE’s – Grenada Almost within seconds of arriving at the off-the-beaten-track island of Grenada you will start to understand why this idyllic Caribbean gem has the alternative title of the Spice Island. Grenada supplies countries all over the world with its island-grown cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, turmeric, lemon grass and other fragrant spices and wherever
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Road Town – Tortola, BVI Once part of a long mountain chain, Tortola’s dramatic landscape today is made up of what remained above water when the oceans rose and all but drowned the area. Today this sleepy part of the Caribbean is filled with slopes and peaks draped in lush tropical greenery while the coastline
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Little Bay – Montserrat One of the British Overseas Territories, Montserrat’s lush green aspect has earned it the alternative name of the Emerald Isle of the Caribbean. However, it isn’t only the island’s luxuriant tropical vegetation with its forest-cloaked hills and valleys of ferns which has led to this title. Montserrat has an Irish heritage
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FALMOUTH HARBOUR –Antigua and Barbuda The little slice of Caribbean heaven known as Antigua has instant appeal for all those in search of the kind of tropical heaven where coconut-palm lined white sands and turquoise seas feature heavily. The island has literally hundreds of beaches to choose from and many who arrive here come to
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