Like Vegas meets Disney:Mega-resort is impressive,but I won’t be returning

Like Vegas meets Disney:Mega-resort is impressive,but I won’t be returning

Once an illicit playground for the elite,mega-resort Sun City now has different challenges.

  • byRob McFarland
Get your boots on:The world’s five best new hikes

Get your boots on:The world’s five best new hikes

The Balkans,New Zealand,Georgia and Japan are starters in the quest for the best hikes.

  • byRob McFarland
This outrageously beautiful safari spot is still a best-kept secret

This outrageously beautiful safari spot is still a best-kept secret

Discover history,art and wildlife at this lesser-known South African reserve.

  • byRob McFarland
This breathtaking valley has many stories,but nature gets the last word

This breathtaking valley has many stories,but nature gets the last word

Located in the South Island’s dramatic Fiordland region,the Hollyford Valley is full of myths,legends and epic tales of hardship and resolve.

  • byRob McFarland
A spectacular railway is just the beginning of this extraordinary region

A spectacular railway is just the beginning of this extraordinary region

While undeniably spectacular,Flam’s famously steep railway is just one of western Norway’s many drawcards.

  • byRob McFarland
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The epic European hiking trail hardly anyone knows about

The epic European hiking trail hardly anyone knows about

Never before have I encountered such an astonishing diversity of terrain and panoramas on one trip.

  • byRob McFarland
Electrical company HQ’s spectacular transformation into Gatsby-esque hotel
★★★★½
Oslo

Electrical company HQ’s spectacular transformation into Gatsby-esque hotel

At Sommerro,there are seven restaurants and bars,a private cinema,a library,a theatre,the city’s first rooftop pool and a sprawling basement spa and wellness area so vast they give you a map.

  • byRob McFarland
It’s a miracle Europe’s most breathtaking mountain pass exists at all

It’s a miracle Europe’s most breathtaking mountain pass exists at all

One of the highlights of any trip to Norway is this 108-kilometre ribbon of tarmac that squirms its way over a 1434-metre-high plateau.

  • byRob McFarland
Nine must-do highlights of Split,Croatia

Nine must-do highlights of Split,Croatia

With a prime position on the Adriatic coast,Croatia’s second-largest city offers an extraordinarily well-preserved Roman palace,an atmospheric Old Town and delightful beaches.

  • byRob McFarland
A ludicrously scenic byway isn’t even the main attraction at this US park

A ludicrously scenic byway isn’t even the main attraction at this US park

Although bison are the primary attraction,don’t leave Custer State Park without driving through this explosion of soaring,needle-like granite peaks.

  • byRob McFarland