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Rocchetta Nervina: Rivers, Lakes and Horrors of the Past
Riverwalks are popular for a large number of reasons. They are easy-to-navigate (there are only so many possibilities of heading the wrong way) so you can concentrate on what’s on view, they are lined with towns and public transport connections so you can stop and start your hike almost anywhere you like, and changes in…
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Europe | London walks | UK
The Naked Ladies of Twickenham
No matter how many times you have visited London or how much time you have spent in the city – years or even decades: there will always be entire quarters in which you have never set a foot, and in the quarters that you have visited, there will always be things that you missed. London…
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Urbino: A Warlord, a Pope, a Painter and the Queen of Reclining Nudes
The Marche region may lie in the centre of Italy but if you can imagine a Tourist’s View Of The Country – in the style of Saul Steinberg’s famous View Of the World From Midtown Manhattanposter where every town, state and country beyond the Hudson River disappears in a blur of vague uncertainty – it…
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Croatia | Easy Hiking | Europe
A Place To Visit Before You Die – The Plitvice Lakes
I am not a great fan of books that list 100 Places To Visit Before You Die or some such. The whole concept is built on the false assumption that the urge to travel is driven by the same needs and motives in all of us. If you don’t believe me, just visit any holiday…
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Baha’i Terraces of Haifa: The Most Beautiful Garden in the World
Israel is a small country, smaller than the state of New Jersey and roughly half the size of the Netherlands. Due to its long and narrow shape, however, the distances from one place to another can be surprisingly long. There is, for example, room enough in Israel for a 1-hour domestic flight from Tel Aviv…
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Fall in Love With Modern Architecture in Tel Aviv
Modern architecture is difficult to love. It is not so much the concept that is the problem here: all of us can easily agree that its principles are fine and noble – simplicity (less is more), an appearance of elegant restraint (ornament is crime), transparency of structure (form follows function). But while this theory has…
