As its name suggests, the Bayshore area spreads out along the Bay at the northern edge of the city, faces the islands, and enjoys unforgettable views of both the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges. Historically, the city began its life here, when the Spanish set up a military outpost at the Presidio in 1776. More … Read more

A Bike Ride through the Presidio Beginning at the Visitor Information Center, where you can pick up an excellent map, first explore the Main Post. Here you can ride around the Parade Ground, see the Presidio’s earliest surviving buildings, dating from the 1860s, as well as 18th-century Spanish adobe wall fragments in the former Officers’ … Read more

In 1999, Berlin’s green centre became the government district. Around Tiergarten, Berlin’s largest and most popular park, stand the Reichstag, the Bundeskanzleramt and Schloss Bellevue, seat of the President of the Federal Republic of Germany. Tiergarten itself is a great place for strolling and cycling, and it also boasts the Neuer See, the Spree River … Read more

A Day Out Morning Start your tour of Tiergarten at the Reichstag . Explore the government district from here starting with the Bundeskanzleramt (the Federal Chancellor’s Office, diagonally opposite). Stop at Restaurant Käfer (see Käfer im Reichstag) in the Reichstag for breakfast. Via John-Foster-Dulles-Allee you will pass the Carillon and the Haus der Kulturen der … Read more

Restaurants & Cafés Café am Neuen See On the shore of the lake, this is a restaurant, café and beer garden. The ”Italian breakfast” is delicious. Tiergarten, Neuer See, Lichtensteinallee 2 Mar–Oct: 10am–11pm daily; Nov–Feb: 10am–8pm Sat–Sun 030 254 49 30 Schleusenkrug This small café, right next to a lock, has a rustic beer garden … Read more

Shopping Parliamentary Bookshop Buy the day’s political reading, plus parliamentary-related prints and other souvenirs. 12 Bridge Street SW1 Lower Marsh Once London’s longest street market, stalls sell inexpensive music, clothes, hardware and food. Open mornings Mon–Fri. Lower Marsh SE1 Llewellyn Alexander This art gallery has changing, quality exhibitions, notably in the summer. 124–126 The Cut … Read more

Pubs and Cafés The Southwark Tavern A popular pub with a wide range of drink and food. The debtors bar, down below, has individual booths that come with televisions. 22 Southwark Street SE1 Footstool In the basement of St John’s, Smith Square, this is a good spot for a lunchtime snack. St John’s, Smith Square … Read more

1.     Ecology – luxury Orange County If you want to be friend with nature but still stay in luxury, this is one of the first-ranked resorts of this area with Kodava style architecture. Besides English-style breakfasts and BBQs, chefs can offer you the curry, or local pork. This is the ideal of sustainable travel: wind … Read more

Michael K Malunga of the Zambia Wildlife Authority writes of an amazing scenario in the Zambezi Valley. It was a hot day along the Zambezi River near Kulefu Camp. As we sat the shade of an acacia tortoise tree, taking respite from the scorching sun during our day patrol, a female elephant suddenly appeared with … Read more

From the romance of the African veld, to the awe-inspiring ice-scapes of the Arctic and the red sands of Jordan, three writers go in search of the holiday of a lifetime. Inside the Arctic Circle Midnight sun and polar bears – Nicola Davenport takes an unforgettable trip to the frozen north ‘Walk in a straight … Read more

A walking safari in South Africa Sue Jolly gets closers than she’d ever imagined to the big five in the Kruger National Park Trekking happily but cautiously through the shimmering grasslands of the African bush, suddenly my armed guard whispers there’s a rhino ahead. ‘Hide behind a tree if he makes a rush at us.’ … Read more

Cycling in Jordan Lara Dunn saddles up and bikes from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea Jordan is a great place for beginner divers to experience the Red Sea Think of a beetle on its back, legs waggling uselessly in the air, trying to regain control of its forward locomotion. Right now, that beetle … Read more

A carpet of white sand looking out over infinite azure waters framed by the swaying fronds of palm trees… Okay, that’s more likely to be somewhere in the Caribbean of Pacific, and no, Marbella is not exactly renowned for its pearlesque beaches, but that doesn’t mean to say that we don’t have some fine stretches … Read more

Playa De Zaragoza No need to fly off to the big city in the north of Spain, for Playa Real de Zaragoza is a stretch of beach just east of Los Monteros and Bahía de Marbella – an area known to have some of the finest sand on the Costa del Sol. Heading eastwards from … Read more

Marbella beach Or more specifically, that part of it bordering the Marbella marina. Urban legend has it that followers of British TV programme TOWIE felt inspired to visit ‘Marbs’ after the recently aired episode filmed in Marbella, only to confuse Puerto Banús with Marbella Port. Well, it’s not quite the same thing. Marbella’s marina and … Read more

Most of the Korean history was under the dominance of empires. The isolation of Korea in 19th century brings it a name called “Hermit Kingdom”, and in those sad periods, Korea was still dependent on external forces. The Japanese Army invaded Korea in 1910 and behaved very badly towards this country. After that, after World … Read more

“Greece – Let’s join the adventure and discover mysteries of ancient times” Samothrace Samothrace is a fairy island located in the northern Aegean Sea Samothrace is a fairy island located in the northern Aegean Sea, where the sea is contiguous to the sky. The name of this place may impress many, because it was where … Read more

After a recent trip into the Congo, Mike McCartney could not help but writing to share the details Founded in 1925, the beautiful Virunga is Africa’s oldest national park. One of the most bio-diverse protected areas on the continent, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, it is reputed to have more endemic species … Read more

For many, the Marais is the most enjoyable quarter of Paris, with its mansions, museums and medieval lanes, but the district was little more than a muddy swamp until Henri IV built the place Royale (now place des Vosges) in 1605. Following its notoriety as the birthplace of the Revolution, the Bastille district sank into … Read more

A Day in the Marais Morning Begin the morning at the Musée Carnavalet , to beat the crowds and allow enough time to view the impressive collections. There is also a lovely garden courtyard. Afterwards, walk to the place des Vosges. Stand in the centre near the fountains to take in the whole square. Have … Read more