Travels

Crossing the Arctic Circle

  Crossing the Arctic Circle is one of those quiet milestones of travelling in the far north. In northern Sweden, the line runs through a remote landscape of forests, rivers and mountains — part of a region often referred to as Swedish Lapland, and overlapping with Sápmi, the traditional homeland of the Sámi people. Whether […]

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Sapa for a romantic getaway

Sapa’s Romantic Getaway that doesn’t feel staged Sapa romance is the shared hush of stepping out into cold air after heat; it’s walking through a village when woodsmoke curls from kitchens; it’s watching terraces appear and disappear as if the mountains are blinking. This is why I like it for February: you get intimacy without

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What are the Best Tours in Uruguay?

Although the South American country of Uruguay is lesser known than its more famous neighbors, Brazil and Argentina, it has its own special tourist offerings, including deliciously fabulous wine tours in Carmelo – easily accessible from the UNESCO world heritage city of Colonia de Sacramento.  Ideal South America’s General Manager, Donovan Hervig, visited recently to

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From Helsinki to Tallinn

The Finnish capital of Helsinki and the Estonian capital of Tallinn lie almost directly opposite each other across the Gulf of Finland in the Baltic Sea. Helsinki’s magnificent skyline | Tapio Haaja Although Estonia spent much of the twentieth century under Soviet rule, the two cities have long shared close cultural and historical ties. The

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