Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Together in eclectic dreams: Europe's quirkiest hostels

Plus Great lakes and how to explore them, Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Viking fire festival and Discover Mongolia's Naadam Festival
 
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Together in eclectic dreams: Europe's quirkiest hostels
Noisy dorms, messy bathrooms, no private space – budget digs can fill some travelers with dread. But these unusual hostels, huts and innovative oddities prove that basic can also be utterly brilliant.
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Just back from Valencia, Spain
Lonely Planet's Tom Stainer is just back from the region of Valencia in southeast Spain, where he strolled along the promenade and explored a 16th-century castle in Alicante, found Benidorm's old town to be oozing with character, and went on a tour of one of Valencia's most significant cultural spaces.
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Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Viking fire festival
Up Helly Aa: Shetland's Viking fire festival
In the depths of winter, thousands flock to one of the most remote parts of the UK as the tiny town of Lerwick ignites in a blaze of celebration. Journey to the land of the Vikings for a front-row seat to Europe's biggest fire festival.
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Discover Mongolia's Naadam Festival
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