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National Geographic Traveller
Editorial Director & Chief Operating Officer: Maria Pieri Editor: Pat Riddell Deputy Editor: Amanda Canning Commissioning Editors: Lorna Parkes, Georgia Stephens Assistant Editors: Sam Kemp, Angela Locatelli Senior Editor: Sarah Barrell Associate Edi
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Contributors
I’d heard wonderful things about the Bay of Kotor’s glistening coastline. What I wasn’t prepared for was the gloriously slow pace of life here. Whether enjoying a waterside wine-tasting or hiking its wild mountains, I never once felt hurried. MONTEN
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Editor’s Letter
Turkey grabbed the headlines earlier this year when a Euromonitor report identified Istanbul as the most-visited city in the world, with over 20 million visitors in 2023. What wasn’t so loudly trumpeted was that another of its coastal cities, Antalya
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Big Picture
province, Vietnam Soy sauce has been made in Ban Yen Nhan — a village 15 miles from Hanoi — for centuries. Looking to learn more about this Vietnamese culinary staple, I met with one of the families responsible for fermenting, ageing and bottling it
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Silk Roads
A new exhibition from the British Museum in London is set to challenge our view of historic cultures. Showcasing more than 300 objects, many of which have never been displayed in the UK, Silk Roads will zoom in on the people, objects and ideas that f
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Snapshot
I met Belinda while documenting the Miss Gay beauty pageants in Cape Town. Shortly after, we came up with the #blackdragmagic photo series. Our aim was not only to find a uniquely African expression of drag but to reclaim the public spaces where the
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St John’s
You can tell a lot about a place from the way it greets its guests. In the city of St John’s, the capital of Newfoundland, an island off Canada’s eastern coast, visitors are inducted into the city with a ‘screech-in’ ceremony — a ritual involving dow
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Canal-boating In The UK
For a journey that takes in some of the most dramatic scenery in the UK, head to Chirk in Wales for a trip on the Llangollen Canal. This short route through the Dee Valley is perfect for novices, with plenty of stop-off points and the option to avoid
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A TASTE OF Guyana
Guyana, named ‘the land of many waters’ by its Indigenous communities, is just that. Numerous rivers weave through it from the Amazon Rainforest, eventually meeting the Atlantic. And although it’s in South America, bordering Venezuela, Brazil and Sur
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Sorrento
Perched on the edge of a cliff, overlooking Mount Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples, Sorrento’s location has long been part of its appeal. A historic centre of narrow alleyways and medieval architecture only adds to the allure with hotels, restaurants a
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Forest Of Dean
Time travel, impossible? Hardly. In the Forest of Dean, the mighty, moss-cloaked oaks and deep, fern-lined gullies are much as the Tudor kings left them when they last galloped through. Beneath the thick canopy of this ancient woodland, which straddl
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Iberian Culture
Founded almost a century ago to allow travellers to stay in the former residences of local nobility, Spain’s paradors aim to connect guests to the culture and landscapes that surround them. This year the network has expanded its Nature for the Senses
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Festival Spirit
Immerse yourself in the Yorkshire landscapes that inspired the Brontë sisters at this festival of contemporary female writing held in their former Haworth home, now a museum. The focus this year is on younger readers, linked to the museum’s 2024 exhi
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Portable Kit
British specialist Three Peaks creates backpacks using recycled plastic. Opt for the Nomad, which is as spacious and structured as a carry-on suitcase but weighs under 2kg. The material is waterproof, durable and easy to wipe clean, while features in
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Oliver Smith
I had a thousand conversations in the course of writing my book, On This Holy Island: A Modern Pilgrimage Across Britain. My notebooks were scribbled full of exchanges, had everywhere from Hertfordshire to the Hebrides. My computer memory filled with
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A Walking Holiday In The Lake District
Located near the market town of Keswick and within easy reach of Borrowdale valley and Scafell Pike, Derwent Bank is a country house set in grounds that slope towards Derwentwater — the so-called ‘Queen of the Lakes’ because of its beautiful setting.
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José Hernández
In 2009, Mexican-American engineer José Hernández fulfilled a lifelong dream: to travel to space as a NASA astronaut. Getting there was harder than for most. Born into a family of migrant farmworkers, José lived his childhood on what he calls the ‘Ca
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What’s Online
Estonia’s second city is coming into its own, with more than 1,000 arts and culture projects planned as part of its stint as a European Capital of Culture. Words: Berkok Yüksel The Kissing Students statue in Tartu is many things — a symbol of the ci
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Bay Of Kotor
Over the past decade, Montenegro has quietly cultivated a reputation as one of southeastern Europe’s most eclectic travel destinations. Though smaller than many of its Balkan neighbours, its alpine interior has much to offer the adventurous traveller
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Hauts-de-france
As I sit on Calais’ golden beachfront, eating from a bag of deliciously hot frites, it strikes me that it’s a shame so many travellers dash past this northernmost region of France, heading to the south. But those who pause a while will reap great cul
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Rhythms Of The Forest
We move as a tight-knit herd. “It’s like a sauna in here,” whispers my guide Kapi, mopping his brow and wafting air up his white polo shirt. A baby’s foot digs into my ribs as we lurch forward, carried by a sea of people trying to get closer to a cas
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Perth
Hundreds of shards of broken pottery line the foyer of the world’s 100th Ritz-Carlton hotel, which opened in 2019. Crafted into an art installation, the ceramic pieces were retrieved during excavations to create Elizabeth Quay. The waterfront precinc
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22 Unmissable experiences In TURKEY
THE BEST WAY TO SEE THE FAIRY CHIMNEYS AND ROCK HOUSES IS NOT FROM A BALLOON IN THE SKY BUT WITH FEET ON THE GROUND. WORDS: DANIEL STABLES “You’re not claustrophobic, right?” says tour guide Giray Özcas as we squeeze through a four-foot-high tunnel,
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Landscapes rich In Colour
Some call it Valencia’s green lung, others its heart — but all locals agree that the Turia Gardens is one of the city’s essential organs. People come to this meandering 7.5-mile ribbon of riverbed-turned-parkland to do the things that make life worth
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Walking In The Air
THERE’S A FAMOUS SCENE 16 MINUTES INTO THE TV ADAPTATION OF RAYMOND BRIGGS’ TH E SNOWMAN. THE TITLE CHARACTER OFFERS THE YOUNG BOY HIS HAND — BY MIRACLE THEY BOTH TAKE FLIGHT FROM A GARDEN TO SOAR OVER GENTLY UNDULATING HILLS. Beneath the boy’s billo
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Fall For Jersey City This Autumn
As the days shorten, the sun’s rays lengthen and a slight chill enters the air, so begins a special time for Jersey City. Just across the Hudson River from Manhattan, a 10-minute metro ride away, this charismatic US city exudes fall charm at its fine
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The Land Of Lakes
There are seven lakes with pristine, drinking-quality water in the region of Klopeiner See–Südkärnten–Lavanttal, the easternmost part of Carinthia. The bathing season starts in May, when the lakes become hubs for water activities: swimming, stand-up
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Under The Night Sky
From its snowcapped peaks in Torres del Paine to lush vineyards in the Central Valley and gurgling geysers in El Tatio, Chile is known for its startingly diverse climates and vast, impressive landscapes. Yet, some of its most magnificent spaces come
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Miami
It’s a bright morning and I’m pedalling down South Miami Avenue on a vintage bicycle. Gradually, the glittering corridor of Downtown skyscrapers gives way to banyan trees, the emerald tangle slowly blotting out the sky. Swinging left, I turn onto a f
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Japan
There is an undeniable enchantment to travelling in Japan; a bewitching magic sweeps through its incense-rich mountain temples and forests full of deer, settling over neon-lit towns. Even those who have yet to set foot on its shores are often captiva
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Thames-side Transformation
In 1977, Algie, a giant inflatable pig, was famously captured floating between Battersea Power Station’s totemic chimneys for the cover of Pink Floyd’s album Animals. For the next 45 years, ‘pigs might fly’ could have summed up any hope this London l
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Dublin
Dublin is a city that’s impossible to ‘do’. It has its big hits: there’s the Guinness Storehouse, where the ‘black stuff’ is brewed, tasted and revered; and there are taprooms that thump in the party district of Temple Bar. Dublin Castle sits near Tr
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Venice’s Regata Storica
The average length of a gondolino. Designed to be lighter and faster than a gondola, they’re used by professional oarsmen in the most popular race of the day, the twin-oared campioni su gondolini The number of times Rudi and Igor Vignotto, the most p
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Sand, Sea & Souks
Step away from the lively, pulsating streets of Marrakech or the alluring beaches of Agadir and fresh impressions of the vastly varied country of Morocco emerge. Travellers have long been captivated by the colourful hotspots in Morocco, but the less-
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Ask The Experts
Can you provide a music-themed itinerary taking in New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville? This is the holy trinity of American music cities, and a fairly easy trip to arrange as it’s all focused within the southern states. Arriving at the birthplace of
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Tiger Mosquitos
Due to warming temperatures, disease-carrying species of mosquito are spreading across Europe from Southeast Asia and Africa. It’s the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) that’s making the most headway, bringing with it dengue fever and more. Fro
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What Is The Impact Of Luxury Safaris?
Thirty years ago, when Beks Ndlovu was starting out as a guide near his village in Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park, safaris were a different beast. Then, it was all functional camps offering back-to-nature simplicity for gnarly wildlife enthusiasts —
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How I Got The Shot
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