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Travelling to France & Not Sure What You Should Know? This video has 5 Tips about travelling to France, with some good advice for tourists.  

Tierra del Fuego is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan. The archipelago consists of a main island Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego divided between Chile and Argentina with an area of 18,572 square miles, and a group of smaller islands including Cape Horn.

Trujillo is a Spanish colonial city in the northern desert of Peru is a vibrant place, with colourful architecture and proud Latino traditions. The surrounding desert coast is dotted with the ancient ruins of lost civilizations. Some 2,000 years ago, long before the first Incas arrived, the Moche people and later the Chimú, managed to cultivate the arid Moche Valley and build thriving cities such as Chan Chan, made entirely from adobe bricks.  

Along the Loire River Valley, the beautiful French countryside is studded with châteaux. The Chambord Castle was built by François I as a hunting lodge. The elaborate architecture brings together the best of French and Italian renaissance design. Chambord Castle is also rich in history; generations of French monarchy and nobility lived in its walls. The castle’s centrepiece is a spectacular double-helix spiral staircase that rises to the top floor.  

Camping in Brittany gives you access to some of the finest beaches in France, famous cuisine and numerous things to see and do. Try the delicious Breton crepes (washed down with the regions famous cider) enjoy the rich Breton culture, and see local landmarks such as Mont St Michel and the Carnac Stones. Boasting the longest coastline in France, Brittany is a delight of beaches, special islands, historic towns and wildly beautiful landscapes. Beaches of fine sand backed by dunes and interspersed by creeks and curving bays, craggy islands and dramatic gorse-carpeted cliffs, home to nesting seabirds, define Brittany’s 2730km [More]

Kansas City has intriguing neighbourhoods that invite exploration, from the 1920s shopping district of Country Club Plaza to Westport’s locally owned restaurants and bars. Kansas City is famed for more than its 200 fountains. Over 100 barbecue joints feed the city’s inhabitants and tourists, and the jazz and blues scenes serve as an anchor for a vibrant African American community.

Here we have a Mykonos Island Tour – with Antonis Pothitos (licensed tourist guide). Join him to experience the cosmopolitan but also the alternative side of Mykonos. Entitled to a licensed tourist guide, Antonis will not just give you all the information you want about exceptional tavernas, traditional coffee shops and the island’s vivid nightlife, but he will also take you to all museums, archaeological sites, monasteries, chapels and bird houses.

New energy courses through cosmopolitan Milan, site of World Expo 2015, with new bars, shops, restaurants and cultural centers adding to the allure of this most international of Italian cities.  

What makes Atlanta’s top neighbourhoods so special? You can explore the famous attractions and sporting venues that make Downtown Atlanta unique, stroll through the parks, museums and restaurants that give Midtown Atlanta its flair and explore the high end stores and fashion retailers that have turned Buckhead into the Beverly Hills of the East.  

If you want to know where the holiday hotspots are going to be this year, this video uses data from over 7 million holidaymakers to see which destinations had become more popular in 2016 and to come up with these picks for 2017’s holiday hotspots.  

About two hours from Venice is Verona — a welcome sip of pure, easygoing Italy. Its main attractions are its wealth of Roman ruins and its 21st-century quiet, pedestrian-only ambience.

In southern Florida there is a unique world of water, swampland and dense jungle-like forest: the Everglades, a truly magical environment full of mystery, myth and fascinating nature.  

Video about hiking trips and trekking vacation tours in Mongolia. Visit Mongolia with Off The Map Tours www.mongolia.co.uk

Throughout Essex there are many great attractions to visit and, whatever your interests, you can be sure of many enjoyable days out.