National Geographic Traveller (UK)

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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER

Editor’s letter

Francesco Biancorosso, Castronovo di Sicilia, Sicily

Gerewol festival, Chad

DESIGN FOR LIFE • Taking the title of World Capital of Architecture for 2023, the Danish city is a model of sustainable urban living

The making of an icon • 50 YEARS SINCE PICASSO’S PASSING, EXHIBITIONS AROUND SPAIN DELVE INTO THE ARTIST’S LIFE

North Sulawesi • THIS NORTHEASTERN INDONESIAN PROVINCE IS HOME TO FLAVOURSOME FISH AND WARMING SPICES

FUNCHAL • Take in some of the Madeiran capital’s top wine spots on this one-day walking tour

Düsseldorf • STYLISH AND SUAVE HOTEL OPENINGS ARE MAKING GERMANY’S FUN FASHION CAPITAL AN UNEXPECTED CITY BREAK STAR

TEENAGE KICKS • Satisfy your teens’ appetite for the unusual in Bristol with retro shopping and immersive art

PALM SPRINGS • COOL BARS, VINTAGE EMPORIUMS AND OFFBEAT ARTS SPACES MAKE THE CINEMATIC DESERT CITY THE PERFECT CALIFORNIAN GETAWAY

MONMOUTHSHIRE • Hiking trails, electric boats and vineyard tours are just some of the reasons to visit the Welsh county famous for Tintern Abbey

Awards season • THIS YEAR’S SHORTLIST FOR THE STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR INCLUDES IMPASSIONED MEMOIRS AND EXPEDITION ROMPS

CAMPSITE COOKING • Make the most of your campsite meals with portable products that ensure kitchen convenience in the great outdoors

PAUL THEROUX • Almost half a century since taking his first long-distance train journeys, the author reflects on the inspiring, fast-evolving nature of rail travel

Leon McCarron • THE IRISH EXPLORER AND WRITER IS HELPING PAVE THE WAY FOR INTREPID TRAVELLERS TO DISCOVER THE BEAUTY OF IRAQI KURDISTAN

CABIN ESCAPES TO HELP YOU RECONNECT WITH NATURE • Britain’s cabin scene is going from strength to strength, with innovative architects letting their creativity flow. Going wild has never looked so good.

FIVE LONDON SPAS OFFERING FOREIGN WELLNESS RITUALS • EXPLORE SPA TRADITIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD IN THE HEART OF THE CAPITAL.

NORMANDY • Beyond the beach huts and battlefields, Normandy is a quintessential slice of rural France at its most picture-perfect. Roll off the ferry to find green fields, beautiful villages and graceful chateaux.

DUNDEE • Come for the pies and cake, stay for the locally brewed IPA, spiced gin and a bounty of fish and fresh game, all ingredients in Dundee’s current culinary renaissance

CHARLESTON • With its architectural beauty, garland of golden beaches and feted food scene, Charleston in South Carolina is the perfect blend of Southern charm and East Coast chic. It’s relatively small by US standards, with a population of just 150,000, and its palmetto tree-lined streets are easily walkable. History suffuses everything here, from the town’s dark days as a slaving port in the mid-19th century — soon to be tackled head on by the International African American Museum, opening later this year — to its wealthy colonial, Civil War and even pirate past (Blackbeard is said to have lived here). And the best accommodation is on Charleston’s thumb-shaped historic peninsula.

THE GREEK ISLANDS • GREECE’S NUMEROUS ISLES ARE BEST KNOWN FOR THEIR IDYLLIC BEACHES, TOES-IN-THE-SAND TAVERNAS AND LAIDBACK PACE OF LIFE. BUT FOR THOSE WILLING TO EXPLORE A LITTLE FURTHER, CLOUD-CIRCLED CLIFFTOP VILLAGES, LOCAL MARKETS STOCKED WITH MOUNTAIN HERBS AND SECRET STRETCHES OF SAND AWAIT. THERE’S A GREEK ISLAND TO...