On foot

Culture

Vatican City

Vatican Gardens offer a slower view of Vatican City

The Vatican Gardens reveal the State as a landscape of work, prayer and architecture. The key is to treat them as a reserved visit, not as a park you can simply enter in passing.

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Practical guides

Netherlands

Kinderdijk from Rotterdam: windmills, water and route choices

A visit to Kinderdijk makes more sense when experienced as a system of dikes, canals, windmills and pumping stations, rather than as a quick photo stop.

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Practical guides

Vanuatu

Tanna and Mount Yasur: planning a visit to an active volcano

On Tanna, Mount Yasur is not an ordinary viewpoint: the volcano’s condition, your guide and the time available determine whether a visit makes sense.

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Culture

Switzerland

St Gallen: bringing together a monastic library and a textile city

A day in St Gallen can connect medieval manuscripts, Baroque architecture and a textile industry that still offers clues to understanding the city.

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Culture

Netherlands

Schokland on foot and by bicycle, the former polder island

Schokland reveals the Dutch polder as a story of evacuation, archaeology and land reclaimed from the water. A leisurely plan begins at the museum and continues to the island’s former extremities.

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Nature

Sierra Leone

Guided forest walks and practical planning for Tiwai Island

On Tiwai Island, the journey revolves around local guides, unhurried walks and the rhythm of the Moa River—not guaranteed sightings.

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Responsible travel

Costa Rica

Cahuita on foot from Playa Blanca to Puerto Vargas

A visit to Cahuita works best when you separate its three rhythms: the coastal trail, the reef and the cultural life of a Caribbean town.

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Culture

United Kingdom

Neolithic Orkney from Maeshowe to Skara Brae

A two-day visit that connects tomb, ceremonial circles and settlement without reducing western Mainland to a sequence of stops.

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Culture

Georgia

Vardzia and Khertvisi: Exploring the Upper Mtkvari Valley

A day of rock-cut architecture, medieval painting and riverside landscapes to help you decide where to stop and what to check before setting out.

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Culture

Armenia

Garni and Geghard through the Azat Valley and the Basalt

A short trip from Yerevan linking an archaeological site, a gorge of basalt columns and a living monastery carved into the rock.

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Nature

Poland

Białowieża for understanding old-growth forest and bison

In Białowieża, the key decision is not finding an animal, but choosing which kind of forest you want to experience and under what rules.

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Routes

Austria

The Semmering Railway: trains, viaducts and a walk between Semmering and Breitenstein

The Semmering Railway is best experienced by combining a full train journey with a section on foot: this is how to understand its curves, viaducts and the mountain’s true scale.

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