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HISTORY RECONSTRUCTED IN NUREMBERG - Nuremberg, it is one of those cities whose name everyone has heard a hundred times but not many know much about what the city is actually like to visit. Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German) lies in Bavaria and is the state's second largest city after Munich with a population of nearly 500,000. There is no question about the fact that Nuremberg, founded around 1140, is a city with a great history. (...)

Nuremberg (Germany)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 639 km
EDGE OF THE HABSBURG EMPIRE - We launched this website around 2014, which is when a war broke out in eastern Ukraine between the government and Russian-backed rebel forces. That had kind of turned us off from writing about Ukraine at all, which of course is a bit ridiculous and entirely unfair to the rest of the country. Lviv in the west is close to the Polish border, more than 1,000km (process that) away from cities in the (...)

Lviv (Ukraine)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 1,569 km
BEACHES. - Esperance (French for "Hope") is a small town along the Southern Ocean coast of Western Australia. It is situated at about 720km and a 7 hour drive from Perth. Its total population is only a modest 10,000 people, but when we tell you that Perthians don't mind travelling the just mentioned distance just to spend time here, I'm sure you can grasp that this is a place worth visiting. So what (...)

Esperance (Australia)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 14,850 km
ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING EUROPEAN CITIES - Gdańsk on Poland's Baltic Sea coast is the country's largest port of the country and the sixth largest Polish city. German-speakers may be more familiar with the city under the name of Danzig, which of course has everything to do with how this region historically frequently changed hands between the Germans and the Polish. A popular summer destination for Poles on account for the (...)

Gdansk (Poland)
2 week temp. between 13℃ and 23℃
Distance to you: 1,277 km
IT'S BIGGER ON THE INSIDE - The walled city-state located within a city (Rome), within a region (Lazio), within a country (Italy) within, although not part of, a European Union ... within - we'll just stop right there. It is safe to say that it has an intriguingly complex standing internationally. But you need not worry about all that. Though the smallest country in the world measuring some 0.44 square kilometres, (...)

Vatican City (Vatican City)
2 week temp. between 24℃ and 32℃
Distance to you: 1,104 km
A DISTINCTLY NON-AFRICAN METROPOLIS (OR IS IT?) - Put your preconceived notions of Africa away for a moment. As a matter of fact, pretend that what we are about to write is not in any way, shape or form about Africa at all: Gorgeously located at a natural harbor overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, Luanda is a bustling city of beaches, museums, monuments, markets and churches. The population mostly speaks Portuguese and it's is not rare to see (...)

Luanda (Angola)
2 week temp. between 24℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 6,503 km
SURFING HOTSPOT - When it comes to places to surf, Hawaii or Australia typically comes to mind. But those in the know are aware that Costa Rica is definitely up there with the best. Dominical, a small beach front town on the South Pacific coast of Costa Rica, is a top spot as it offers some of the most consistent waves in the country. Although swimming in the ocean here may not be the best idea due to the strong (...)

Dominical (Costa Rica)
2 week temp. between 25℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 8,957 km
IBIZA'S CHILLED OUT SISTER ISLAND - We are just going to presume you have heard of Ibiza before. That Balearic island probably brings up images of the most fantastic white sand beaches and a hedonistic nightlife scene that features some of the largest clubs in Europe. Formentera is Ibiza's sister island, only a short boat ride away from Ibiza, and to summarise it succintly: it has one of the two things just mentioned but not the (...)

Formentera (Spain)
2 week temp. between 22℃ and 25℃
Distance to you: 1,132 km
MYSTERIOUS ULLEUNGDO - Let's face it. Ulleungdo is not really a household name, even for those who have already been studying where to travel to in Korea. After all, most people traveling to the country will not leave the peninsula, and if they do so for any reason, it is normally going to be to get to lovely Jeju Island. Out in the Sea of Japan and only reachable by ferry from Donghae (2.5 hours) or Pohang (3.5 (...)

Ulleungdo (South Korea)
2 week temp. between 16℃ and 21℃
Distance to you: 9,158 km
NOT MUCH TO DO - Whereas Mozambique's capital Maputo lies in the deep, deep south of the country, second city Beira finds itself a bit closer to the center of the country. The coastal city is located in Sofala province at the mouth of the Pungue River and home to the country's busiest port. Looking at the location and the kilometers of attractive beaches in front of the city, this could be a real favourite (...)

Beira (Mozambique)
2 week temp. between 20℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 8,290 km
DREAM ISLANDS - After seeing these islands I've given up on ever finding a better and more perfect tropical dream island. Try it, I dare you. The Whitsunday Islands are located off Australia's Queensland, south of Bowen and north of Mackay. They encompass a total of 74 islands (there are more if you count some of the really small specks as well) featuring bright white sand and the fantastic transparent (...)

Whitsunday Islands (Australia)
2 week temp. between 20℃ and 23℃
Distance to you: 15,663 km
ALL ABOUT THE BEACH - Fortaleza is a city of over 2.5 million people in the north-east of Brazil and capital of the state of Ceará. To Brazilians, Fortaleza is synonymous with fantastic beaches and a a party-hard atmosphere, or sometimes a combination of the two! Fortaleza is also famous for producing textiles and leather. When it comes to beaches, Fortaleza's Praia do Futuro is probably one of the best known in (...)

Fortaleza (Brazil)
2 week temp. between 22℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 7,051 km
MALAYSIA'S LITTLE ENGLAND - There's something odd about the Cameron Highlands. One moment you step into a car in hot and humid Kuala Lumpur, and about 3 hours later you get out of the car in the Cameron Highlands and the temperature suddenly feels like a good spring day in northern Europe. But with a strange hint of humidity. And with an uncanny consistency in temperature. The Cameron Highlands are located in the state (...)

Cameron Highlands (Malaysia)
2 week temp. between 24℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 10,293 km
PICTURE-POSTCARD COCHEM - Cochem is a town of just over 5000 inhabitants in Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) in Germany. The town, situated on the Mosel river and surrounded by vineyards, is superbly scenically located. Together with its historic center of picturesque half-timbered houses, it is no wonder this is a popular tourist destination - especially for day trippers. Come to Cochem to soak in the (...)

Cochem (Germany)
2 week temp. between 16℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 377 km
JAPAN'S NORTHERNMOST CITY - For some reason you've stumbled upon Wakkanai (稚内), Japan's northernmost city. Are you sure you want to go here? In winter the temperatures in this city of 37,000 people drop far below freezing (exacerbated by the wind) and the city experiences snowfall on practically every day, reaching an average of nearly 2 meters a month. Admittedly things are a lot better in summer, but the attractions (...)

Wakkanai (Japan)
2 week temp. between 9℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 8,815 km
FRANCE'S GREAT OUTDOORS - The Auvergne, located in the Massif Central, is one of the smaller regions of France, yet it is also one of the emptiest. Auvergne is far removed from the hustle and bustle of the busier parts of France, and features fantastic scenery in the forms of lakes, rivers and mountains. Culturally, you will find plenty of chateaux, quaint small towns and French Romanesque churches (...)

Auvergne (France)
2 week temp. between 20℃ and 35℃
Distance to you: 359 km
UNSPOILT PARADISE - If you compare their natural abundance, the Thai islands have nothing on Koh Rong. In fact, many would argue that Koh Rong in Cambodia - slightly less than 2/3 the size of Ko Pha Ngan - is more beautiful even than how some of the Thai islands used to be. We use the past tense, as nowadays you tend to have to work quite hard to see the beauty through all the development in those places. Not so on (...)

Koh Rong (Cambodia)
2 week temp. between 29℃ and 31℃
Distance to you: 9,892 km
A LOCALITY WITH A PRISTINE ALPINE LAKE - Carezza al Lago is an Italian locality in the Trentino-Alto Adige region, province of Bolzano, and forms part of the municipality of Nova Levante (Welschnofen). Its name comes from the German Karersee (Italian: Carezza) which is a small but tremendously beautiful lake that lies just above this mountainous town and is pictured with this article. Towering over Carezza are the Latemar (2,799 (...)

Carezza al Lago (Italy)
2 week temp. between 18℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 744 km
WEST THE MOUNTAIN, EAST THE SEA - Gangneung in South Korea's north-eastern province of Gangwon is not exactly a household name for those not too familiar with the country. It's true that the city is not home to any really renowned attractions, but with its scenic setting along the East Sea coast and isolated location straddled against the Taebaek mountains, this is still a city worth a visit if you like either one of those (...)

Gangneung (South Korea)
2 week temp. between 16℃ and 23℃
Distance to you: 9,039 km
ONE OF JAPAN'S TOP SKI RESORTS - If you're looking for a winter sports area, snow is a pretty big factor, no? Meet the town of Niseko in Hokkaido, Japan. For those of us skeptical about going skiing in Japan let us contrast its typical weather in January/February with a random ski resort town in Tyrol, one of Europe's premier winter sports destinations in the Austrian Alps: during these months, Niseko on average has maximum (...)

Niseko (Japan)
2 week temp. between 14℃ and 19℃
Distance to you: 9,041 km
SALTA THE BEAUTIFUL - If you head out to northwest Argentina, Salta is a city that will be hard to avoid. And you won't want to anyway, as this city (nickname La Linda or The Beautiful) is both an excellent place to organise your trips and tours from, as well as quite a lovely city on its own merit with colonial charm, good restaurants and fine nightlife. But let's start with the inevitable: Salta's (...)

Salta (Argentina)
2 week temp. between 6℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 10,578 km
DIG THAT MELLOW ISLAND VIBE - One of the four largest of the San Juan Islands and located just off the Northwest coast (and part) of Washington State is Orcas Island. Slightly overshoot it and you're in BC Canada, which is great, but you had designs for a chilled out island break - so let's get back there. This horseshoe island is a great place to take a break; whilst not being bored silly. You can enjoy the natural (...)

Orcas Island (United States)
2 week temp. between 12℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 7,971 km
EUROPE'S TOP SKI RESORT - With the town itself located at an altitude of 2,300 meters (and the Cime Caron cable car taking you another 900 meters further up), Val Thorens is the highest European ski resort. There wasn't anything here until the 1970s when it was decided to build a resort village here. Forming a part of the Trois Vallées ski area (combined with Courchevel and Méribel), which as we wrote when we (...)

Val Thorens (France)
2 week temp. between 16℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 510 km
OF WINTER FAME - Sapporo, famous for the beer with the same name, is the fourth city in Japan in terms of its population, which nears 2 million. Sapporo is located on the island of Hokkaido (of which it is the capital), at about 830 kilometer or 520 miles to the north of Tokyo. In contrast to some of Japan's older cities with roots sometimes going back hundreds or thousands of years, Sapporo is a fairly modern (...)

Sapporo (Japan)
2 week temp. between 13℃ and 19℃
Distance to you: 9,039 km
GRITTY CAPITAL OF A BEAUTIFUL NATION - Nairobi is the capital of Kenya, situated in the south of the country. It is not the safest place in the world and during the day this East African metropolis does often not seem like the most attractive place in the world either. But spend a day on the Maasai Market (on a different location each day of the week) stocking up on African souvenirs, and afterwords enjoy a good meal and a cold drink (...)

Nairobi (Kenya)
2 week temp. between 20℃ and 25℃
Distance to you: 6,483 km
CAPITAL OF NORTH MALUKU - Pulau Ternate is an island in the north-eastern Indonesia province of North Maluku. Effectively formed by the cone of the Gunung Gamalama volcano, which reaches 1,715 m above sea, the town of Kota Ternate covers three quarters of the lower ranges of the island in a U-shape. A population of about 200,000 people makes KT the largest city in the province. Historically, Ternate and next door (...)

Ternate (Indonesia)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 12,403 km
THE PIRATES NEST - Once upon a time, where the Cetina river meets the Adriatic sea, there was a town made of stone. Safely sat in its harbour of gorges it was protected by forts that sit on sheer cliffs of limestone. Any incoming enemy could be sighted and held to ransom for their invasion. This place was the Pirates nest and these were the most dangerous and feared tyrants of the Adriatic Sea... Sounds like a (...)

Omiš (Croatia)
2 week temp. between 23℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 1,256 km
MADRAS: GATEWAY TO THE SOUTH OF INDIA - Odds are that Chennai may ring a bell to you if you work in IT or are familiar with India's car industry. If not, let us help you out there: this is the city formally known as Madras. With a population nearing 6.5 million it is one of India's largest cities. It is located in the deep south of the country, facing the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is known for its temples and is a center of Tamil (...)

Chennai (India)
2 week temp. between 31℃ and 35℃
Distance to you: 8,036 km
CAPITAL OF THE YUKON: WILDERNESS CITY - To be fair, not much goes on in Whitehorse (population just under 30,000) itself. Sure it has a few museums, hotels, restaurants and bars, but people mostly touch down here to prepare for heading out into the Yukon. And located at a 2 hour long flight or nearly 2 day long drive from Vancouver, Whitehorse is slightly out of the way, of course. Yet spending some time in Whitehorse is not a bad (...)

Whitehorse (Canada)
2 week temp. between 7℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 7,245 km
VIBRANT AND EXOTIC TO THE MAX - Mumbai (or Bombay as it used to be known) is the largest city in India and one of the largest cities in the world. Located in the Indian state of Maharashtra and facing the Arabian Sea, the city has a population of nearly 21 million. Mumbai is the financial, economic, cultural and entertainment capital of India, with 40% of India's foreign trade originating from here, and the city forming the (...)

Mumbai (India)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 7,011 km
DREAMY AND ROMANTIC PORTO - Walk around in Porto, Portugal's second largest city built along the hills of the Rio Douro, early in the morning, seeing the traditional wooden rabelos boats floating on the water, medieval buildings and churches stacking up on either side of the river, and you could be forgiven for thinking you had arrived here a few hundred years earlier. A visit to the city is best started in the Ribeira, (...)

Porto (Portugal)
2 week temp. between 17℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 1,212 km
SIMPLY STUNNING - Santorini (or officialy Thira) is an island in the Southern Aegean region of Greece, located 200km or 120 miles to the southeast of mainland Greece. It forms part of the Cyclades group of islands and has a population of around 15,000 people. Its principal city is Fira, located on top of a cliff of Santorini volcano's (which is an active one) caldera and offering stunning views. The easiest way to (...)

Santorini (Greece)
2 week temp. between 21℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 2,330 km
CINQUE TERRE ESQUE - If you're ask around about the top attractions in Calabria, chances are someone will tell you about Scilla. Situated right at the very toe of Italy's boot, this is one of those super lovely fishing village turned tourist destination where the scenery is the attraction itself. Reached by either the A3 from Reggio or via an extremely narrow winding road, Scilla faces the strait of Messina and (...)

Scilla (Italy)
2 week temp. between 21℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 1,593 km
LUSH SURROUNDINGS - Phuket is the largest island of Thailand, situated off its west coast in the Andaman Sea. It is one of the premier beach holiday destination in south-east Asia, and a surprisingly diverse place. Depending on who you speak to, the island can be described as a party island (if they visited Patong and its infamous Soi Bangla), a colonial historic place (if they visited Old Phuket town) or an (...)

Phuket (Thailand)
2 week temp. between 29℃ and 31℃
Distance to you: 9,777 km
DIG THAT MELLOW ISLAND VIBE - One of the four largest of the San Juan Islands and located just off the Northwest coast (and part) of Washington State is Orcas Island. Slightly overshoot it and you're in BC Canada, which is great, but you had designs for a chilled out island break - so let's get back there. This horseshoe island is a great place to take a break; whilst not being bored silly. You can enjoy the natural (...)

Orcas Island (United States)
2 week temp. between 12℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 7,971 km
WHEN A MAN IS TIRED OF LONDON, HE IS TIRED OF LIFE - Vibrant, modern, exciting, multicultural and gritty. Yet at the same time posh, historic, typically British and upscale. That's London in a nutshell. This is the capital and largest city of the United Kingdom and England, with an apparently neverending list of fantastic world-class museums, maybe just the best nightlife in the world, theaters, markets, parks, cathedrals, palaces and other (...)

London (United Kingdom)
2 week temp. between 17℃ and 25℃
Distance to you: 343 km
ONE OF EUROPE'S BEST CONSERVED MEDIEVAL CASTLES - Allow us to introduce UNESCO-listed Conwy to you. This is a small coastal town of not even 15,000 people in northern Wales that is famous for the medieval Conwy Castle and city walls that surround it. The town and its castle were constructed in the late 13th century, under the rule of Edward I when he conquered Wales. And it is safe to say that things have been kept in a good state since then (...)

Conwy (United Kingdom)
2 week temp. between 14℃ and 19℃
Distance to you: 654 km
MINI AMSTERDAM - Middelburg is the capital of the province of Zeeland, located on the former island of Walcheren in the South of the Netherlands. Its history dates back to the late 8th or early 9th century, and in 1217 Middelburg was granted "city rights". The city went on to become an important trading hub between England and Flanders. During the Dutch Golden Age, the city grew to be the second most (...)

Middelburg (The Netherlands)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 307 km
A MEDIEVAL KNIGHT'S CASTLE SOUTH OF STUTTGART - Lichtenstein Castle (Schloss Lichtenstein) is a 19th century castle in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, at an approximately 1 hour drive from Stuttgart. This castle, which is open to visitors wanting to admire it from up close, stands on a cliff on the Swabian Alb above the village of Honau at an altitude of over 800 meters. Historically, there had been a castle here since (...)

Lichtenstein Castle (Germany)
2 week temp. between 17℃ and 27℃
Distance to you: 511 km
(MALAYSIAN) BORNEO'S MOST PROMINENT CITY - Kuching is a city in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on Borneo island. With a population of over 600,000 it is one of the larger cities in Malaysia, but more importantly, it is the most prominent city on Borneo itself (which in turn is divided between Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei). Kuching is typically the point of entry to Borneo for tourists from mainland Malaysia, and although it can be (...)

Kuching (Malaysia)
2 week temp. between 29℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 11,178 km
FAIRYTALE CASTLE - Picture a fairytale castle, most likely it is one imprinted on your mind by Disney since childhood - well this castle inspired that image. The name even seems like a fairytale Schloss Neuschwanstein means new swan stone castle as it overlooks the Swan lake (Schwansee). It is a highly impressive castle stark white, towers reaching to the heavens and set atop a mountain against sheer drops and (...)

Neuschwanstein (Germany)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 639 km
HIDDEN GEM - I hereby designate Salamanca the status of "hidden gem". Well, I'm sure a great many of you reading this had already heard of this UNESCO-listed city of roughly 150,000 in Spain's Castile and León, but for us it rather came as a surprise. At an hour by car from Valladolid and 2 hours from Madrid, Salamanca is an impressive old town that is famous for its many buildings constructed using an (...)

Salamanca (Spain)
2 week temp. between 26℃ and 34℃
Distance to you: 1,079 km
CITY OF PARKS - Davao is the largest city in troubled Mindanao in the southern Philippines. There is quite a bit of travel advice outstanding from various governments in the world against visiting the island, but that is targeted mostly at the south-western parts of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Some on the ground reports from Davao City actually say that it is absolutely fine to go to Davao, and not only (...)

Davao (Philippines)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 31℃
Distance to you: 11,719 km
TEMPLES AND TRADITION, OR BEACH PARTIES AND COCKTAILS - Bali is special. Picturing this tropical island brings up a combination of smiles, temples, rice terraces, flower-petals, beaches and yes, even fantastic nightlife. Bali is a paradise in the most true sense of the word and it's laid-back attitude has made it one of the premier holiday destinations in the world. What makes Bali stand out from the crowd is the diversity of what is on offer (...)

Bali (Indonesia)
2 week temp. between 25℃ and 29℃
Distance to you: 12,373 km
ANCIENT CITY WITH ENDLESS SIGHTS - Delhi, or alternatively the National Capital Territory of India, is a metropolis in India that incorporates the national capital of New Delhi. The metropolitan region has near to 22 million inhabitants, making it the second most populated city in the world and one of Asia's most prominent megacities. While Mumbai may take the Indian crown in economic and commercial terms, Delhi is the country's (...)

Delhi (India)
2 week temp. between 30℃ and 43℃
Distance to you: 6,586 km
SUPERLATIVES DON'T DO IT JUSTICE - Looking for the whitest of white sand beaches, palm trees, luxury and warm shallow waters rich in marine life? Then the Maldives are the place to be, and you can now consider all other places you were considering as poor imitations. In fact no superlatives would do justice to the beauty and feeling of tranquillity you experience when sitting in an ocean-view bungalow in a Maldives resort to (...)

Maldives (Maldives)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 29℃
Distance to you: 8,477 km
STAMP OF APPROVAL FROM SE ASIA VETS - If you thought paradise and South-East Asia equaled to Bali or Phuket, we are about to educate you. Phú Quốc in the Gulf of Thailand is the largest Vietnamese island, and in the opinion of a bunch of South-East Asia veterans (i.e. us) it might be a much more worthwhile place to go to nowadays. For now, anyway, as development is seriously picking up in this thus far relatively unspoilt paradise (...)

Phu Quoc (Vietnam)
2 week temp. between 30℃ and 31℃
Distance to you: 9,983 km
THE JEWEL OF KEDAH - Langkawi is an archipelago of Malaysia consisting of 99 islands in the Andaman Sea, off northwestern Malaysia's coast in the state of Kedah. When most people speak of Langkawi they refer to the largest of these, Pulau Langkawi. The beaches of Langkawi are well-known for being fantastic and clean, showcasing crystal clear water. A bit further inland you will find jungles, mountains, waterfalls (...)

Langkawi (Malaysia)
2 week temp. between 29℃ and 32℃
Distance to you: 10,017 km
COLONIAL SIGHTS AND THE PODOCARPUS WITHIN REACH - Loja (full name: Ciudad de la Inmaculada Concepción de Loja) is located in the southern part of Ecuador at 2,000 meter (6,700 feet) above sea level. It borders Peru in the south and is the oldest colonial city of the country, known as its cultural capital. As it is a university city, it is naturally quite lively. Main sights are the Plaza de la Independencia and Plaza San Francisco. Loja is (...)

Loja (Ecuador)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 25℃
Distance to you: 9,726 km
ACCLIMATISATION REQUIRED - La Paz is one of the few big cities in the world where skyscrapers wouldn't stand a chance of beating their natural surroundings. The city finds itself in the Andes at a dizzying altitude with a climate to match and flying in to La Paz is an experience to behold - somewhere in the middle of the Andes you suddenly swoop lower, but not much lower, to land. Go here to bargain at El Alto market, (...)

La Paz (Bolivia)
2 week temp. between 3℃ and 18℃
Distance to you: 10,027 km
CHINA'S CENTRAL ASIAN CAPITAL - I would like to bet that "This is also China" is a phrase that is often uttered by tourists on the Xinjiang streets. Urumqi is the capital of China's sometimes seemingly restive Xinjiang province in the far northwest of the country. It has a population of 3 million, of which about 3 quarters Han Chinese, whereas slightly less than 15% are ethnic Uyghurs (in entire Xinjiang province the Uyghurs (...)

Urumqi (China)
2 week temp. between 19℃ and 33℃
Distance to you: 6,216 km
TOO GOOD TO BE REAL - Aitutaki is an island in the Southern Cook Islands located a short (less than 1 hour) flight away from the main island of Rarotonga. Aitutaki consists of a large island with several villages on it and is surrounded by a stunningly beautiful lagoon which n turn has some smaller islands around it. Aitutaki is almost a stereotype in terms of what you will find here: white sand beaches, palm (...)

Aitutaki (Cook Islands)
2 week temp. between 25℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 16,312 km
ON THE EDGE OF WILDERNESS - Anchorage is the largest city of Alaska, and the United States' northernmost city with a population above 100,000. Although the urbanised part of Anchorage is only located on a small tip of it, the total area that falls within city limits is more than 6 times that of New York City. Most of it is mountainous and uninhabited. The city has some interesting museums as well as plenty of restaurants (...)

Anchorage (United States)
2 week temp. between 10℃ and 16℃
Distance to you: 7,526 km
THE CAPITAL OF SIBERIA - Look this place up on the map. If there is such a thing as the center of the Eurasian continent, this is it. Novosibirsk in southwestern Siberia is the third largest city in Russia after Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is situated on the Ob River and is located at an approximately 4 hour flight from the capital. Another convenient way of reaching the city is by the Trans-Siberian Railway. The (...)

Novosibirsk (Russia)
2 week temp. between 15℃ and 32℃
Distance to you: 5,254 km
VISITING NOW IS BETTER THAN NOT VISITING AT ALL! - Let's be real here. We prefered the Balinese town of Ubud a decade or two ago, before the massive crowds showed up and it became the household name that it is now. Before they started charging you for passing through a few rice paddies. Before taxi drivers started inadvertently dropping you off at souvenir stores run by their friends/business partners. But alas, it seems we started off this (...)

Ubud (Indonesia)
2 week temp. between 25℃ and 29℃
Distance to you: 12,387 km
QUINTESSENTIAL CARIBBEAN - If you are looking at this, you are most likely looking for a destination in the Caribbean. Stop looking, cause you've found it. Saint Kitts and Nevis is a small nation in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies. The country is formed by the two islands that comprise its name, of which Saint Kitts is the larger one. So why would we without even a second of hesitation recommend these two islands (...)

Saint Kitts and Nevis (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 6,753 km
FORMER PENAL COLONY - To be honest, we were quite surprised to find a country called Norfolk Island in our systems. We found that so surprising because we distinctly remember seeing a recent news item that told us that Norfolk going forward was going to be ruled out of Canberra and had effectively lost the right to govern itself. Whatever its exact political status within Australia may be, this island of just (...)

Norfolk Island (Norfolk Island)
2 week temp. between 18℃ and 21℃
Distance to you: 17,494 km
NO LONGER A BEST KEPT SECRET - There always comes a turning point when exciting new travel destinations initially discovered and explored by backpackers do not really classify for "best kept secret" lists anymore. We reckon Gili Islands has about reached that point. Although many travel guides will still describe them as such, rest assured that half of the world is now aware of these three specks just off Lombok. That (...)

Gili Islands (Indonesia)
2 week temp. between 26℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 12,430 km
EXPENSIVE AND EXCLUSIVE - Just north of Sint Maarten/St Martin lies the island nation of Anguilla. This British Overseas Territory consists of a large main island, comparable in size to its southern neighbour, and a number of much smaller specks around it. Daily flights arrive from other Caribbean islands including from Puerto Rico. Anguilla's capital is The Valley and unlike St. Martin (we will stop the comparisons (...)

Anguilla (Anguilla)
2 week temp. between 27℃ and 28℃
Distance to you: 6,703 km
DREAM ISLANDS - After seeing these islands I've given up on ever finding a better and more perfect tropical dream island. Try it, I dare you. The Whitsunday Islands are located off Australia's Queensland, south of Bowen and north of Mackay. They encompass a total of 74 islands (there are more if you count some of the really small specks as well) featuring bright white sand and the fantastic transparent (...)

Whitsunday Islands (Australia)
2 week temp. between 20℃ and 23℃
Distance to you: 15,663 km
CACTUS ISLAND - Aruba is an island in the Caribbean just off the coast of Venezuela, but forming an autonomous part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Although this is a Caribbean island, the climate is notably drier than those further to the north and east, as evidenced by its cactus-populated inland scenery. On the surface, Aruba has everything one could possibly require from a holiday in the Caribbean: (...)

Aruba (Aruba)
2 week temp. between 28℃ and 29℃
Distance to you: 7,671 km
PACIFIC WITH A FRENCH FLAVOUR - Nouméa is the capital of the French overseas territory of New Caledonia, situated on the main island of Grande Terre. This city has a population of over 150,000 consisting of Polynesian, Melanesian, European, Vietnamese and Indonesian people. Nouméa has a chic and cosmopolitan feel to it. That is probably partly to do with its French background as well as how it is situated: it lies in (...)

Noumea (New Caledonia)
2 week temp. between 19℃ and 23℃
Distance to you: 16,743 km
SOUNDS OF SAMBA IN THE MARVELOUS CITY - Most cities in the world try to boost their appearance by building ever-taller architectural marvels. Rio de Janeiro figured out long ago that no architecture could ever beat the astounding natural beauty of its surroundings. Its nickname is Cidade Maravilhosa, or Marvelous City, for a reason. Rio finds itself at the interchange of white sand beaches, mountains and rainforest and is far more (...)

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
2 week temp. between 21℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 9,168 km
GASTRONOMIC CAPITAL OF SOUTH AFRICA - The list of hidden gems in South Africa is fairly long, but we would still be surprised if Franschhoek (pop. 15,000) didn't rank somewhere near the top on it. Franschhoek (in Dutch/Afrikaans "French Corner") lies in the heart of the Cape Winelands, forming part of the Stellenbosch municipality. It was established by French Huguenot settlers in the 18th century and is nowadays widely known for (...)

Franschhoek (South Africa)
2 week temp. between 13℃ and 20℃
Distance to you: 9,353 km
JAPAN'S MOST LAID-BACK METROPOLIS - Fukuoka (福岡市) is the largest city of the island of Kyushu in southern Japan. By Shinkansen bullet train it will take you about 5 hours from Tokyo to get to this city of over 2.5 million people (greater Fukuoka). What is nowadays Fukuoka used to be the two towns of Hakata and Fukuoka, which merged in 1889. What was old Fukuoka is nowadays called Tenjin and is the main shopping area of the (...)

Fukuoka (Japan)
2 week temp. between 21℃ and 26℃
Distance to you: 9,504 km
CULTURE AND STREET FOOD - Palermo is the capital of the the southern Italian (island) region of Sicily. The city proper has a population of just over 650,000 and lies on the north side of Sicily, nearer to Tunis in Tunisia than to Rome. Not surprisingly, this city has one of the warmest climates of any place in Europe, with an annual average temperature of over 18 degrees. Although normally not listed as a must-see in (...)

Palermo (Italy)
2 week temp. between 22℃ and 30℃
Distance to you: 1,486 km