Photo credit: Gregg Yan
25 years after Tubbataha was awarded World Heritage Status by UNESCO, the site stands as a stunning example of how a marine protected area can handle illegal fishing, funding shortfalls and other challenges — and inspire others.
Source: The Jewel of the Coral Triangle
Photo: Alamy
Quaint towns, boutique B&Bs and forests that were formerly the playgrounds of Kings and Queens – no wonder Natasha Culzac finds ‘Denmark’s Riviera’ such a romantic spot.
Source: Castles, crystal clear sky and cycling the ‘sound’: Finding romance in east Denmark
Photo: Luxury Travel Magazine
Photo: Rosie Burr
Portobelo is a sleepy town on Panama’s northern coast that is shrouded in superstition, veiled in speculation and runs deep with historical significance.
Photo: 15 min
Belarus – Białowieża Forest
Photo: Jean-Daniel Sudres/Corbis
Caves in the Dordogne’s Vézère valley contain some of the oldest artworks known to man. Robin McKie enjoys the visit both below – and above – ground…
Photo: CJN
There is no place quite like it in Germany. Quedlinburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1994, has 1,300 half-timbered buildings, more than any other town in Germany. Not bad for a municipality with a population of only 28,000.
Source: Quedlinburg – Germany’s capital of half-timbered architecture
Photo: Guardian
The villas of Italy’s Veneto region are opening their doors as part of a project to promote tourism and it’s one that offers a quieter alternative to visitor-packed Venice, writes Maev Kennedy…
Source: Villas in the Veneto: Italy’s stately homes open their doors
Photo source: Green Prophet
Jordan’s magical red dessert is short on plastic bags, throwaway bottles, and paper litter. Begs the question, does raw nature shame us into better environmental behavior? If so, a stay in Wadi Rum nature reserve should be a national obligation. Most people blow past Wadi Rum in the race to Aqaba’s beaches or Petra’s ruins.
Source: Jordan’s Wadi Rum in Pictures, a Green Prophet Journey – Green Prophet
Photo: James Brooke
Journalists love superlatives, and Russia’s southernmost republic, Dagestan, obliges. Of Russia’s 83 regions, Dagestan last year recorded the highest level of political violence — 53 bombings and 405 dead. Last year, Tamerlan Tsarnaev spent six months in Dagestan. Last month, world attention swiveled to Dagestan when Tsarnaev emerged as the lead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.
Photo: Telegraph
Marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of the explorer David Livingstone, Lisa Grainger explores the best ways to view the awe-inspiring Victoria Falls.
Photo: Cruise Critic
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Source: THE 25 BEST Cruises to Visby 2023 (with Prices) – Visby Cruise Port Terminal on Cruise Critic
Sri Lanka – Ancient City of Sigiriya
In 2003, G Ryan Smith visited Sigiriya while on a field study abroad in grad school. At the time, he was struck by the formal similarities between it and the Renaissance gardens he was learning about in landscape history classes, despite Sigiriya having been built more than a millennium earlier. Ryan Smith was also struck by the apparent ingenuity and technical ability of these ancient builders in shaping the land and hydrologic systems. The gardens not only feature fountains that function to this day, but the surrounding…
Photo: Sandro Vannini/Corbis
This was among the world’s most important cities. Its extravagantly colourful mosaics continue to tell that tale…
Photo: Ben Buschfeld & Katrin Lesser
We’ve not done one of these before, but with the summer holidays on the (vague) horizon, you might be looking for somewhere to go.
Photo: Travel Mole
Source: Italy’s international bird airport goes slow – TravelMole
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