CASTIGLIONE DEL LAGO is the most appealing town on the lake and cuts a fine silhouette from other points around the shore, jutting out into the water on a fortified promontory. In the event it doesn't really live up to its distant promise, but is...
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PORT CHARLOTTE , named after the founder's mother, is generally agreed to be Islay's prettiest village, its immaculate whitewashed cottages cluster around a sandy cove overlooking Loch Indaal. On the northern fringe of the village, in a whitewashed...
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The long arm of the package-tour industry has finally reached CHIANG RAI , now a predominantly upmarket resort town of well over two thousand hotel rooms, but also known for its trekking. A walk up to Doi Tong , the hummock to the...
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