Beijing launches 10 Great Wall tourist routes
Beijing, China’s capital, unveiled 10 new Great Wall tourist routes, allowing people to learn more about the culture of the Great Wall, according to the municipal administration of cultural heritage.
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Workcations is the new vacation trend
As telecommuting is now integral to nearly all companies, working vacations are much more common. As a result, workcations or working while on vacation is becoming common.
How you will ...
Escape the Covid gloom and go to sea
Limassol has become the base for the Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship The Jewel of the Seas offering cruises to Greece and its islands. Katy Turner got to sample its ...
Wholesome pampering: an eco-friendly stay in Mallorca
In this NMF-sponsored video, we take a look at slow-living in practice, by virtually visiting an eco-friendly and sustainable hotel in the mountains of Mallorca.
Ecocirer may just be Mallorca’...
Iceland: nature’s volcanic laboratory of the North
In this video, we’re taking a pre-Covid trip to Iceland, a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
Here, nature ...
Exploring the Vltava River Trail in South Bohemia
In this video, Janek Rubes, co-host from the Czech HONEST GUIDE YouTube travel channel, takes us on an adventurous summer bike ride along South Bohemia’s lush Vltava Trail.
The ...
A room-by-room tour of Jane Austen’s final home
Lovers of ‘Pride and Prejudice’… rejoice! In this video, we step into the author’s world, taking a virtual trip to the Jane Austen House and Museum, located in Chawton, ...
In the footsteps of the ancients: Paphos Archaelogical Park
Given the extreme heat, you’d be forgiven if you felt unable to summon the energy to explore the extensive grounds of the Paphos Archaeological Park, even though the site ...
How to thoroughly enjoy your car rental abroad
So, you’ve gone through researching your car rental Netherlands companies and made sure that you crossed all your T’s and dotted all your I’s. You’ve disembarked ...
Dreamtime: flying over the abandoned village of Foinikas
For those who know the island’s less-frequented places, its landscape, shorn of contemporary structures and 21st-century markers, is often fertile ground for the imagination.
Add to that a centuries-old ...
Tia Does Agrotourism, Season 2, Episode 7: a road-trip to Akamas
If there is any consolation to the hazy intensity of the soaring temperatures, it is that we have every excuse (if not always the free time) to head to our ...
Bumpy sky rides: a professional pilot explains turbulence
It may be awhile since many of us have been on a plane, but, assuming we’ve flown in the past, chances are we will recall moments when our craft ...
Sweeping beauty: a guide to exploring Scotland’s islands
In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Scotland’s beautiful islands.
Scotland is famed for its staggering mountains, beautiful lochs, and a variety of gems to explore, but ...
Romantic things to do in Beaufort SC
Beaufort, SC, is naturally sentimental. Its historic downtown area is blotched with live oaks surrounded by Spanish moss that switch in the salty air and antebellum architecture. Yet, there exists ...
How a liveaboard couple are prepping for the Northwest Passage
In this video, we meet Taryn and Logan Pickard from Wayward Life Sailing, a nomadic couple living full-time aboard the ‘Papa Rumba’ their third sailboat, where they’re learning, researching ...
Don’t look down: three of the world’s most dizzying hikes
Crumbling stone steps, narrowest ledges, terrifying drops on both sides… if there are wise men holding court at the tops of some mountains, it may take a certain kind of ...
Can travel insurance be bought after departure?
There is a saying that says a man is as rich as he has traveled. Every trip is a new acquaintance, a departure from your comfort zone, your home, and ...
The Amalfi Coast: southern Italy’s magical maritime stretch
In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to Italy’s stunning Amalfi coast – a major tourist destination that, pre-pandemic, would typically draw millions of visitors each year.
And it ...
The Azores: green archipelago of the Atlantic
In this video, we head to the breathtaking Azores – a remote archipelago of islands that, along with Madeira, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
Situated in the ...
Bangkok: Thailand’s cosmopolitan capital where the past races into the future
In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to beautiful Bangkok, the capital and most populous city of Thailand.
Known in Thai as ‘Krung Thep Maha Nakhon’, or simply ‘Krung ...
Tia Does Agrotourism, Season 2, Episode 6: Kyperounta village
Steep roads, vineyards, tiled traditional homes, tucked-away courtyards, nature trails and adventure areas… the Limassol district village of Kyperounta has it all.
And who better to introduce us more closely ...
A seascape of miniatures: getting aerial over Latchi’s coast
We have become accustomed to roaming drone shots which, in a different age, would have been the exclusive domain of military cameras and Hollywood movies.
Yet despite such shots’ proliferation ...
Table Mountain: a review of the best trails for trekkers
Towering over Cape Town, Table Mountain offers hikers of all abilities both breathtaking views and several trekking options. The flat-topped peak forms part of the Table Mountain National Park, and ...
Avignon: Provence’s seat of the popes and scene of the arts
In this video, we take a pre-Covid trip to the beautiful Provençal town of Avignon in southeast France, which, in the early Middle Ages, served as the capital of ...