Photo credit: AP
The sight of millions of these butterflies painting forests in blazing colours makes for a wonderful experience…
Monarch butterfly magic in Mexico; AP
Cologne – city on the Rhine; Deutsche Welle
Photo credit: Deutsche Welle
The Rhine, the cathedral, the old town, the excellent museums and not least the population’s easy-going sociability make Cologne one of Germany’s most popular travel destinations.
Scenery of Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Kenya; China Daily
Photo: Xinhua
Big Pit in Blaenavon marks 30 years as a mining museum; BBC
Photo: National Museum Wales
Big Pit in Blaenavon celebrates 30 years as an industrial museum in April 2013. Take a look back at some archive photographs of the coal mine.
Source: Big Pit in Blaenavon marks 30 years as a mining museum
Old Sana’a, an endangered UNESCO heritage site; Al Arabiya/AFP
Photo: AFP
To see Sana’a’s Old City for the first time is like “a vision of a childhood dream world of fantasy castles,” a visitor once remarked, but official neglect and unruly construction are threatening to destroy that magic.
Source: Old Sana’a, an endangered UNESCO heritage site | Al Arabiya English
Nouveau riches; Cathy Dillon; Irish Times
Photo: Irish Times
It’s not all Eurocrats and expensive chocolates you know. The Belgian capital also has a wealth of beautiful Art Nouveau architecture to be explored…
Source: Nouveau riches
A Trip Into Baku’s 12th-Century Old City; RFERL
On the Baltic Coast: Maritime heritage dominates North German cities; Linda Lange; Rapid City Journal
Photo: Linda Lange
Sunshine casts a golden glow across windswept Schleswig-Holstein. In Lubeck’s Old Town, the gold leaf on trade signs and stained glass on brick houses glisten in the light.
Source: On the Baltic Coast: Maritime heritage dominates North German cities
Travel Postcard: 48 hours in Cologne; Reuters
Photo credit: Wolfgang Rattay
There’s more to Cologne than silly costumes and footballer Lukas Podolski.
Walking on Water; Dilip Bobb; Indian Express
Italy – Venice and its Lagoon
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Haifa – Israel’s seaside ‘capital of the north’; Abigail Klein Leichman; Israel 21c
Photo: Israel 21c
Home of the lush Bahá’í Gardens, national science and maritime museums and Israel’s only subway, Haifa has lots to offer tourists.
How an Ancient Kingdom Explains Today’s China-Korea Relations; Taylor Washburn; Atlantic
Photo: Wikimedia
The Goguryeo empire has been gone for centuries — but it still has a lingering impact on East Asian politics.
Source: How an Ancient Kingdom Explains Today’s China-Korea Relations
Rhapsody to a Bohemian secret: Taking in the past and present in the Czech Republic’s Olomouc; Nathan Thomson; Daily Mail
Freddie Mercury was onto something — there’s plenty to rhapsodise about in Bohemia, even though there’s no sign of Scaramouche.
Source: Rhapsody to a Bohemian secret: Taking in the past and present in the Czech Republic’s Olomouc
Sleepless in Lijiang; Erin O’Dwyer; Traveller
Photo: Getty Images
A night on the tiles in this World Heritage-listed playground leaves Erin O’Dwyer feeling surprisingly refreshed.
Source: Sleepless in Lijiang
Street View hikes Endor-like Yakushima Island in Japan; Tim Hornyak; CNet
Photo: Google Japan
The island, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is home to towering cedars that are thousands of years old. Google has captured views of the forest in winter.
Source: Street View hikes Endor-like Yakushima Island in Japan
The Eternal Charm And Winding Canals Of Amsterdam; Livia Fabietti; World Crunch
Bear moment in Bern; Jofelle Tesorio; China Daily
If Chengdu has pandas, Bern has bears. Jofelle Tesorio finds out how the Swiss capital and its citizens struggle to keep the bears in the pit while treating them more as important symbols and not just tourist attractions.
Tracing Britain’s History Through its Cathedrals; Ruth Kozak; Oye Times
You don’t have to be a religious person to appreciate the majesty of Britain’s many cathedrals. All of them are significant in British history and each contains historical relics such as the tombs of kings and statesmen.
Forbidden City: Taste the history and culture; China Travel Page
Located in the heart of Beijing, China, the Forbidden City, also known as the Palace Museum, shares the honor of being one of five world-famous palaces with the Palace of Versailles in France, Buckingham Palace in England, the White House in the U.S. and the Kremlin in Russia.
Top seven Russian sights that can be reached only by water; Yekaterina Fedorenkova; RBTH
Photo: Lori
Russia beyond the Headlines introduces some of the sights that only the water-borne will be able to enjoy.
Source: Top seven Russian sights that can be reached only by water
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