You know it’s winter in North America when ads promoting the Caribbean, Mexico and Hawaii start appearing in droves in newspapers and online. The message: winter is something you should flee. Counterpoint: those balmy destinations are great year-round. The places that hit peak beauty at the chilliest times of year, on the other hand, are…
Croats are passionate about food. They’ll spend hours discussing the quality of the lamb or the first-grade fish and why it overshadows all food elsewhere. With such a delectable blend of cuisines – Italian, Slavic, Austrian, Turkish and Hungarian – foodie culture is on the rise here. Inspired also by the Slow Food movement, there’s…
The moment you roll up in the national parks you feel it – you're entering someplace special. Maybe it's the mountain air or the smell of trees. Most likely it's because you're about to see something big. Something indescribable. A canyon so deep you can see two billion years of geological history in its walls.…
With photo-ready panoramas around seemingly every mountain bend and countless secondary roads leading off to charming little villages, having a vehicle in Colombia is the best way to explore the fascinating rural heartland of the country at your own pace. While driving here is not without challenges – king-sized potholes, landslides, frequent roadworks and costly tolls…
From Samhain and All Souls’ Day to Día de Muertos and good old All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween), the northern hemisphere’s autumnal shift into the long, dark days of winter turns up some creepy and colorful celebrations around the globe; annual holidays that count amongst the world’s oldest and perhaps most misunderstood. Historically many cultures – from…
At the start of every November, millions of people across Mexico and beyond celebrate the lives of their dearly departed—with ofrendas (altars), calaveras (skulls), poetry and some of the most colorful face paint in the world. The holiday is known as Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) and has its origins in Aztec and other…
Dreaming of Maldives readers have nominated Niyama Private Islands for Maldives Best Resort 2022 in the 11th Edition of the TOP 10 Maldives Dreamy Resorts. Niyama Private Islands Best Maldives…
Dreaming of Maldives readers have nominated Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives for Maldives Best Resort 2022 in the 11th Edition of the TOP 10 Maldives Dreamy Resorts. Mövenpick Resort Kuredhivaru Maldives…
After 70 years of service, Queen Elizabeth II was laid to rest in 2022. Britain’s longest-ever serving monarch has been succeeded by King Charles III and as with all of the sovereigns that preceded them, the current Royal Family has left its own indelible imprint on London. For centuries, British aristocracy has built palaces, landscaped…
Dreaming of Maldives readers have nominated JOALI Maldives for Maldives Best Resort 2022 in the 11th Edition of the TOP 10 Maldives Dreamy Resorts. JOALI Maldives Best Maldives resort 2022…