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たんくろう (Tankuro)
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UK: 7 Top Attractions — a Two-Night Weekend from London to Brighton
The Rosetta Stone for nothing, Big Ben floodlit from the south bank, seven white cliffs that appear all at once when you reach the beach, sheep hills from the top deck, and a Premier League matchday that starts in the pub. Two in London, five in southern England.
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Philippines: 9 Top Attractions — Bohol and Manila in a Week
More than a thousand conical hills at the Chocolate Hills, a floating restaurant that becomes your boat on the Loboc River, a 10 cm primate that must be watched in silence, a sardine run snorkelers can reach, and the two faces of Manila. Six on Bohol, two in Manila, one for food.
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Tanzania: 9 Top Attractions — the Northern Circuit from Arusha
A wildebeest column you measure in density rather than numbers, a crater 19 km across where the grammar of the safari changes, flamingos on a caustic lake below the Mountain of God, and the Milky Way over a tented camp. Nine spots with the layers of the cost spelled out.
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Morocco: 9 Top Attractions — Out and Back from Marrakesh
Jemaa el-Fnaa transformed at dusk, haggling in the souks and a riad behind one door, the Tizi n’Tichka pass into a three-day Sahara run, and the blue boats of Essaouira. Three in the city, four in the desert, two on the coast, with prices and going rates.
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Italy: 10 Top Attractions — Rome and Venice in One Route
The Sistine Chapel on an early slot, a €18 ticket that is really a day pass for ancient Rome, gold mosaics in St Mark’s, and the choice between a €90 gondola and a €2 traghetto. Five in Rome and five in Venice, with release dates, prices and the access fee.
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Netherlands: 7 Top Attractions — Amsterdam and Its Day Trips
The largest Van Gogh collection in the world and The Night Watch on one square, a water village with no roads where you steer your own boat, windmills 17 minutes away by train, and the double-decker canals of Utrecht. Three in the city and four day trips, with prices and timings.
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Greece: 11 Top Attractions — Mykonos and Santorini in One Route
Blue domes and an empty Oia before 8 am, a Bronze Age city under a roof at Akrotiri, the Kato Mili windmills and a meltemi that explains them, and Delos, an island that is all ruins. Six on Santorini and five on Mykonos, with prices, timings and the order to take them in.
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Belgium: 10 Top Attractions — One Night in Bruges, End to End
A 366-step belfry above a sea of orange rooftops, 30 minutes on the canals, the Begijnhof and the Lake of Love, and waffles, chocolate, mussels and beer inside a ten-minute walk. Seven to see and three to eat, with prices, timings and the walking order.
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Germany: 12 Top Attractions Along the Rhine — Cologne to Frankfurt
Cologne Cathedral and its 533-step south tower, castles and the Loreley on a boat downstream, a chairlift over the great bend, and apple wine in Sachsenhausen. Three in Cologne, six in the valley, three in Frankfurt, with prices, timings and how the route joins up.
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Vietnam: 9 Top Attractions — a Four-Day Route from Ho Chi Minh City
Five colonial-era sights inside a 700 m radius of District 1, a river cruise and the water puppet theatre after dark, and two day trips in opposite directions: the Mekong sampans and the 250 km Cu Chi tunnel network. With prices, timings and how the route joins up.
