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Far Horizons Iceland Tour Valthjofsstadur Door

Did you know this about Iceland?

More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet.
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Karanovo Thracian Chariot Bulgaria tour

Why Bulgaria?

Bulgaria, bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, and the Black Sea to the east, is...
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Megalithic Temples on Malta

Travel with Far Horizons and visit the Hal Saflieni Hypogeum, located in Paola, Malta; A prehistoric temple inscribed on the UNESCO world Heritage list.
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Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius Italy tour

New Discoveries at Pompeii

Archaeologists have found new graffiti that may end the debate about the exact date of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii in 79 AD. In one...
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Gobekli Tepe Eastern Turkey tour Far Horizons

New Discoveries in Turkey’s Göbekli Tepe

Built several millennia before Stonehenge or Egypt’s great pyramids, Göbekli Tepe is acclaimed as the world’s oldest temple at around 12,000 years old. Listed as a UNESCO World...
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Egyptian Dahabiya tour cruise on Nile

What is an Egyptian Dahabiya?

Herodotus said it 2,500 years ago: “Egypt is the gift of the Nile” – and what a gift it is – a narrow strip of cultivatable land teased...
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Journey to the West Kip Lilly

Traveling along the Silk Road through Western China

A post-trip interview with 2016 trip participant, Kip Lilly   How long was your trip to China and where did you visit? This trip was two and a...
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Orkney Islands, Scotland: Pictish carved stone with dragon motif discovered

The Orkney Islands, an archipelago of 70 islands off the northeastern coast of Scotland, has what some consider to be the greatest concentration of archaeological sites in Scotland.  Here,...
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Myanmar: Land of Golden Pagodas

By Heather Stoeckley If there is one word to describe my experiences in Myanmar, it would be shwe.  It means ‘golden’ in the Burmese language, and from the...
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