Travelling along the Prosecco Road I discovered two treasures of hospitality and service, hidden amid the vineyards and the old villages of the Treviso. As one travels north from Venice, before the Alps and the Dolomites, the landscape becomes ever more picturesque. The rugged terrain has been carefully devoted to growing grapes, a special variety: Prosecco.
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Nestled in rugged terrain of inland Sardinia, Hotel Su Gologone is surrounded by nature, and constitutes a true exercise in refinement. This magical place has the power to turn each day into a work of art, actually, the rooms are masterpieces in themselves. This is one of travel’s best-kept secrets.
I came to Lapland for the aurora, and in the journey discovered the deep north. It is a sparse monochrome surface of still wilderness which evokes a rich sense of space and time. Beauty appears in unexpected forms: a hue in the sky, a line in the snow, a forest, a birch tree, a wild mouse running in the deep snow. A frozen river bend, and the crackling fire by the camp…
My parents and I drive west from Palermo to Tonnara di Scopello, a disused yet picturesque tuna fishery that has been here since the 13th century. It is a popular place for sunbathers and swimmers, but today it’s just me and my parents. And twelve cats. I can picture the fishermen chanting and going out in the twilit hours, between the stacks that burst out from the sea. Time has stopped here.
During my recent trip to the Dolomites, I rediscovered a childlike enthusiasm for skiing. And how could I not? I crossed one snowy valley after another, without eve repeating a line. I went down easy runs that let me take in the alpine scenery, and the beauty of nature. I ventured down harder pistes that demanded my full attention.
Skellig Michael – once a little-known sixth-century monastic stronghold in a quiet corner of County Kerry – is now home to an influx of Jedi enthusiasts, each itching for the chance to stand on the latest Star Wars film set
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Hilde Kristin Rosvik tends to shy away from convention; this is likely the reason she accepted the Editorship at Svalbardposten in the city of Longyearbyen to become the northernmost Editor in the world. Her role comes complete with an apartment, car, and a rifle in a locked cupboard – hardly your standard office perk…
Hong Kong-raised Ben Simpson ventured to Africa as a teen and after a few short years, returned permanently. Having obtained a pilot’s license in Florida in the years between, Simpson’s dreams of a life less ordinary persisted,
