Destination Videos

This category contains destination guides in video format gathered on a gradual basis from around the Interweb. Each video is generally just a few minutes long but should hopefully give you a good idea of the destination, highlighting main attractions and tourist areas, architecture and ambience. A good way to see a little bit of the place before you book you book a vacation package. This page updates every few days, so bookmark it (or use the RSS feed) and check back for more destinations regularly. You can get quick access to a full list of all the videos in alphabetic order via the sitemap.

Lonely Planet author, Anja Mutic adventures out for some horse riding in Motovun, Croatia. Whether it’s a short one hour trek or a week long trek through the valleys and forests of Motovun, Anja desribes horse riding as being on top of the world as she takes in Motovun’s countryside scenery.
Shot by Anja Mutic and Tim Ostres.

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Makuteros en las peleas de gallos de Ecuador un deporte controvertido… como los Toros en España….

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Bale is a small town in Istria, Croatia where Anja Mutic describes as one of Istria’s best kept secrets. It’s a medieval town of ancient cobblestone alleyways where nothing ever really happens…But it’s the stillness and magical atmosphere that makes this town so alluring. Anja soaks up this quiet ancient place and pops in to visit the “Stone tales bar” where she discovers that it’s more than just a bar it’s an open space for all who love performing.

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On a mission to update the Sri Lanka Lonely Planet guide, Michael Kohn explores the temples and ruins of ancient cities, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa. But before he sets off he starts the day with a traditional spicy Sri Lankan breakfast consisting of roti and dahl, which gears him up for the sights and spriitual rituals at the ancient temples and palace ruins. As he travels to Colombo Michael discovers Sri Lanka’s upcoming alternative music scene that fuses traditional Sri Lankan sounds with Western rock.

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¿Has visto alguna vez una pelea de Gallos? Los Makuteros, te traen lo mejor de este deporte que es como funciona y como lo ven los locales y visitantes. Si quieres aprender en que consiste este deporte y poder entenderlo no tienes mas que ver nuestro docreport

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Golden head garden is a parc inside Lyon with animals and tropical house.

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Lonely Planet author, Anja Mutic explores the tastes and landscapes of the Istria peninsula in Croatia’s north. Italy, just over the border, has had influence on the area’s food and mentality, making Istria unique to the rest of Croatia.

Shot by Anja Mutic and Tin Ostres.

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Baja is one of the most surprising areas of Mexico. Miles of coastline, coupled with harsh deserts and lush inland areas, creates a vivid landscape that is a blast to explore. Join Nick Vivion on a tour of this fabulous peninsula, hunting pigs with locals in Sierra de La Laguna for some pig hunting, surfing San Jose del Cabo and diving in Cabo Pulmo.

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MUSIC (surfing): “Hijo del sol” by Balanta Asante [produced by El Vagabundo]

MUSIC (diving): “Hoy es el dia” by Memo Cuepa [www.myspace.com/memocuepa]

GRAPHICS: Chris Fettin

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Greg Benchwick is a fan of beer and oddities and Oaxaca in the south of Mexico is fast becoming a favourite weekend away. The zócalo, or main square, is a great starting point for a city that is famous for its colonial architecture and mole sauces. But Greg takes us out to the hills, into the markets and ends at the bottom of a murky glass of deadly mezcale. Apparently, best followed up with a chapoline (grasshopper). Vamos!

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Located north of Mombassa on the Indian ocean, Watamu is pleasant town to spend few days and has some nearby interests. A 20 minute ride inland from Watamu is the small village of Gede, which used to be one of the largest and most important of the Swahili city states along the coast. Right next to the Gede ruins is Kipepeo Butterfly farm. Here conservation and the local economy have a symbiotic relationship. The farmers in the area are paid to collect pupae from the local Arabuko sokoke Forest. The butterflies are hatched in the farm and then sold to foreign collectors and museums. The money goes back into conservation and keeps the local people employed without having to cut the forest reserve, which contain high concentration of rare species of birds and butterflies.

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