While there aren’t many bargains in Munich, there are a surprising number of one-of-a-kind activities and sights that are completely free. Whether you’re a music lover, a car enthusiast or a fan of world-class soccer, gardens, history or architecture, Munich has a free experience for you. Here’s our guide to the very best of them. 1.
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A mind-boggling glimpse into layers upon layers of Earth’s planetary past, Canyonlands National Park is Utah’s largest – and least visited – national park, even though part of it sits a short distance away from Arches National Park, a 40-minute drive from the town of Moab. Canyonlands’ meandering cliffsides are stacked with thousands of feet
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If you ask someone to rattle off Austria’s unmissable attractions, they’ll probably rave about Vienna and its lavish feast of palaces, coffee houses, concert halls and galleries, and the heart-racing trails and slopes traversing the Alps that ripple across half the country. Worthy though these are, this pocket-sized alpine fantasy of a country has lesser-known
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India may be famous for its fragrant, spice-infused chai, but in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and elsewhere across South India, another hot caffeinated drink reigns supreme. Walk past any local breakfast joint in Bengaluru and you’ll see swarms of people standing at stainless steel tables washing down fluffy idlis (South Indian spongy, round, fermented rice cake) and crispy
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Croatia offers more than 1,100 miles of meandering mainland coast backed by rugged limestone mountains, along with hundreds of scattered islands and islets, of which 47 are inhabited. It is also dotted with historic and beautifully preserved harbour towns, relics of the four centuries between 1420 and 1797 when it was occupied by the Venetians. This
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There is something magical about a natural hot spring. They are formed when magma forces hot water through fissures in the earth – but that explanation doesn’t make them any less special. When you’re soaking in steamy mineral water it feels as if Mother Nature created a geothermal phenomenon just for you. This is especially
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Once dismissed as a sleepy retirement home for aging Anglophiles, Vancouver Island has acquired a racier profile in recent years, courtesy of its free-spirited surfing towns, pastoral wineries, community-built biking networks and extravagantly eccentric accommodations. If you’ve ever spent time fantasizing about “hanging ten” in Tofino, sleeping in spherical treehouses, visiting Canada’s only commercial tea
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For International Sauvignon Blanc Day, look to the Golden State for bottles that are both splurges and bargains, but all very tasty. Everyone knows California for its Cabernet Sauvignons, but did you know about its other Sauvignon? The grape’s spiritual home may be in France (Bordeaux, Loire Valley), but it’s fasting finding footing in the
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Southwold Erected in 1900, Southwold Pier was originally 810 feet long, but by the Eighties – after being battered by fierce storms and Second World War sea mines – a mere 60 feet remained. Rebuilding work took place between 1999 and 2001, extending it to a more impressive 623 feet, and thanks to its forward-thinking owners,
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