Praslin Island was named after the Duc of Praslin who was guillotined during the French Revolution. It belongs to a group of islands called the Aldabra, which includes Curieuse, Cousin, and Aride. At eight miles long and three miles wide, Praslin is the second largest island in the Seychelles. It’s a granite island awash with lush forest preserves and some great beaches and yet another Seychelles embodiment of a tropical island paradise.
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The traditional currency of the Pacific Islands is shell money; beautiful strings of painstakingly carved discs of shell which are strung together to make ‘tafuliae’.
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Shopping Essentials Where: Tunis, capital of Tunisia, North Africa What’s in store: Food, tourist gifts and traditional crafts like gold and weaving
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Many extreme sports enthusiasts consider Norway, to be the base-jumping capital of Europe. This could be for one of two key reasons: firstly, that it is one of the few countries left where it is still legal; and secondly, because of its high mountains and deep fjords, it has the one of the best landscapes for it in the world.
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Reputed to be the only place on earth where you can marinate a steak at harvest time just by hanging it outside your house, for 22 years the ‘Garlic Capital of the World’ has played host to the biggest annual garlic celebration in the world.
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