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St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City – The Greatest Church in the World
St. Peter’s Basilica. The very centre of religion for Roman Catholics around the world. Charles comes from a very Catholic family. So this was in a way a big, big deal. All the things he’d heard and...
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The Roman Forum and Palatine Hill Tour by City Wonders, Rome
Driving around Rome, we got a sense of the ancient city that was once the centre of the civilised world almost immediately. Ruins lie exposed within archeological excavations almost everywhere. But the...
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A Disturbing Visit to the Museum of Torture Montepulciano, Italy
Museo del Tortura. Museum of Torture Montepulciano. We chanced upon a sign in a little street just off the main Piazza while walking through the tiny little Tuscan town of Montepulciano. It started...
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The Glittering Tomb of Itmad Ud Daulah, Agra – The Other Taj Mahal
The tomb of Itmad Ud Daulah seemed to me possibly the most unsung hero of Mughal Agra. A glittering jewel encrusted mausoleum, the first one to be made entirely of marble, when compared to the Taj...
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Mount Nebo, Jordan – The holy land
While Mount Nebo may not have been at the very top of my list of things to see and experience in Jordan, I couldn’t deny the palpable excitement I felt as our bus turned off the highway and into the...
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The Prague Card – A great way to make your way through Prague
The reasons we’re talking about Museum Cards, and the Prague Card in particular, is if you’ve been following our blog for a while (or if you just scroll through our list of destinations), you’ll see...
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Bikaner Havelis – On the Merchant’s Trail
When we were invited to stay at Narendra Bhawan, Bikaner, the itinerary included a few curated experiences to showcase the best of Bikaner to us. Among these, was a chance to see the Bikaner Havelis on...
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Our Tiqets to the Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour- 700 years back, 350 metres down
While planning our Krakow Itinerary, I almost gave the Wieliczka Salt Mine Tour a miss. (pronounced Veh-leech-ka) We were already “wasting” a couple of days in Krakow because of everything being shut...
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Talabgaon Castle, Jaipur – Rajasthan’s best-kept secret
Talabgaon Castle on their website had the words “Descended from the sun into the palm of nature” emblazoned on it, and I couldn’t help but think how appropriate this statement was as I stepped out to...
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Akbar’s Tomb Architecture at its Mughal best in Agra
Akbar’s Tomb architecture – wise is such a stunning site to visit. It was one of the stops on my press trip through Agra, Uttar Pradesh a couple of years ago. And while it was certainly a stunning...
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