Why Visit Butrint National Park? Butrint National Park encompasses over 23,000 acres of lagoon wetland, as well as the ancient city of Butrint, a UNESCO world heritage site. The wetlands are home to diverse flora and fauna, with 800 kinds of plants and 246 bird species. The ruins of the once-thriving port town date back […]
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Long Layover at Heathrow? Head to Osterley House If you travel enough, it will happen. You’ll find yourself sitting around Heathrow Airport, suffering through an interminable layover. Here’s my advice: get out. Hop on the Tube and spend your London Heathrow layover at Osterley House. This stately home is a National Trust property, surrounded by
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Best Things to do in Rye, England In his novel Miss Mapp (1922), E.F. Benson writes: “There is not in all England a town so blatantly picturesque as Tilling.” As Benson fans know, Tilling is actually the ancient Cinque Ports town of Rye, East Sussex (an hour by train from London), where the author lived
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: DARK HOLLOW FALLS Before launching into my amazing road trip, before hiking in California, before the Oregon beaches, I decided to explore closer to home (the D.C. area). Shenandoah National Park in Virginia is one of my favorite places. It was a worthy first stop on my incredible America-themed summer. And
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Photo of the Week: The Cape of Good Hope Spectacular. That’s the only way to describe one of the most famous geographic points in the world. Sea captains of past eras would have said cold, windy, dangerous, or daunting. The Cape of Good Hope can indeed be all these things. But to the modern visitor,
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SPOTLIGHT ON: PINNACLES NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA Designated a national park in 2013, Pinnacles has yet to attract the attention — and crowds — of its world-famous neighbors such as Yosemite or Redwoods. Only two hours southeast of San Francisco, Pinnacles is a wonder to behold. Well-deserving of its place among America’s national parks, it’s home
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Western Australia: Esperance and Cape Le Grand National Park Western Australia covers one third of the landmass of Australia, and if the state was an independent country, it would be the tenth largest in the world. The state of WA is sparsely populated and, apart from the capital city of Perth, often overlooked by travelers
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