National Geographic Traveller UK 03.2020

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SEE & DO HOUSE OF THE BLACKHEADS: The most potent symbol of how Riga’s old town has been dolled up is this ornate ediice, wh ...

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CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Līvu Square, a small park in the centre of the old town; lingonberries from the forest being divided an ...

Ashes to ashes // Riga burned down on several occasions — deliberately. hose living outside the city walls dwelled in wooden hou ...

ILLUSTRATION: JOHN PLUMER Getting there & around There are plenty of direct lights from the UK to Riga, including Wizzair’s ...

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Armenian cuisine is rich and varied — but it’s the country’s wine, with its time- honoured traditions and distinct flavour, that ...

Getting there: Aerolot lies from Heathrow to Yerevan via Moscow. aeroflot.com. Average flight time: 7h 20m. Getting around: Hiri ...

NEED ADVICE FOR YOUR NEXT TRIP? ARE YOU AFTER RECOMMENDATIONS, TIPS AND GUIDANCE? THE TRAVEL GEEKS HAVE THE ANSWERS... ASK THE E ...

You should absolutely still go — Venetians need you, especially a er last winter’s fl oods, which have taken a heavy fi nancial ...

(£7.9m) The cost of Tourism Australia’s most recent TV campaign starring Kylie Minogue, which has since been suspended due to th ...

WHAT HAPPENED? Shortly ater lunchtime on 9 December 2019, White Island, also known as Whakaari, suddenly erupted. The rocky peak ...

4 3 2 6 5 TRAIN JOURNEYS HOW TO MAKE YOUR LONGHAUL TRAVEL SMOOTHER, MORE SUSTAINABLE AND MORE ENTERTAINING. WORDS: TAMSIN WRESS ...

Get more out of Google Maps with these useful tricks. TIP ONE That little blue dot on the map to mark your location has some coo ...

When were in-light meals irst served? Sandwiches or fruit were the options ofered 101 years ago for the irst ever in-light meal, ...

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APRIL issue On sale 5 March 2020 For more information on our subscription of ers, see page 174 P l u s // Angers, Austria, Bolog ...

LIMASSOL COASTLINE Once Cyprus’s main port and industrial centre, the lively district of Limassol has become one of the island’s ...

BEAR WITNESS THE MARSICAN BROWN BEAR IS TEETERING ON THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION — ITS NUMBERS BROUGHT PERILOUSLY LOW DUE TO HUMAN I ...