Albania’s cold-war fortress to become a resort
Albania, whose tourism industry amounts to less than 5% of its gross domestic product, would like to change that. One big step is a plan
Menu
Albania, whose tourism industry amounts to less than 5% of its gross domestic product, would like to change that. One big step is a plan
Approaching Bergen by Air Bergen is a city of paradoxes. It’s Norway’s second-largest city, but it feels in many ways like a small town. It’s the second-oldest city, but only in a few places does it seem older than 150 years or so. It’s…
Glancing up from the courtyard towards one of the intricately carved plaster facades of a palace inside Mehrangarh Fort, I spot this palace guardian inspecting the throng of visitors below.
“You absolutely must go to Sigiriya!”, Arthur C. Clarke insisted to me during my first visit to Sri Lanka. “There are other countries with beautiful weather and beaches, but there’s only one Sigiriya.
One of Europe’s smallest countries, it’s easy not to visit Luxembourg, neatly tucked in between the cultural and economic giants of Europe — France and Germany — and just west of its political capital in Belgium. But its a beautiful…
As we drive through the pretty farmland of Normandy, with its pleasing apple orchards and pastures dotted with sheep and dairy cows, it’s easy to forget this region’s turbulent past.
Albania, whose tourism industry amounts to less than 5% of its gross domestic product, would like to change that. One
Approaching Bergen by Air Bergen is a city of paradoxes. It’s Norway’s second-largest city, but it feels in many ways like a small town. It’s the second-oldest city, but only in a few places does it seem older than 150 years or so. It’s…
Glancing up from the courtyard towards one of the intricately carved plaster facades of a palace inside Mehrangarh Fort, I spot this palace guardian inspecting the throng of visitors below.
“You absolutely must go to Sigiriya!”, Arthur C. Clarke insisted to me during my first visit to Sri Lanka. “There are other countries with beautiful weather and beaches, but there’s only one Sigiriya.
One of Europe’s smallest countries, it’s easy not to visit Luxembourg, neatly tucked in between the cultural and economic giants of Europe — France and Germany — and just west of its political capital in Belgium. But its a beautiful…
As we drive through the pretty farmland of Normandy, with its pleasing apple orchards and pastures dotted with sheep and dairy cows, it’s easy to forget this region’s turbulent past.