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763 Steps Down and Not One Back Up: the Lighthouse You Walk To and Return From by Kayak

The steps were built by prisoners in the 19th century. Today you get in by booking, with a cap of...

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All the Greece border cameras in one place - check before you set off

Three crossings, three live cameras, wait times and driver reports - all on metla.mk, so you decide for yourself where...

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A Million Animals on the Move and Kilimanjaro on the Horizon: A Safari That Changes You, Not Just Rests You

Elephants before Kilimanjaro, a million wildebeest on migration, rhinos beside an alkaline lake. Kenya offers a different kind of travel...

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Positano: The Vertical Village That Has Sold Peace to the Powerful for Decades, and Still Earns Its Price

Ice-cream-coloured houses glued to a cliff above the Tyrrhenian Sea. Here beauty isn't marketing but geology and centuries of patience.

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Traffic at the Greek border - a forecast, 7 days ahead

On metla.mk you can now see a forecast of the queues at the Greek border - for each of the...

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From Zadar to Dubrovnik: 350 Kilometres of Dalmatian Coast the Balkans Have Within Reach

Over 350 kilometres of curves above a turquoise sea, medieval towns and islands lined up as if scattered on purpose....

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Neither Ibiza Nor Sardinia: Seven Little-Known European Islands Without the Crowds

From Zakynthos and Lošinj to Elba and Cabrera - islands with clear water, wild cliffs and villages where time runs...

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Portugal's Natural Pools: The Sea Without Waves That Tourists Skip

Salt, but without the fear a current will drag you off. Nine lava hollows, from Madeira to the Azores -...

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The Greece borders live: the wait is now unavoidable, even at Dojran

All three crossings into Greece are full - Bogorodica, Medzitlija and Dojran. Even the quieter Dojran now sits in queues....

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A Fairytale Village of 15 Residents and 100,000 Tourists Wants Off the UNESCO List

Vlkolinec in Slovakia has 45 wooden houses and one request - to be left alone. The protection that was supposed...

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The secret gardens of Europe's capitals: the places locals know and tourists walk right past

From the orange grove on Rome's Aventine to a green trail on an old rail line in Paris - corners...

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The Greece border, live: cameras, wait times and a checklist before you set off

Live cameras from all three crossings into Greece, real wait times, and the full checklist - documents, gear and fines...

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