October 2015

An alternative way to celebrate Christmas and New Year’s Eve. Toast the New Year in faraway lands and replace the traditional grapes with olives, nuts or whatever you can find along the way.

Even if just for once, we suggest 12 destinations, or in other words, 12 trips to leave the fading year behind and start a new one doing one of the things you enjoy most: travelling.

Look at the travel selection in small groups, with itineraries designed to spend Christmas and/or New Year’s Eve in truly special places.

We've already talked about the trips to Ethiopia in this space before, but we love the country so much that we cannot resist returning to it. This time, we suggest a visual introduction to this beautiful corner of Africa. For this, we have looked beyond our photographic archives but on social media. We want to see the snapshots travellers bring home from the country and share with their friends and followers online. We have searched the instant photo-sharing network Instagram and show you the results below.

The Northern Lights, those glowing green lights appear on a clear night, dancing across the sky in a fascinating, incredible display. Nothing compares with the emotion of seeing an aurora sweep across the sky for the first time. The cold no longer matters; we forget hunger and every other need. No matter how late it is, we stay as long as this magical dance lasts.