Nina Karnikowski

Louise Bourgeois's <i>The Spider</i>, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao.

Why this is the perfect destination to indulge yourself

In Spain, the locals need no excuse to relish the finer things in life.

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How's the serenity? Ballooning over the Masai Mara.

This flight could change your life

To be a good traveller, every so often you need to meet your edge, and tip right over it.

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Rainbow over Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe.

The destination that offers everything - adventure, luxury, danger, booze

It's a continent that offers everything, from Danielle Steel-style romance, blood pumping danger, and, let's be honest, tonnes of booze.

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Penedes is famous for being the home of cava, the Spanish version of champagne, which has a DO (Denominación de Origen), ...

The beautiful home of Spain's version of champagne

Penedes, one of Europe's oldest viticultural heartlands, is an absurdly pretty place.

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Unbeatable location: Hotel Maria Cristina in San Sebastian.

Luxury and opulence: San Sebastian's Luxury Collection Hotel

There's an undeniably cinematic quality to this heritage hotel.

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Why it's worth crossing the world's roughest ocean to see Antarctica

I look out the tall windows beside me, frothy waves crashing up against them, feeling like a banana in a blender.

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Tour guide Eli Susperregui, Pintxo Tasting Tour.

How to do pintxos in San Sebastian

In San Sebastian, the nights are for indulgence.

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A curious Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis) approaches the Zodiac in Neko Harbour, Antarctica.

Antarctica: What this great white continent can teach you

A visit to the great white continent teaches important lessons about emptiness and austerity and the calming and restorative effects of its inherent simplicity.

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The Peak Tram takes visitors to the highest point on Hong Kong Island.

The three-minute guide to Hong Kong

With so much to offer – the scrumptious dining scene, the shopping for every budget and whim, the dynamic culture, the lush mountains and islands – it's more a case of why not.

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The perfect safari combination

There's one on every trip: the experience that got away.

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Ponant Le Lyrial is a striking contemporary counterpoint of the Antarctic landscape.

The one trip nothing can prepare you for

Nothing can prepare you for the sheer spectacle of Antarctica.

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A sunset view of Barcelona, one of the world's most vibrant and avant-garde cities.

I vowed never to return to Barcelona. I was wrong

It had been 12 years between visits to Barcelona - a place she had vowed never to return to. But was her bad experience a fault with the city or with her youth?