Kyushu Kyushu, the second largest of four main islands in Japan, takes in the seven prefectures of Saga, Oita, Kumamoto, Nagasaki, Fukuoka, Kagoshima, Miyazaki. With a subtropical climate, Kyushu is a year-round destination renowned for hot springs, local delicacies and areas of natural beauty. Referred to as the Land of Fire due to volcanic activi...

Alta Badia is region in the South Tyrolean Dolomites in Italy The Alta Badia 2020/21 winter season starts on 5 December 2020 and goes through to April 2021 The Alta Badia skiing area, at between 1,300 and 2,778 metres above sea level, provides optimum skiing. The Alta Badia ski area offers 130 km of large slopes (74 km easy/blue, 47 km medium/red a...

Costa Rica, which is located between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea in Central America, offers visitors an abundance of wildlife, landscapes and climates. The island currently has 30 National Parks managed by SINAC (Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion), which embrace more than 28% of the country's total land area. Costa Rica's approach t...

Lights Over Lapland is a new Private Aurora Escape experience designed to give guests the best possible experience of the Northern Lights and Arctic wilderness. Developed by Chad Blakely, owner of Lights Over Lapland, the new four night, five day experience includes taking over Chad's house in the heart of Abisko and creating a 'social bubble' with...

Specialist small-ship expedition cruise company, Heritage Expeditions supports the critically endangered spoon-billed sandpiper. Its Siberia's Forgotten Coast tour, which explores Kamchatka's remote coastline, has supported the release of healthy chicks into the wild. With eggs collected from the Arctic breeding grounds, 22 spoon-billed sandpiper c...

The Philharmonia is a world-renowned symphony orchestra based in London at Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall. Southbank Centre is currently closed due to COVID-19, but the Philharmonia will return to live performance with four, paid for, live-streamed concerts, the Orchestra's first performances on the Royal Festival Hall stage since 15 March ...