“Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just like outer space. It’s like going to the moon.” Jon Krakauer
In front of your nose
While we’re at it, let’s save CO2: Then we don’t want to deprive you of this volume and give you even more reasons to book your next vacation on your own continent with Taschen’s “Great Escapes Europe”. Portuguese manor house or Norwegian wooden house, Austrian hut right by the lake or Finnish igloo in the middle of the forest: Europe’s countries have a lot to offer. And thanks to this compilation, we are now guaranteed to know where to go next. Angelika Taschen, “Great Escapes Europe”, Taschen, ca. 55.-
88
Jules Verne reckoned with 80 days, tour operator Arte with 88. A trip around the world, an adventure, without a single flying mile. Train and ship are the means of transportation, Hamburg and Berlin are the starting and ending points. Past London and New York, through the States to Canada, Japan, South Korea and China, across the Gobi Desert via the Silk Road to Russia and back to Germany via Poland – what the German tour operator is offering is not a simple trip, but a pure experience. Luxury liners and first-class hotels have their price: 100,000. Further Information on the round-the-world trip in summer 2020 is available at www.arte-reisen.com.
Taka-Tuka-Land
Why travel so far away when the good is so close. That is not a question, but a statement. Vienna has something – that elegant, chilled-out relax feeling, plus the legitimacy of its inhabitants to fatten themselves up every day with Sachertorte and plenty of cream. Good, the newly opened Hotel Max Brown 7th District offers rooms in S and M sizes as well as L and XL versions – for extra-stuffed bellies. What’s more, everyone simply feels at home here – because the mix of vintage furniture, velvet and wood lulls you to sleep like the atmosphere of the Hawelka café and because you slumber in the beds made from recycled materials as if you hadn’t slept for months. The interior is fun to drive, there’s no sign of any fear of contact. Here, then and now are immersed in a conversation : Modern design meets the walls of a canal house with a 300-year-old façade in the Max Brown 7th District. The Viennese newcomer is the big brother of Pippi Longstocking’s Villa Kunterbunt and the grown-up version of a student dormitory. Not a hotel, but a temporary home. Max Brown 7th District, double room from approx. 123.-, www.maxbrownhotels.com/7th-district-vienna/
Bundled
Phone, Wallet, Key. The saying is true – for all those who regularly leave behind what would otherwise get them through the day. In times of electronic boarding passes and digital hotel confirmations, a lot depends on smartphones – but not everything. To keep everything important for a trip in one place, we sort foreign currency, passport and airline member card into the Travel Organizer from the Swiss label Lost & Found (made of leather and cotton, available in several colors, approx. 89.-).
Girls just want to have fun
The Tinder algorithm can also be used outside of 0815 dating. For example, in the search for suitable travel partners. The app Tourlina brings together women who love to travel: However, the matchmaking process is preceded by a thorough check of all registrations; only those whose profile is activated can find other travelers. If both sides like each other, there’s a match and nothing stands in the way of exploring a country together. Tourlina, free for iOS and Android
