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25+ Hidden Gems on the Dalmatian Coast: The Ultimate Off-the-Beaten-Path Guide

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    Dubrovnik and Split anchor most Croatian coastal itineraries, and Hvar and Korčula have become well-trodden stops in their own right — but the Dalmatian Coast stretches across hundreds of kilometers and more than a thousand islands, and the overwhelming majority of that coastline sees only a fraction of the tourist traffic concentrated in […]

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Dublin Hidden Gems: Beyond Temple Bar

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    Featured: Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin. Source: Wikimedia Commons Temple Bar gets the tourist attention, and the pub crawls and street music genuinely have their own appeal, but reducing Dublin to that single, loud neighborhood misses most of what makes the city genuinely worth a slower visit. This is a city that holds one of

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Australia Hidden Gems: Beyond Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef

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    Sydney’s Opera House and the Great Barrier Reef anchor most first-time trips to Australia, and both genuinely earn their reputation. But Australia is a continent-sized country, roughly the same size as the contiguous United States, and reducing it to two headline attractions leaves out dramatic coastlines, ancient deserts, and an entire island state

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Costa Rica Hidden Gems: Beyond the Resort Strip

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    Costa Rica made its name on ecotourism before most of the world knew what that word meant, and the country genuinely lives up to it, roughly a quarter of its land is protected in some form, a staggering figure for a country roughly the size of West Virginia. This guide, built from independent

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