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Destination focus
Do you have a destination in mind, but you’re not quite sure how to get there, and what to see or what to do once you're there? Read our guides on destinations around the world - towns, cities, countries and regions, and be inspired and informed.
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Author: Krzysztof Przetacznik
Date: 8 January 2010
Stanfords proudly sponsored UCL student Krzysztof Przetacznik on his expedition into Nepal’s culture, and provided him with maps and products from our store. Here’s his report
Date: 10 November 2009
Conquer a summit close to home: Cicerone’s new trekking guide by Carl McKeating and Rachel Crolla showcases the best peaks to bag on the continent.
5 of London's best restaurants
Author: Hedonist Guides
Date: 2 September 2009
The authors of Hg2 Eat London spoke to around 80 of London’s most respected and best-known chefs, restaurateurs, food writers, critics and suppliers, and asked them to name their one favourite London restaurant in each of 16 categories. Here are the winners in five of the categories...
Author: Hedonist Guides
Date: 2 September 2009
Hg2 are publishers of the UK’s best-selling range of upscale city guides - A Hedonist’s guide to… In our view hedonism gets a bad rap, I mean if you can’t pursue pleasure when on a short break or when enjoying a brief respite from your hectic work schedule, when can you? We pick out five of London's best bars and pubs to get you started...
Author: Alison Willis
Date: 22 May 2009
Exciting holidays are still possible once you have children, and the French mountains are an ideal destination for little ones, says Alison Willis from France holiday specialists Lagrange.
Author: Alison Willis
Date: 22 May 2009
You don’t have to be training for the Tour de France to enjoy a cycling holiday in France. The Loire Valley offers gentle pedalling and spectacular villages and chateaux to stop off at, says Alison Willis from France holiday specialist, Lagrange...
Vilnius - European Capital of Culture 2009
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 17 March 2009
An eastern European capital that is yet to be fully recognised as a top city break, Vilnius has an abundance to offer, making it no wonder it has been named European Capital of Culture 2009.
Linz - European Capital of Culture 2009
Author: Rachel Ricks
Date: 27 January 2009
Austria’s third largest city, Linz, is set to become big this year as, along with Vilnius in Lithuania, it has been named as 2009’s European Capital of Culture...
Author: Jose Kilbride
Date: 25 January 2007
The words "the Himalayas" conjure up images of glistening peaks and weather-beaten Sherpas. They paint pictures of Everest and mountaineers and shaggy ill-tempered yaks. It is a profound place of austerity and beauty, of immensity and poverty. It is a place on earth like no other.
Date: 10 January 2007
At 66 1/2º north the sun never sets on the longest day of the year, yet never rises on the shortest. This is the Arctic Circle, encompassing a suprisingly large part of Europe, including northern Scandinavia, to the east of this the Kola Peninsula in Russia, Greenland to the west and the Norwegian-owned Svalbard archipelago 1,000 miles north of Norway.
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