Beyond great wine: a cultural tour of revitalised Bordeaux
Bordeaux is a town best known as France’s wine headquarters. Yet over the past decade, this wonderful old metropolis – ten times smaller than Paris – has been enjoying a new ...
A global meeting place: South Korea’s Busan
Home to majestic mountains, glistening beaches, steaming hot springs and delicious seafood, South Korea’s second-largest city Busan has much to offer.
Local tourists often come to this region to ...
Come rain or shine: an epic 11,000km hike around the British coast
In this video, we follow photographer Quintin Lake on a superhuman hike, as he walks the coastline of Britain on foot, racking up an impressive 11,000 kilometres.
Along the way, he ...
Classic joy ride: touring Havana in a Fifties ‘old-timer’
If you head to Cuba, chances are you’ll begin your visit in the country’s eclectic capital, Havana.
The city of Havana was founded by the Spanish in the 16...
Roads of Dante: retracing the poet’s footsteps from Florence to Ravenna
‘Vie di Dante’ or ‘Roads of Dante’, is a route connecting the cities of Florence to Ravenna, following in the footsteps of Italy’s great medieval poet and philosopher Dante ...
Flower of Flanders: exploring Belgium’s historic city of Ghent
Ghent is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in ...
How to interpret Prague’s famous astronomical clock
The Prague Astronomical Clock, or Prague Orloj, is a medieval timekeeping device located in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic.
First installed in 1410, it is the third-oldest astronomical clock ...
New York City’s 13 most impressive bridges
With so many islands making up the entire city of New York, the number of bridges throughout the city is hardly a surprise… and it’s hard to believe there ...
World Heritage gem Quito: the closest capital to the sun
A pre-Covid look at the bountiful offerings of Quito.
High up in the Andes mountains, Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is filled with colonial architecture and represents the largest historic ...
Remote and majestic: exploring Norway’s Lofoten archipelago
If there is one place on earth where it doesn’t matter if it rains, snows, or shines – because it’s always beautiful, it must be Norway’s Lofoten Islands.
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