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The tilted Giddy House inside Fort Charles, Port Royal.

Port Royal, Fort Charles and the City the Sea Preserves

A short visit to Port Royal gains depth when Fort Charles, earthquakes and Atlantic history replace the easy pirate legend.

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Gisakura tea fields beside the forested hills of Nyungwe.

Nature

Rwanda

Walking Nyungwe National Park from Uwinka or Gisakura

In Nyungwe, the key decision is not to pack in activities: it is to choose a base, gauge the effort involved and leave room for a changing mountain forest.

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Culture

Botswana

Tsodilo Hills: walking among rock art and sacred landscape

A visit to Tsodilo Hills is best enjoyed as a slow day out: choose a trail, arrange a local guide and understand that the paintings are part of a living landscape.

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Solomon Islands

Tetepare in Five Nights: Reef and Rainforest

On Tetepare, arrival, guiding and accommodation are all part of the visit. Here is how to decide whether this conservation island fits your trip.

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Secondo-Lido Lighthouse on Mogadishu’s coast.

Practical guides

Somalia

Mogadishu’s Maritime Heritage and Why a Tourist Trip Should Wait

Mogadishu’s old city preserves an important maritime and urban memory, but current official advisories make a tourist trip inadvisable.

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Active dunes of the Gran Desierto de Altar in Sonora.

Nature

Mexico

El Pinacate’s craters and dunes require different plans

The best way to plan a visit to El Pinacate is to consider the type of landscape, the vehicle available and your tolerance for heat—not simply a list of stops.

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Facade of Saint Peter’s Basilica seen from Saint Peter’s Square.

Practical guides

Vatican City

Planning Vatican City’s Museums, Basilica and Necropolis

The Vatican Museums, St Peter’s Basilica and the necropolis involve different schedules, access arrangements and levels of effort. Choosing one carefully can transform the experience.

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Historic Timbuktu manuscript during conservation work.

Responsible travel

Mali

Timbuktu preserves its manuscripts while travel must wait

Timbuktu’s earthen mosques and manuscript tradition deserve thoughtful preparation, but the current situation means postponing tourist travel.

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Petroglyphs on a boulder at Böyükdaş in Gobustan.

Culture

Azerbaijan

Gobustan: Petroglyphs and Mud Volcanoes on a Day Trip from Baku

A visit to Gobustan works best when you separate two experiences: taking time to read the petroglyphs and then deciding whether to add the mud volcanoes.

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Royal Fort of São Filipe above Cidade Velha and the Atlantic coast

Culture

Cape Verde

Cidade Velha from the Fortress to the Port and Its Atlantic Memory

A day in Cidade Velha offers a chance to follow a compact historic layout while engaging thoughtfully with the memory of the Atlantic trade in enslaved people.

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