Hints and tips:
...of travel when I traded my home island of Orkney for the Hebridean island of Eigg for a week....
...At just under 1,500 sq ft, it is roughly one-fifth of the size. It may be America’s second city, but when it comes to the priciest homes, Chicago is another country from New York....
...on the shores of Lake Baikal....
...We must stop idolizing home ownership, which favors suburban tract homes over high-rise apartments, and stop romanticizing rural villages....
...Nakiska was home to the 1988 Winter Olympics and Lake Louise, farthest away at about an hour’s drive, has 4,200 acres of skiing....
...towns that offer a different experience to the slick resorts of western Europe and North America....
...At the heart of Beaver Creek Village is Eagles’ Nest, a five-bedroom ski-in, ski-out property with bare cream walls, knotted-pine panelling and a study....
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