Travel

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.

Iceland is the least densely populated country in Europe, with a pure, unpolluted and truly magical landscape. This land of boiling mud pools, spurting geysers, glaciers and waterfalls is also an adventure playground. Its breathtaking landscape is an inspiration to artists and photographers. Iceland’s summers are surprisingly warm, lush and green, with days lengthening until midsummer, when the sun dips down to the horizon but never sets. During winter you can marvel at the amazing, undulating green, blue, yellow and pink lights of the aurora in the night sky, and the winters are not as cold as you might imagine.

Yunnan, which refers to ‘the place south of the colourful clouds’, or ‘the place south of Yunling (cloudy ridge) Mountain’, is the most southwest province of China. Externally, it borders Vietnam, Laos and Burma; internally, it is neighbor to Guizhou, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Tibet. The Imperial City in Beijing and the Great Wall are in stark contrast to the excitement of Shanghai and neon of Hong Kong.

In 1997 Salzburg became part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Salzburg is a world-class destination for live music — with over 2,000 performances bringing life to its churches and palaces year-round. You can also take a train and boat to the lovely lakeside town of Hallstatt.

For those looking to experience the festivals behind a country’s culture, a visit to Bad Hofgastein, Austria is a good place to start. From May 2013 through the summer months there are a variety of festivals all with something a little different to offer. Located within the Gastein Valley, Bad Hofgastein is perfect for those who want to explore whilst still having authentic cafes and shops, with marked footpaths off on either side of the village through woodlands up into the surrounding mountains. Whilst here explore the Kurpark, a relaxing area next to the Alpen Therme a spa centre, where [More]

Wild Frontiers Adventure Travel’s, Jonny Bealby, explores Romania on our walking holiday ‘Wild Walk: Along the Enchanted Way’ in the stunning Carpathian Mountains. For more information on travelling in Romania and our next walking holiday in the region visit www.wildfrontiers.co.uk