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52 travel features tagged “Cultural Activities”

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Mapping the world: Vancouver

A cartographer’s guide to global destinations.
Read more… 22 May 2012


Mini guide to Toronto, Canada

Canada's biggest city lays claim to world-class museums, North America’s tallest tower and year-round festivals and cultural events.
Read more… 03 May 2012


The world’s iciest surf spots

A small but growing number of hardcore surfers are seeking out cold water surf destinations, where wind chill and primordial surrounds take the sport to a new level.
Read more… 19 April 2012


The sunken ship of dreams

Dive 13,000ft underwater and tour the ghostly remains of the RMS Titanic, about 350 miles from Newfoundland, Canada.
13 April 2012


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A Titanic centenary

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of RMS Titanic, with towns and cities on both sides of the Atlantic holding events to commemorate the disaster.
Read more… 30 March 2012


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The return of ‘missing’ hotel goods

To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Ottawa’s Fairmont Chateau Laurier is granting amnesty to any guest who brings back hotel paraphernalia from years past, no questions asked.
Read more… 12 March 2012


British Columbia’s capital charms

Victoria has quietly undergone a transformation in recent years, and as the city turns 150, its distinctive and funky neighbourhoods are drawing in the savvy traveller.
Read more… 12 March 2012


Vintage Niagara Falls in winter

For generations, visitors have flocked to the border between the US and Canada to see the natural wonder of Niagara Falls. Explore the icy beauty as they looked in the early 1900s.
17 February 2012


The Titanic’s final resting place

Beneath the handsome lighthouses, sweet fishing villages and multicoloured forests of Atlantic Canada lies a wild history of pirates, ghosts and shipwrecks.
Read more… 02 February 2012


Atlantic Canada’s seafaring coast

From Newfoundland’s craggy shores to New Brunswick's dark forests, Atlantic Canada’s fishing villages and quiet communities are bound together by a turbulent past of shipwrecks.
02 February 2012


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