When I told friends and family I’d be spending a chunk of late October in Yerevan, Armenia, the most common response was something along the lines of “where exactly is that, again?”

Madonna di Campiglio is a pitch-perfect spot from which to explore Brenta Dolomites. The region exhibits a pastoral summery appeal - one which is hard to believe not central to its pulling power. 

The bay of Patmos is almost absurdly beautiful. A few millennia of volcanic activity and the rumblings of Poseidon ensured that a natural sweeping bay formed around the island, protecting ships from the notorious high winds of this part of the Mediterranean.

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Austria’s alpine capital is no stranger to drawing crowds - a brief saunter down its higgledy-piggledy medieval streets are a deeply satisfying reminder that this urban centre, sitting prettily along a picture-perfect mountain valley and strategically at the crossing point of the river Inn, has been doing its thing for a thousand years.

Agadir is very successfully positioning itself as a tourist hotspot for those seeking sun, sand and excursions outside of the city… and all three of those it has by the fez-load.