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Entre vignes et mer dans les Cinque Terre.

Entre Porto Fino au nord et La Spezia au Sud, cinq « terres » ou bourgs sont accrochés aux éperons rocheux de la côte ligure. Ici entre ciel et mer, c’est le vignoble ou plutôt le vin qui a façonné à...

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Timkat: the festival of the baptism

Each year on January 19, Timkat, or the festival of Epiphany,commemorates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River. This holiday, more lavish than Christmas, is celebrated with the most pageantry in...

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Parution COREE – Uzbekistan: from Bukhara to Samarkand by Marc Deville and...

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Galapagos – In the footsteps of Darwin

In these Ecuadorian Pacific islands, second worldwide marine reservation protected by a national park, animal is king and man is just tolerated. Between cliffs, mangrove swamps and moonlike...

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Angkor – Renaissance and forgotten temples

Far from the Angkor temples going through staggering revival and tourist development, Cambodia shelters a handful of forgotten temples, unbeknownst marvels still left alone for some time. Photos and...

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Revamped Rome’s Colosseum opens after extensive restoration.

Come this summer, visitors to Rome will be able to see parts of the Roman Colosseum never before open to the public. For the first time tourists will soon be able to visit the underground of the...

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Damascus, the eye of the East

It’s not easy being paradise on earth in a country so often censured by the West…Arising out of the desert four thousand years ago, the capital of Syria again bats her eyelashes to seduce the voyager....

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The Last Days of Pompeii ?

The repeated damage at one of the world’s most important archaeological sites is proving an embarrassment for Italy, and giving credence to accusations that the entire ancient city is in a state of...

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Jordan – The man who could save Petra

The most famous archaeological site is sick. But, professor Tala Akasheh, is maybe the man who could save Petra… Photos and text by Enrico Martino/LightMediation For more Pictures or Informations...

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Easter Island: the ultimate travel experience

Easter Island. Since its discovery by Europeans in the XVIIIth Century, fascinates the whole world. How, and why, those stones giants were erected? Mysteries remain. But one should not forget that,...

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Lalibela – The City of Faith

The ancient monastic city, jewel of UNESCO world heritage sites, has not only preserved, since the Middle Ages, its amazing set of monolithic churches, but continues to embody, for countless pilgrims,...

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Tapati Rapa Nui, a modern renaissance of traditions

For two weeks at the beginning of each year, Easter Island lives to the rhythm of Tapati Rapa Nui, a festival in which locals compete in traditional sports. Photos and text by Julien...

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