Along the Berlin Wall Cycling Trail – 160 km around Berlin
Pieces of the Berlin Wall are a mere tourist attraction nowadays. You have to seek them out in the city …
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Mallorca’s GR 221 hiking trail through the Tramuntana mountain range
The beautiful long distance hiking path GR 221 leads 132 km through Mallorca’s wild north. Port d’Andratx – the town …
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Hiraizumi – temples and gardens representing the Buddhist Pure Land
The women in the Hiraizumi tourist information are delighted to try their English on Western travellers. Apparently, the splendid temples …
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The amazing Painted Monasteries of Bucovina
It happened at the ITB, the world’s biggest tourism fair in Berlin last year. We walked through the Romania section …
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Sarazm – a proto-urban archaeological site
Marshrutka No. 3, one of the tiny microbuses that zip through the town of Penjikent, goes to the village of …
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The Tamgaly Petroglyphs in Kazakhstan
Since we started our research trips into the Central Asian countries we have developed a growing interest in the petroglyphs …
Turkestan’s Oasis of Serenity: exploring the Mausoleum of Ahmed Yassawi
On the road to Turkestan, we look out over the steppe for the blue cupola rising above all the modern …
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Akyrtas – A palace on the ancient Silk Road
A number of Silk Road sites in China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyztan have been named UNESCO World Heritage properties this year. …
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A round trip through Romania
“We are on a round trip through Hungary and Romania”, one of the elderly German bus tourists explains to a …
Carolingian Corvey – a German UNESCO World Heritage site
The newly designated UNESCO World Heritage monastery of Carolingian Corvey lies in the middle of nowhere near the small town …
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