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Iraq: A Kurd’s eye view

As two British tour operators launch holidays to northern Iraq, Mike Carter explores a region where the horrors of Saddam’s tyranny are being replaced by hospitality and hope

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Marettimo ©Corbis EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS May 17, 2013

Marettimo: a mountain in the Med

Teeming with wild shrubs and birdlife, an island off the coast of Sicily is a spectacular and serene destination for a spring walking trip

A penguin ©Dreamstime NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS May 17, 2013

March with the penguins

The ‘world’s coldest theme park attraction’ opens this week, bringing a piece of Antarctica to central Florida. Gretta Schifano has a preview

The new Museu de Arte do Rio ©Humberto Teski AMERICAS DESTINATIONS May 17, 2013

Postcard from ... Rio de Janeiro

A grand urban regeneration project – beyond samba and soccer – is going on all around Brazil

White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, the land where ‘the Great Plains meet the mountains’ ©Alamy NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS May 10, 2013

Great drives: New Mexico

In the third in our series, Henry Shukman heads for the empty roads of the south of the state, where the Great Plains meet the mountains

A dining area in the ‘wine tower’ at Segera ©David Crookes AFRICAN DESTINATIONS May 10, 2013

A Kenyan retreat

Jochen Zeitz, director of luxury goods group Kering, owns a 50,000-acre ranch that he hopes will develop a new kind of tourism

Cycling on the North Downs ©Jack Thurston UK DESTINATIONS May 10, 2013

Postcard from ... the North Downs

London is blessed by a precious greenbelt of open land that is perfect for overnight bicycle camping trips

Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary drinking tea after their successful ascent of Everest in 1953 ©Royal Geographic Society May 3, 2013

All-time high

Jan Morris was the sole reporter on the expedition that conquered Everest. On the climb’s 60th anniversary, she returns to the Welsh hotel that served as the team’s training camp

Paul Claus starts his Super Cub ©David De Vleeschauwer NORTH AMERICAN DESTINATIONS May 3, 2013

Flight-seeing in Alaska

In the wilds of America’s largest national park, the best way to get around is by plane

El Celler de Can Roca, Girona ©Getty EUROPEAN DESTINATIONS May 3, 2013

Postcard from ... Girona: The world’s best restaurant

El Celler de Can Roca, the city’s biggest foodie draw, has knocked Copenhagen’s Noma off the top spot after three years

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