Travel Destinations

Seven days covers Cairo and Giza, Luxor, Aswan and Abu Simbel. Day-by-day plan with flights, cruise options, transfer times and a 10-day Red Sea variant.

October to April is best for temples and cruises, with November best overall. Month-by-month temperatures, crowds, prices, diving and desert seasons.

Felucca sails, Red Sea diving, White Desert camping, a Luxor balloon flight and Cairo street food, with prices and booking tips.

The famous Pink Sand Beach Bahamas is on Harbour Island, just off the northeastern coast of Eleuthera. Facing the Atlantic Ocean, this long stretch of sand is known for its soft blush color, clear water, and distinctive island setting. The beach is commonly called Pink Sands Beach, while the official Bahamas tourism site refers to it as Pink Sand Beach. The color is real, but it is not always equally bright. Light, moisture, weather, tide, and viewing angle can change how pink the shoreline appears. For travelers planning a visit, the important questions are where the beach is, why the sand is pink, how to reach Harbour Island, and when the conditions are most suitable for a beach day.

Ten places, actually listed this time: the icons (Mexico City's Templo Mayor at the museum's own 100 pesos, Chichen Itza at 697 all-in for foreigners on CULTUR's current tariff, Oaxaca and Monte Alban at 210, Tulum at the unified 265 set by decree in July 2026, and Puebla's open UNESCO centre) and the quieter five (Tolantongo at its operator's real 230 pesos, Bernal under SECTUR's third-largest monolith, Bacalar and its Wednesday no-navigation programme, Celestun's flamingo reserve, and Guanajuato's silver streets). Plus INM's real entry rule (180 days is a ceiling set by the officer, not a promise) and the Mexico Tourist Pass verdict: no such national pass exists.

Seven places, unranked and each on its own authority's facts: Edinburgh's two UNESCO towns and its castle at GBP 23.50 online; Glasgow's free museums; Skye's Storr, Quiraing and Fairy Pools, with puffins and a Michelin star put back where they belong; Loch Ness with Urquhart Castle at GBP 14 and the monster sold as evidence, not a promise; Glencoe with the 1692 massacre and 1,826.8 mm of annual rain; Stirling at GBP 18.50; and the Cairngorms with its running funicular and Britain's only free-ranging reindeer. Plus the real ScotRail passes, GBP 155 and GBP 196, and the ferry truth: no pass includes the Skye ferry.

A 10-day New Zealand itinerary that actually counts to ten: 3 days on the North Island (Auckland, Rotorua) and 7 on the South (Christchurch, Aoraki/Mount Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound), flying the long leg instead of driving it. With entry corrected (US visitors get 3 months on the visa waiver, not 9; the NZeTA costs NZD $17 to $23 plus the NZD $100 levy) and the Hooker Valley Track as DOC reports it today: fully open on a new 189-metre bridge, New Zealand's longest suspension bridge.