Lumbarda beaches: choose by the day you want
Sand, orientation and the walk back matter more than a beach ranking.
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Places to explore, routes to make your own, and photographs worth keeping.
Girona: the Onyar houses and a walk into the old streets
Begin beside the reflection, then change level and texture.
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A Paris afternoon: go up the Eiffel Tower or follow the river?
Two good afternoons, with different demands on your time.
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A quieter Bordeaux afternoon: Chartrons and the Public Garden
Leave the riverfront for a smaller circuit of shops, streets and trees.
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Place de la Bourse: photograph the square before the reflection
The pale facade has more than one useful angle.
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One Bordeaux day on foot: squares, lanes and the river
Use the old streets and the river as two halves of the day.
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Patong in daylight: the streets before the evening
Red stools, awnings and the working edges of an evening district.
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Phuket when the beach plan changes
Keep a useful second plan that does not depend on the sea.
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A Patong evening: plan around Bangla Road
Use the evening district deliberately and make the journey home simple.
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Choose around the trips you will repeat, not a single attractive room.
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Skye in cloud: stone, paths and a white lighthouse
Three frames that keep the weather and the footing visible.
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Neist Point: a lighthouse visit with time for the coast
The approach, the wind and the return deserve as much thought as the photograph.
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