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19 | SNAPSHOT Buzzing in the
New Forest
20 | BIG PICTURE All smiles in
Mongolia’s Gobi Desert
23 | MAKING TRACKS New cycling
routes across the UK and beyond
25 | FACE THE MUSIC Music festivals
making a difference this summer
27 | FOOD Romy Gill on the flavours
of the Kashmir region
29 | ON THE TRAIL An arty road
trip through southern France
31 | WHERE TO STAY Luxurious
boltholes in party-loving Mykonos
32 | FAMILY Let the train take the
strain this summer
34 | INSIDE GUIDE What to do in
Wrocław, Poland’s historic jewel
37 | STAY AT HOME A guide to
quirky Totnes, Devon
39 | BOOKS The best new reads
about our feathered friends
40 | KIT LIST Ethical, sustainable
gear for festival season
43 | COMPETITION Win a three-
night luxury break in Puglia
45 | NOTES FROM AN AUTHOR
Stuart Turton on the Indian Ocean
46 | MEET THE ADVENTURER Erin
Parisi on scaling the world’s peaks
48 | ONLINE Highlights from
nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel168 | EVENTS Dates for your diary
172 | TRAVEL WRITING
COMPETITION Last chance to enter
and win a trip to Greenland
174 | SUBSCRIPTIONS Make the
most of our latest offer
177 | INBOX Your letters, emails
and tweets
178 | YOUR PICTURES This month’s
best travel photos148 | ASK THE EXPERTS Your travel
queries answered by experts
150 | THE INFO The lowdown on
surfing as North Devon becomes
the UK’s first World Surfing Reserve
151 | HOT TOPIC Is Venice’s ‘tourist
tax’ a sign of things to come?
156 | CRUISE There’s never been a
better time to set sail, with a raft of
thrilling new adventure itinerariesCONTENTS
Two wild zebras,
Serengeti National
Park, Tanzania
Image: Getty
50 | WEEKENDER:
NORTHUMBERLAND Birds, beaches
and battle-worn castles on an
escape to the North East
56 | EAT: EYRE PENINSULA
Seafood is the sustainable star in
this wild corner of South Australia
62 | SLEEP: BARCELONA From grand
stays to hip hangouts, design reigns
supreme in the city’s hotel scene62
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