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THE PELOPONNESE, GREECE A go-slow corner of the Mediterranean

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While the starriest Greek islands – such as Santorini and Mykonos – grapple with over-tourism, forward-thinking visitors are heading to the mainland and discovering the wide-open spaces of Greece off-season. The Peloponnese has been bubbling just below the radar since Costa Navarino opened in 2010. Soon afterwards, the local airport at Kalamata opened up to international flights, shaving off several hours’ driving time from Athens and boosting arrivals to the region by 15 per cent last year. In 2019, the rail service linking the port of Patras with the town of Pyrgos, in the south-western Peloponnese, will resume after a seven-year halt. A train ride is the perfect way to explore this laidback region which has been a destination for wellness and fitness since Hippocrates prescribed therapeutic olive oil massages and naked athletes limbered up in Olympia. Athletes (dressed in more than just a slick of olive oil) will be hitting Costa Navarino in April 2019 for Greece’s first Iron Man ...

EGYPT The New Art Pilgrimage

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The opening of the game-changing Grand Egyptian Museum has been delayed again – until when, we're no longer exactly sure (though the latest word is 2020). And yet, the news from the ground is for the first time in 8 years, there’s a waitlist for city hotels and boat trips along the Nile. After a tumultuous few years, Egypt, it seems, is back on the map. It had been hoped that the $1 billion, sleek, marble temple to the country's antiquities would have swung open its doors by now, revealing, among a wealth of other national treasures, most crucially King Tutankhamun's entire burial collection – more than 5,000 pieces – displayed to the public in an exact replica of the tomb itself. Which means visitors will be able to see everything – bejeweled sandals, embroidered tunics and the Boy King’s death mask – just as Howard Carter did when he made his milestone discovery in 1922. And yet, while everyone waits patiently, elsewhere in the country the momentum mounts. Nile crui...

THE TURKISH RIVIERA

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A couple of years ago the Turkish Riviera was all but off-limits for British travellers – so what welcome news that this glorious coast is back with a bang. British Airways has resumed its direct flights from London to Dalaman, making secret beach spots such as Datça and Bozburun super accessible. Meanwhile, the Bodrum Peninsula is all of a flutter with smart new developments that are taking the scene up a notch. Around the corner from the superyacht-filled Yalikavak Marina is Ian Schrager’s all-white Bodrum Edition, which launched in summer 2018 with a restaurant by El Bulli’s Diego Muñoz, a full-on disco (including a giant pink glitter ball), and a non-stop deep-house soundtrack that resonates from the pool to beach club. More ambitious still is Kaplankaya, an entire new coastal town north-west of Bodrum. Already launched is a Six Senses hotel and destination spa, five beaches and various restaurants, and there are several more hotels in the offing plus a Foster & Partners-design...

7 jam tangan terbaik

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7 jam tangan terbaik 7 jam tangan terbaik - Jam tangan tak cuma dibuat guna beri tahu diwaktu padahal tengah beri tahu pendirian, antusiasme, dan posisi seorang. Ada beberapa ratus brand sedia di pasaran yg menawari jam tangan paling baik terhadap cowok. terlebih jam tangan mewah yg disukai oleh mereka tidak jarang dipakainya buat acara-acara kusus seperti hajatan, pernikahan, dll biar lebih unjuk muka langka ditempat keramaian tersimpul. kalau kamu semula memburu jam tangan brand paling baik sehingga kamu mesti pilih di area yg pas. pada artikel ini aku mau memberitakan 7 merk jam tangan paling baik yg bakal menciptakan suami - suami merasa bangga kala mengenakannya. Ini dirinya ... 1. ROLEX Rolex yakni salah wahid merk jam tangan terkenal jurusan yg didirikan guna thn 1919 di Inggris oleh Hans Wilsdrof. Pendiri mau merek jam tangannya mempunyai merek yg sekejap dan enteng di kenal dekat bahasa manapun, maka lahirlah kelebihan Rolex. Mereka sudah memanjatkan tidak sedikit ga...