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STORY Seychelles is a graceful beach resort in Mahé’s northwest, with the mountainous green backdrop of Morne Seychellois National Park. But what might be more surprising is that next year, Dorset will be home to two of the UK’s most exciting independent music festivals. There’s End of the Road(August 31 to September 3),a wide exploration of everything from post-punk and experimental folk to dance DJs. So find out what language is spoken in the destinations that interest you and ask yourself if you can communicate easily. April is the last month of low tourism season in most of Greece, though with the potential for lots of local activity.

The Sultanahmet quarter is home to the Topkapi Palace and other top sights, and the most extensive green spaces in the city centre.

The Royal Crescent is the city’s most prestigious address: a perfectly symmetrical crescent of princely Palladian townhouses overlooking Royal Victoria Park, built by John Wood the Younger from 1767 to 1774. Saudi Arabia requires proof of vaccination against certain types of meningitis for visitors arriving for the Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages. Gran Canaria is the most central of the seven main islands, with its own range of microclimates, from high-up pine forests to the sand dunes of Maspalomas.

The income from your ticket contributes directly to The Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. Petra Guest House Hotel has above-average character (including a bar in an original Nabatean tomb), but the prime advantage is its location as close as possible to the start of the Siq. The region might feel remote in parts, but there’s a good selection of imaginative rural hotels, often in historic quintas (estates), to offer a true taste of Alentejo. Visitors to Egypt should take care when travelling in taxis (Alamy) Is Egypt safe for female travellers?Security measures were beefed up at the Red Sea resort: x-ray scanners in hotels; security walls; and high perimeter fences around the airport were installed. The success of your stay depends, in fact, on certain factors such as the activities to do, the climate, the budget, the distance or even security. He’s best known for discovering Uranus in 1781, using a self-built telescope which he constructed at in his back garden on New King St. It’s where Tracey Emin has chosen to open her new art school andwhere you’ll find exciting artist-owned galleries like Quench and Hotel Michele.

Eating and drinking are not permitted inside the State Rooms of Buckingham Palace, except for bottled water. Keep an eye out for chic French restaurant Orelle, on the 24th floor of the city’s shiny new 103 Colmore Row building. The great majority of visitors stay in the gateway town of Wadi Musa, and enter by the twisting Siq canyon for the big reveal at the end. Templation is an oasis midway between central Siem Reap and Angkor Wat, with suites and villas set around a generously sized pool.The valley is also the perch for the iconic Paro Taktsang (aka the Tiger’s Nest monastery) and is helpfully the main entry point for visitors, via its mountain-ringed airport.