February/March 2023

Wanderlust

The magazine for people with a passion for travel

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Contributors
Travel writer Leyla celebrates one of the UK's lesser-known peninsulas this issue, as she heads to Merseyside's the Wirral: “For such a tiny area, the Wirral is full of surprises. As well as inspiring New York City's Central Park, it is home to the h
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Letter Of The Month
I am a long-time reader who has recently been excited to get to know the magazine in away that I never have before. Having attended your online talk about Antarctica late last year, which featured Mark Stratton, one of the writers I most look forward
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Morocco
Highlights: The Medina of Marrakech is a UNESCO-listed World Heritage site with some of the finest examples of Islamic architecture you can find. The most eyecatching? Koutoubia Mosque is the largest of its kind in the city and cannot be missed – lit
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“As clouds tore above Prince Albert I's bust at Ponta Delgada, Azores, the sky looked on fire,” @naimahallstreetphotography “Norway's Kjerringøy lies north of Bodø, which will be Europe's first Capital of Culture above the Arctic Circle in 2024.” Mar
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What's New
This year, we're spoilt with not one but three European Capitals of Culture – though you might not be too familiar with any of them. Eleusis is home to one of Greece's most overlooked ancient sanctuaries, and a rival to Delphi in terms of its histori
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Welcome
The year 2023 couldn't come early enough for Team Wanderlust!. This is a special anniversary for our community, as we're celebrating 30 years since Lyn Hughes and Paul Morrison first sketched out the idea for what would become this magazine while ven
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New Sleeps
Immerse yourself in Maohi Tahitian culture at Kon Tiki Tahiti, a new eco-friendly boutique stay with rooms and apartments across several levels. Its top-floor restaurant, Surfhouse, has a menu inspired by Polynesian cuisine and panoramic views across
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Museums & exhibitions
One of the most hotly anticipated UK reopenings of 2023 is the Manchester Museum. After an extravagant spruce up that cost £15 million, plenty is expected. One gallery will look at the city's links to China, while its big opening exhibition will expl
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Travel trends 2023
Whether you want to reduce your carbon footprint by enjoying a more local getaway or you simply love slow travel, the interest in flight-free escapes is growing. After 2022's summer of airport chaos, flight cancellations and lost luggage – which made
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EDITORIAL CONTENT Editor-in-Chief George Kipouros @georgiostravels Founding Editor Lyn Hughes @wanderlust.lyn Sub Editor Gareth Clark Special Features Editor Rosie Fitzgerald @rosiefitzgerald Special Features Editor Rhodri Andrews Sustainability Edit
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New Year, New Travel Stars
So who can challenge Sir David Attenborough and the BBC's Natural History Unit as the Kings of the wildlife-in-amazing-destinations game? ITV gamely toss time-elapse cameras and Stephen Fry into the fray for A Year on Planet Earth (ITVX). Taking in 6
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Read This!
IN ASSOCIATION WITH Readers get 10% off by using the code ‘Wandering’ on the Stanfords website: www.stanfords.co.uk. Wanderlust members can get 25% off – see online By Pico Iyer Bloomsbury; £17 In a spectacular journey, both inward and outward, lyer
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5 Hungarian Crafts Worth Relishing
Mézeskalács (gingerbread biscuits) are eaten year-round in Hungary, and especially at Christmas, The town of Debrecen in particular has produced these sweets since the 1500s. Spiced wheat dough sweetened with sunflower honey is pressed into heart-sha
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Where To Buy…
If the gingerbread displays at Debrecen's Déri Múzeum (derimuzeum.hu) pique your interest, check out the elaborate designs made by Lászió Radics (radicsmezeskalacs.hu/rolunk), who follows a 100-year-old family recipe. Discover more about this craft a
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Ever Thought About Your Holiday ‘Food Print’?
There's an island in the Maldives that ticks a lot of boxes regarding sustainability, yet at the same time you can (pretty much) eat anything you like while there, including blueberries from the USA and salmon from Scotland. I found another resort in
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Dishes Of The Diaspora
The history of Jewish cuisine stretches back more than 3,500 years, to a time when the ancient Israelites lived and farmed in mostly one region. During that period, their existence was closely tied to the land. They grew olives and grapes and pressed
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Estancia Cristina, Argentinian Patagonia
Fate had directed me to Estancia Cristina. A COVID-19 outbreak had cancelled my planned Antarctic cruise from Ushuaia, so my hastily arranged Plan B was to explore Argentinian Patagonia. At first, it felt like no more than a consolation prize, as I c
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Green Food Experiences
The Balearic's most laid-back island, Menorca, welcomes plenty of visitors in its off-season thanks partly to its slow-and local-food experiences. It's a win-win for the island, helping to provide year-round employment, prop up local and rural econom
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Fairytale Irish castles
Once home to the Guinness family, this 800-year-old castle stay in County Mayo is the essence of old Ireland. Its 83 rooms and suites are decked out with lavish touches, such as silk wallpaper and antique writing desks, while the 140-hectare estate i
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Riding In The Footsteps Of Alberta's Painted Warriors
A sage-scented breeze drifted through the foliage as we sat around our campfire in preparation for a traditional Indigenous ‘smudging’ ceremony. A short time later, my guide, Tracey, stood calmly in front of me holding a large bunch of smouldering ar
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Need To Know
The trip: The ten-day ‘Canadian Horseback Adventure'with Painted Warriors (paintedwarriors.ca) costs form £1,976 (CA$3,299) per person and includes all meals, horses and tack, wet weather gear, riding hat and training. Accommodation is in tents and s
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What To Expect
This adventure is ten days in total, which includes travel to and from the mountains. During the first five days, riders learn about backcountry horseriding skills, safety on and around their horse, and about Indigenous culture. They will also master
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A Revolutionary Idea
Mosaicked alleyways unfurl like ribbons in Philadelphia's Magic Gardens. Bottles, bicycle wheels and assorted dinnerware protruded from the walls, which were coloured in muted pinks and Arctic blues. Human effigies broke through the patterns: contort
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The Land Of Eternal STORIES
This was not the standard map of Australia that I knew. I recognised the shape but not the way that it had been broken up. “There are more than 500 different Aboriginal peoples across this country, with over 150 languages spoken,” explained Maria, my
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Philadelphia's Top Art Centres
The brainchild of Philly artist Isaiah Zagar, South Street's Magic Gardens is an eccentric outsider art installation comprising elaborate mosaics and colourful found objects. There's both indoor and outdoor gallery space, with temporary exhibitions c
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After the FIRES
“Kangaroo Island is packed full of animals that don't know the rales of the road! We can't chase them for the insurance money, so we need you to sign a waiver.” The words of the guy at the car hire company were replaying in my consciousness as the fe
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Aboriginal Terms
Country is a word that conveniently abbreviates all the Indigenous values, places, resources, stories and cultural obligations associated with a particular area. Aboriginal nations are as separate as the nations of Europe or Africa and Aboriginal nat
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Need To Know
British Airways (ba.com) flies direct from London Heathrow to Philadelphia from £429 return; the flight time is around eight hours. Other operators include American Airlines (americanairlines.co.uk). Base yourself in the Center City neighbourhood for
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Wanderlust® EDITORS’ HOT LIST 2023
In 1973, the Bahamas finally gained independence from the British Empire; 50 years on, it is celebrating as only the islands know how: wildly. The usual festivities go longer and harder this year, with Junkanoo at the heart of things. The festival ta
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Readers’ Most Desirable Destinations 2023
We didn't have to look too far to see why you were so excited by Costa Rica. This green nation points the way for a lot of countries, not just in making use of its natural gifts but in how they are being preserved. It wasn't always the case. In the l
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An Arctic rail SAGA
All around me the snow lay smooth as Christmas cake icing. The surface was cracked only by the metallic shimmer of a frigid river. I stared at my phone, transfixed, as a blinking circle traversed the dotted line stitched across the map. I had crossed
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PotosÍ, Bolivia
Around 1545, so the story goes, a herder named Diego Huallpa climbed a mountain in the altiplano, an Andean plateau stretching across what is now western Bolivia, in search of a missing llama, only to stumble upon a seam of silver. The recently overt
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The Pacific Northwest In Living Colour
“Push with your toes,” coached my guide, Austin of Wanderlust Tours, from further back in the tunnel. Lying on my belly, I huffed with the effort, scattering clouds of ash and dust into the stale air, wondering just how cramped this narrow opening wo
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Taiwan
While the dominant culture on the island of Taiwan is Mandarin Chinese, many Indigenous peoples have contributed to the island's character. The Chinese only setded en masse in the 17th century, by which time its original Austronesian-descended inhabi
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Did You Know?
Sydney is one of the world's most multicultural cities, and is growing ever more so. Its 2021 census revealed that 39.2% of its population was born overseas; in the heart of the city, that figure rises to 47.7%. Returning visitors will discover a foo
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Cultural Sydney
With its photogenic natural harbour and the golden-sand beaches of Bondi and Manly, Sydney could easily lean on good looks alone to lure visitors to its balmy shores. But the New South Wales capital also has plenty to offer culturally, and visitors r
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Need To Know
Location: Potosí lies 540km southeast of La Paz, which has the nearest international airport. There's also a domestic airport 155km northeast of the city in Sucre, Bolivia's constitutional capital. Potosí has bus, minibus and shared-taxi links to La
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Top 4 Festival Events
This festival has been embracing the art of summer since 1977. Check out its long-running free and ticketed programme of theatre, music, dance, visual art, live performance and everything in between, with over 100 events held across 50+ venues. sydne
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Need To Know
Qantas (qantas.com) and British Airways (ba.com) offer daily flights from London Heathrow to Sydney with a pit-stop in Singapore. Indirect connections are also available via Gulf countries, while direct non-stop flights from London to Sydney with Qan
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Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Provence typically conjures up images of rolling green hills, endless rows of lavender fields and honey-stone hilltop villages, but in reality this area is much wilder than you might think. Its setting lies in the south-eastern corner of France, bett
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Need To Know
International dialling code: +33 Currency: Euro (€), currently around €1.13 to the UK£. Getting there: There are regular flights from the UK to the four airports that give access to the department: MarseilleProvence, Nice-Côte d'Azur, Toulon/Hyéres a
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4 Top Things To Do
DRIVE the panoramic Col de la Bonette for a dizzying route along the highest asphalt road in Europe. This is one of the most famous drives in the Alps and has featured four times in the Tour de France cycle race. It reaches an altitude of 2,802 metre
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Jonny Motsieloa
You have worked in the Madikwe Game Reserve in South Africa for years. What is so unique about it? Madikwe is special in that it is a partnership between the South African government, the private sector and the local community. The reserve is also we
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The Wirral
Ask most people living on the western bank of the River Mersey estuary where they're from and they'll tell you Liverpool. It's easier that way. It's a world-renowned city famous for musical exports and football heritage – everyone knows it. But they'
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Viewfinder
It doesn't feel like 12 months since we last wrote in these pages of the tragedy of the ongoing war in Ukraine. What has been lost since, not only in the lives taken but the destruction of cultural heritage, is unthinkable. Sites like the Armenian Ca

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