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MUSICFESTIVAL

Opera,classical

music,jazzand

DJsetswillecho

aroundthegardens

of Florence’s

PalazzoCorsinial

Pratoduringthe

NewGeneration

Festival(28–31

August;newgener

ationfestival.org).

EXPEDITIONREWIND

The 1955 Oxford& CambridgeFar

EasternExpeditionsawLondonto

Singaporedrivenforthefirsttime.

FromAugust25,oneof theoriginal

LandRoverswillattemptthe return

trip (lastoverland.com).

WINERYWINNER
Argentina’sZuccardi
ValledeUcohasbeen
votedtheWorld’sBest
Vineyard.Its visitor
centreshowcases
wondrousviewsof
thevineyardsand
mountainsof Mendoza
(zuccardiwines.com).

WORLDHERITAGESITE

ThenorthwestIndiancityof Jaipur

hasfinallybeendeclareda World

HeritagesitebyUnesco.Thelisting

forJaipur– knownas thePinkCity

• statesthatit ‘hasmaintainedits
  localcommercial,artisanaland
  cooperative traditions to this day.’

STARSANDSTRIPES

ArchesNationalParkin Utah,

USA,hasbeennamedan

InternationalDarkSkyPark.

Alreadyknownforits immense

sandstonerockformations,the

parkhasnowbeenrecognisedfor

theeffortsmadeto protectand

preservedarkskiesthere,through

carefullightingpoliciesand

public education (nps.gov/arch). PHOTOGRAPHS:

GUY

BELL,

MIKADUN/

SHUTTERSTOCK,

JACOB W FRANK/NPS,

SAM VOCARE