Americas

• 1 Witness the fireworks of the Arenal Volcano in Costa Rica
  

• 2 On top of the world
    At the top of the Eiffel Tower Who could have predicted that the controversial hulk, designed for the 1889 World Fair, would eventually become the symbol not just of Paris, but of the whole of France?...

• 3 Mexico's monarch butterfly sanctuaries
  

• 4 Chile's star-spangled skies
  The skies above Elqui Valley and the magnetic forces of the valley itself have made the Coquimbo region of Chile an open secret among ufologists, astronomers and all kinds of star-gazer. And the chance...

• 5 Find summer on the beaches of Brazil
  Just hearing the names Copacabana and Ipanema is enough to transport the imagination to a world of golden sands where perfect bodies play volleyball on the beach or bask in the sun and carefree atmosphere...

• 6 The secret hotels of the stars
  The Wakaya Club & Spa Wakaya, Suva (Fiji) Adrien Brody, Antonio Banderas and Bill Gates are just some of the big names who have found refuge in this luxurious resort located on the private island of...

• 7 Your guide in the Galapagos Islands is called Darwin
  The cataclysmic geography bears no resemblance to the picture-postcard islands one expects to find in the tropics. The Galapagos Islands are not known for luxury hotels and spas for hedonists, and yet...

• 8 Chichen Itza, the descent of the feathered serpent
  During the equinoxes, the sun is positioned directly over the equator, and day and night are of approximately equal length. At that time, around March 21st in spring, and September 22nd in the autumn,...

• 9 Explore New York's Fifth Avenue from end to end
  Along this world-famous street, stretching for just over seven kilometres, there's room for all the glories and the miseries of the West, all the contrasts and variety. The world's most most indecently...