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It’s an issue of superlatives this month with Perceptive Travel webzine featuring three entertaining travel stories from around the world. Laura Gough ponders happiness in Bhutan while trekking the …
European castles usually follow a single architectural style and have a long, bloodied history. Hearst Castle in California, on the other hand, is short on blood and history but …
Driving down the gravel drive toward Te Mania and Richmond Plains, two boutique organic wineries I had decided to visit while on a weekend getaway to Nelson, the last …
If I had been anywhere else in the world, coming across a fridge full of books sitting in a vacant lot on a street corner would seem a little …
I never planned on looking for the earthquake capital of the world. In fact, when I got on the plane to California last month, it was to get away …
On a recent visit to California’s Central Coast, I went in search of Harmony. But driving north from Cambria on SH1, I blinked and nearly missed it. Luckily, I …
Everyone knows about Hearst Castle at San Simeon, California but few realize that there is another, just as extraordinary, ‘castle’ down the road in Cambria. This castle, known as …
It’s an easy three hour drive to San Luis Obispo from Los Angeles. But that wasn’t always the case. Back in the 1920’s, when Americans were only just discovering …
Temecula is not one of California’s better known wine areas. Located inland, mid way between Los Angeles and San Diego, this unpretentious wine region is starting to be seen as …
Only two hours northeast of Madrid by train, Segovia is often overlooked by travellers who daytrip instead to the more well known Toledo and Avilla. Bur for my money, Segovia …
Everyone reacts to a relationship breakup differently. Very few, however, would get together with their ex and transform the breakup into a work of art. But that’s just what …
Just north of Mendocino on the Northern California coast is Glass Beach, one of the most unique beaches in the world. But it’s uniqueness is not from nature but …