Australia’s tropical Northern Territory offers natural landscapes like no other. Rich in a diverse tapestry of environments that range from creeks to wetlands, it plays host to an enormous array of plants and animals, many…
Scandinavia is one of those regions that conjures an entire world. From horizon-arching fir forests to ship-dwarfing fjords, from fashionable crime dramas to Arctic wildlife, it’s the sort of weather-sculpted place that somehow embraces both…
Mushing, or dogsledding, isn’t just a sport in Alaska; it’s a way of life. Out on the ‘Last Frontier’, much of the land is iced with giant permafrost and possesses few highways, so using sled…
Visitors to the Balkan Peninsula are spoiled for scenery. From mountains that crumble into picturesque coves to valleys of monasteries that glow with the bold colors of Byzantine art, almost no beauty can match Mother…
Wedged between New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is one of Canada’s crowning glories. Known as the Bay of Fundy, it’s home to the some of the wildest tides on earth, with over a hundred billion…
The National Parks of America, though not the eldest of America’s institutions, are certainly some of its best loved. From the jaw-dropping Grand Canyon to the majestic glacier-made lakes of Grand Teton, there are few…
Located in a quiet little Alpine valley in southern Bavaria, Oberammergau sits in the shadow of the brooding 1,342-meter peak of Kofel Mountain. Covered in colorful Lüftmalerei (murals) and surrounded by dense pine forests, this…
One of the most prestigious hotels in Switzerland, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is a Belle-Époque gem built at the turn of the 20th century. Standing tall in a microclimate on the shores of Lake Geneva,…
Thanks to the Edinburgh Festival, which spans almost the whole of August, Scotland’s capital isn’t just on the map for holidaying Brits each summer, but draws in a huge international clientele too. And the festival’s…