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Mickey’s Not-So-Scary Halloween Party is the yearly event that brings the spookiest holiday of them all to Magic Kingdom. This hard-ticket party allows guests to dress up in costumes, trick-or-treat throughout the park, and meet some characters in their costumes. The highlights of the party include the Boo To You Halloween Parade and the Hallowishes fireworks show.

Almost October! So today we have a bit of a Halloween theme going on! There are lots of pretty vacation rentals in the mountains of Transylvania in Romania, and they are conveniently close to the infamous Bran Castle, once said to be the home of Vlad the Impaler, the reputed inspiration for Bram Stoker’s famous Dracula. Vlad the Impaler was known for his incredible cruelty and torture, reportedly impaling tens of thousands of his enemies on stakes and leaving their bodies to rot. Today, the castle is open to the public and you can book a Halloween tour and learn [More]

From the white cliffs of Dover to Land’s End, we ponder Roman, Norman, and Nazi invasions. After exploring Admiral Nelson’s flagship in Portsmouth, we chase wild ponies across the moors and discover an ancient stone circle in Dartmoor. For refreshment, it’s cream tea and Cornish pasties in Cornwall.

Vienna is the capital of Austria, in Central Europe. It is an ancient fortress city that lies nestled on the eastern fringe of the Alps, on the banks of the Danube River.

In this video we visit Glencoe, and try tossing a caber (log) at a Scottish clan gathering in Culloden. Play hide-and-seek with the Loch Ness Monster, tour a whiskey distillery in Oban, and take a ferry to sacred Iona.

In this program we explore North Wales, from towering Mount Snowdon to evocative medieval castles to grand Victorian promenades. We visit the castle-within-a-castle in Conwy, peek into 16th-century domestic life at Plas Mawr, go down deep in the Llechwedd slate mine, and up high in Snowdon National Park, then stroll through a “Beatle pilgrimage” in Liverpool.

Sutton is less well known than New England, but the autumn colours here are still spectacular, and the prices for lodging a lot less expensive. Sutton is a great little village with terrific restaurants, cafes and foodie stuff, and with 52km of marked trails where you can hike.

Head to the Cairngorms National Park and enjoy excellent food, local ales and malt whiskies in the Rowan Tree Country Hotel, three miles from Aviemore. Work off dinner and breakfast the next day at the Rothiemurchus estate: have a Segway adventure, try gorge walking, or go canoeing on Loch an Eilein, as the birch leaves fall and the rowan berries glow red. Or just put on your walking boots and trek into the hinterland. Enjoy the glorious views over the Cairngorms from Braeriach (1,296m), before the first snows of winter sweep in.

Late autumn is the perfect time to visit Japan: the humid heat and typhoons of the late summer and early autumn are replaced by warm sun and bright blue skies. The light showcases the forests of larch and beech on the mountains in the national parks. And even if you don’t leave the cities, the beautiful formal gardens Japan is famous for are at their loveliest. It’s a great time of year for climbing and walking too, as the temperature is just right. And October is one of the main months for colourful festivals, such as the Jidai Matsuri (22 [More]

For Scandinavia’s most thrilling sightseeing, we sail under towering fjord cliffs, hike on powerful glaciers, and find surviving traditions in remote farm hamlets. Then we delve into the Hanseatic heritage and enjoy the salty hospitality of Norway’s historic capital, Bergen.

Most visitors to Tangier take a tour, daytripping in from Spain for a predictable series of experiences. But wandering through this delightfully disorienting town, at your own pace, is more fun. And to enjoy it with maximum understanding, you can hire a local guide.

The Amalfi Coast is a stretch of coastline on the southern coast of the Sorrentine Peninsula in the Province of Salerno in Southern Italy. The Amalfi Coast is a popular tourist destination for the region and Italy as a whole, attracting thousands of tourists annually. The Amalfi Coast is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a cultural landscape.

Ecuador is situated in the northwest of South America, directly at the equator, that gave its name to this land. This land in the Andes is the smallest country in South America. Hardly any other land offers such a great variety on such a small area. Ecuador attracts the visitors’ attention not only with its immense mountain ranges of the Andes but also with the absolutely white sandy beaches and fascinating animal world. Ecuador is a land of volcanos, too. It offers the opportunity to climb the 6000m high snowcapped mountain peaks without having to clear a path through dense [More]

In this video you can lose your way in the Grand Bazaar and munch your way through the famously fragrant Spice Market. Follow the fall of the ancient capital of Byzantium and the rise of Islam at the city’s ancient wall, and wander among the treasures of Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, and Topkapı Palace. To escape the city bustle, cruise the churning waters of the Bosphorus, make friends over backgammon, and try a traditional Turkish bath.