EVER SEEN... ? THE STONE HOUSE, FAFE MOUNTAINS, PORTUGAL
A cement mix spread between two large boulders creates this Stone Age-inspired abode, which every year lures packs of travellers up a mountainside in northern Portugal [Read More]
April 01, 2013
EVER BEEN... ? PLITVICKA LAKES, CROATIA
Fringed with lush forest and tumbling waterfalls, an almost 300km2 gallery of cobalt-blue and aqua-green pools comprises Croatia's Unesco-protected Plitvicka Jezera National Park [Read More]
April 01, 2013
EVER TRIED... ? ZIP-LINING, ST VIGIL, ITALY
See the ground racing past 100m below your feet, on Europe's longest "flying fox", running for 3km through an awe-inspiring pine forest in the Dolomites [Read More]
April 01, 2013
EVER BEEN... ? TERME DI SATURNIA, TUSCANY, ITALY
Formed 40 million years ago, these terraced hot springs spilling down a remote Tuscan hillside have lured health-seekers and holiday makers since the days of the Roman Empire [Read More]
March 01, 2013
EVER SEEN... ? HAUT-KOENIGSBOURG CASTLE, ALSACE, FRANCE
55km south of Strasbourg at an altitude of 757m in the Vosges mountains, this incredible castle was restored in the early 1900s to its Medieval glory and today pulls in over 500,000 visitors a year [Read More]
March 01, 2013
EVER TRIED... ? ROCK CLIMBING, KALYMNOS, GREECE
Just a 25-minute ferry ride from Kos, this 40 square mile Greek isle packs in over 1,700 climbing routes across its craggy limestone cliffs, making for some of the sport's most spectacular challenges (not to mention views) [Read More]
March 01, 2013
EVER TASTED... ? CALÇOTS, CATALONIA, SPAIN
Through the winter months, catalans gather at calçotadas - parties dedicated to feasting on these indigenous mild green onions, grilled and served with the spiced salvitxada dipping sauce [Read More]
February 01, 2013
EVER SEEN... ? OLD TJIKKO, FULUFJÄLLET MOUNTAIN, SWEDEN
It may not look it, but at 9,550 years old, this shrub-like Norway spruce sprouting 4m up from the rocky mountainside is the world's oldest living individual clonal tree [Read More]
February 01, 2013
EVER BEEN... ? PARCO DEI MOSTRI, BOMARZO, ITALY
Young Bride. Its mystical beasts and grotesque gods are located just an hour's drive north from Rome [Read More]
February 01, 2013
EVER TRIED... ? BASE JUMPING, THE ALPS, FRANCE
Buildings, bridges and cliffs are popular places to strap on a parachute and have the experience of your life [Read More]