National Geographic Traveller - UK (2020-07 & 2020-08)

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THE EMERALD EDGE OF EUROPE WORDS AMELIA DUGGAN PHOTOGRAPHS KAROLINA WIERCIGROCH County Kerry and neighbouring West Cork are bast ...

Around them, little islands — some inhabited, many not — stand sentinel among the thrashing waters, fragments of the mainland ha ...

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“You have to understand that early Celtic Christianity was very different — you didn’t need a church to be close to God, or a pr ...

out and alone into nature quickly — that’s part of its magic. There are areas that feel untouched by time.” Ciarán isn’t from th ...

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was aboard the ill-fated Endurance with Irish Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton. Still standing today, in Annascaul, is the p ...

Getting there & around Ireland’s south west can be accessed via Shannon Airport in County Kerry or Cork Airport in County Co ...

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From dipping your toes in the showstopping bay of Anse Source d’Argent to exploring the storied capital of Zanzibar, the Indian ...

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How do you pick a favourite beach in the Seychelles? With its coral sands and remote location, the star of La Digue makes a play ...

COMOROS Also known as the Comoro Islands — Grande Comore, Mohéli and Anjouan — Comoros is among the region’s best-kept secrets. ...

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GIANT TORTOISES Once found on almost every continent, giant tortoises were hunted to near-extinction during the Age of Explorati ...

IMAGES: GETTY; YUKI SUGUIRA jungle At Tree Tops Jungle Lodge in Sri Lanka, lying in a hammock surrounded by the squawks of wildl ...