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Every new year brings a host of new reasons to choose a particular destination for your next trip. New ﬂights, new openings, anniversaries, and special events inform 2016’s hotlist

Get packing Bordeaux The new world wine capital? With its wide boulevards and neoclassical buildings, Bordeaux has never been short of ambition. Now the centre of the region that produces the biggest volume of fine wines in France wants to be known as the wine capital of the world. And it’s staking its claim with the opening in June of an ultra-modern museum “exploring the evolution of wine and honouring all vintages of the planet”. Already dubbed the “Guggenheim of wine”, the futuristic glass-clad, curved building, was designed to evoke wine flowing through a stemmed glass, and aims to liberate wine tourism from its stuffy, elitist reputation. The 10-storey building will house “magic binoculars” for looking out over the world’s vineyards. There will be a restaurant at the top of the 55-metre viewing tower, and once visitors have had their fill of theory, boats can shuttle them to vineyards on the outskirts of Bordeaux. • laciteduvin.com

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Dublin Centenary celebrations for the Republic This year marks the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising, a crucial step towards Irish independence a few years later. Commemorative events include Dublin’s National Museum of Ireland at Collins Barracks (pictured) opening a major exhibition, Proclaiming a Republic: The 1916 Rising (museum.ie), on 3 March. Other events include a day of celebration with music, theatre and dance on 28 March, and lectures and discussions at Liberty Hall on 26 April (details on Facebook). Events come to life on a 1916 Rebellion Walking Tour (1916rising.com), which visits landmarks including Dublin Castle, Trinity College and Kilmainham Gaol. Afterwards, visit the new Teeling Whiskey Distillery, the first distillery to open in Dublin in 125 years. And try Dublin Klaw for some of the freshest seafood in town (on Facebook).

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India A journey into Jungle Book territory A new 3D animation movie of much-loved classic The Jungle Book, featuring the voices of Neel Sethi, Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson, is set to hit the big screen in April. Rudyard Kipling’s tale of Mowgli and co was inspired by the wildlife and landscapes of Madhya Pradesh and those keen to seek out the wild Bengal tiger and other jungle animals can join a new tour in Satpura national park with Gane and Marshall, which offers camping overnight in the park for the first time (from £745 for four nights, ganeandmarshall.com). Another new option is Village Ways’ 10-day The Forsyth Trail (from £1,115, villageways.com), which includes time in Satpura as well as Pench Tiger Reserve. Wild Frontiers has a special Jungle Book group tour for 2016, visiting three parks – Kanha, Satpura and Tadoba (12 days from £2,795, wildfrontierstravel.com).

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Rio de Janeiro Host of the 2016 Olympic Games If you thought you’d seen all there was to see of the “Marvellous City” during the 2014 Brazil World Cup, think again. Rio’s stunning natural landscape should make this the most photogenic Olympics ever: the rowing will be held on the Lagoa, a natural lake ringed by imposing black mountains; the road cycling will speed through the city’s rainforested hills; and the beach volleyball will be on Copacabana beach (pictured) – also the site of the Olympic fanzone. Away from sport, the new Museum of Tomorrow in the old port district (museudoamanha.org.br), designed by Santiago Calatrava and opened last month, looks at the need for change if mankind is to avoid climate disaster. The elegant, futuristic building is already being described as one of the city’s must-see sights.

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Iran Ancient culture opens to the world again There have been times in recent years when the arrival of a western tourist at an Iranian hotel attracted a crowd of sightseers and a formal welcome from management. But since the Vienna agreement on the country’s nuclear programme was reached in July and the subsequent softening of relations with the west, west those rare visitors are set to grow in number, even though truly independent travel is still not possible – and more tour operators are running holidays there. With a land area almost seven times that of Britain, several climate zones and a wealth of ancient history, the country has plenty to offer. It has bazaars, mosques and gardens galore, but the real pleasure is the people – encounters are never dull. The unmissable site is Persepolis, the seat of Darius the Great and his son Xerxes, which is astonishingly well-preserved. Also look out for the Soltaniyeh (a 14th century mausoleum, 14th-century mausoleum the third-largest third largest brick dome ever built), Takht-e Soleyman (a spiritual site celebrating fire and water) and the cities of Shiraz and Isfahan. Modern art lovers can enjoy works by Warhol, Monet and Pollock, hidden during the revolution but now on display in the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. More adventurous souls might explore the Alburz mountains, where shepherds walk their flocks up to more than 4,000 metres through flower-decked meadows. Less strenuous would be a rail trip: luxury tours run from Turkey. Wild Frontiers trips to Iran include a 16-day Silk Road tour around the Caspian Sea plus parts of Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan (from £3,295, wildfrontierstravel.com). Travel The Unknown (traveltheunknown.com) has launched the UK’s first dedicated brochure to Iran, while Regent Holidays has a 14-day Journey from Tabriz to Shiraz (departs 26 September from £3,495pp, including flights, regent-holidays.co.uk).

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New bullet train link to the north’s wide open spaces From the end of March, a direct bullet train will link Tokyo with Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands, considered to be the country’s natural adventure playground. In summer, visitors head there for hiking, climbing and camping in its vast expanse of forests, lakes, mountains and hot springs. In winter, reliable snowfall makes for great skiing. Hakodate (pictured) is celebrated for its historical buildings and dishes such as ikura (salmon roe). The Hokkaido Shinkansen route will connect Tokyo with Shin-Hakodate Hokuto in four hours, two hours less than the current journey time. A seven-day Japan Rail pass (jrpass.com) costs £157.

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Cornwall Art, architecture and Poldark passion Swimming (and architecture) fans are in for a treat when the art deco Penzance Jubilee Pool (pictured) – the largest surviving seawater lido in Britain – reopens in May. Built in 1935, it was damaged by storms in 2013 but has now been returned to its full glory. Stay in the newly opened Chapel House (from £150 a night, chapelhousepz.co.uk), a gorgeous Georgian building with six lovely rooms overlooking the sea. The Tate St Ives reopens on 21 May after a refurbishment and expansion project, while the Eden Project is

opening a new timber-clad 115 room eco-hotel for next summer. Cornwall will be in the limelight once more when the second series of BBC drama Poldark airs in the autumn – and Count House Cottage, a National Trust property that appears in the show, is available for rent from £275 for three nights (nationaltrustholidays. org.uk). This year is also the 10th anniversary of Cornwall’s mining landscapes becoming a Unesco world heritage site. To celebrate, a 12-metre, steam-powered cast-iron puppet of a miner will spend two weeks in late July walking across Cornwall, stopping at mining locations en route.

Copenhagen Foodie city becomes affordable Food fans who have the appetite, if not the wallet, for Nordic cuisine should head to Copenhagen, where some of the city’ high-end restaurants are opening casual alternatives. While René Redzepi’s world-beating Noma relocates to Sydney from January to April, the team is opening a new spot, called 108 (108.dk), with more seats and a more affordable menu than the mothership. 108 will start off as a pop-up on Noma’s premises during the Australian hiatus, before moving to a permanent location later in the

spring. Small plates (around £10) and mains (£15) will include cured squid and bacon broth, and caramelised milk skin with veal tongue. Kadeau, another celebrated restaurant, has also launched a more laidback offshoot, Eldorado (eldoradokbh.dk), with a menu featuring papadums and Thai coconut soup – signalling the city’s appreciation for a cuisine beyond foraged beach herbs and Nordic dogmas – while newly opened Ramen to Bíiru (pictured) serves bowls of ramen. Visitors can sample some of the city’s best restaurants in August, at the Copenhagen Cooking & Food Festival.

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County Durham History told by 1,000 actors

’s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Art show … Bosch! In February, this small Dutch town an hour south of Amsterdam by train will stage a cultural coup. Dutch Renaissance painter Hieronymus Bosch was born and worked in the town, and died there 500 years ago. To pay tribute, the Noordbrabants Museum is putting on an exhibition of 39 of the artist’s iconic paintings and drawings – the largest ever Bosch exhibition. The whole town is getting into the spirit of the artist’s fantastical paintings, with fringe events such as a jaunt around the city’s canals and river called the Boat Trip of Heaven and Hell, and some of Bosch’s more grotesque works will be projected on to walls beneath its tunnels and bridges. • hetnoordbrabantsmuseum.nl

This summer, Bishop Auckland in County Durham will host an open-air historical theatrical spectacular called Kynren – an epic tale of England. The nighttime production was inspired by the French theme park Puy du Fou, has a cast of over 1,000 members of the local community on a seven-acre stage, and will take up to 8,000 spectators on a journey through 2,000 years of English history, including the first world war (pictured). Visitors to the market town can also enjoy Auckland Castle – which serves as a backdrop to the production – the National Railway Museum at Shildon, nearby Binchester Roman Fort, and the beauty of the North Pennines AONB. The city of Durham is a 20-minute drive away. • Kynren has 14 shows from 2 July to 17 September. Booking now open: adult from £25, child from £19, kynren.co.uk

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US landscapes Centenary of the National Park Service

On 25 August 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the act that created the National Park Service, “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for future generations”. One hundred years later, the 84-million-plus-acre National Park Service comprises 409 sites, including 58 national and historical parks, monuments, battlefields, and seashore. In 2014, almost 293 million people visited them. The opening event of the centennial took place on 1 January, with the enormous Tournament of Roses Parade winding through the streets of Pasadena, Los Angeles – the

theme was “Find Your Adventure’’ in a US national park. All national parks will waive their entrance fees on 16 special days in 2016, including during National Park Week (April 16-24), and the National Park Service Birthday (August 25-28). American Sky (americansky.co.uk) has a 21-night selfdriving tour through some of the most beautiful national parks in the western US. The trip begins and ends in San Francisco, with plenty of time to explore the sights from the Grand Canyon to the red cliffs and Angels Landing rock formations of Zion national park (pictured). The route also takes in Mesa Verde, Canyonlands and Arches, Yellowstone, Capitol Reef, Bryce Canyon, Death Valley and Yosemite. The trips costs from £2,089pp including flights and hotels. For non-drivers, a similar 17-day tour with transport provided costs £2,209.

Lima, Peru Fly direct to the Peruvian capital Peru has long been the most popular destination in South America for British visitors, so it’s about time an airline launched a direct flight from London to Lima, as British Airways will do in May, cutting up to three hours off previous flights times via Spain. But while most tourists are drawn by Machu Picchu and other ancient sites, the Peruvian capital continues to develop as a destination for those interested in contemporary culture. Food and drink – ceviche and pisco sours – is at the forefront of this, thanks to Virgilio Martínez, owner of Central, who opened a more casual restaurant, NOS, in upmarket Miraflores in August. The Barranco area has more grazing spots, such as Isolina, for a modern take on earthy cuisine, and Blu for fresh ice-cream. The art scene has also been growing: Mario Testino’s museum, MATE (mate.pe) opened in 2012, joining the more established Museo de Arte de Lima (mali.pe).

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Costa Rica Forests, volcanoes and wildlife Getting to Costa Rica from the UK used to involve travelling via Madrid or Miami. No more: Thomson launched the first direct flights, from Gatwick to the northern city of Liberia, in November, while BA is starting direct flights from Gatwick to the capital, San José, in April. The twice-weekly BA flights (return from £499) will cut the journey time to just under 11 hours. The new flights have coincided with several hotel openings, from luxury resorts such as Andaz Peninsula Papagayo (doubles from $226, papagayo.andaz.hyatt.com) in the north and Hacienda AltaGracia (doubles from $275, altagracia.aubergeresorts.com) further south, to simpler properties like Nammbú Beachfront Bungalows in Playa Carrillo (doubles from $175, no website). Holiday companies are launching tours, too, such as National Geographic and G Adventures’ 14-day Explore Costa Rica trip, which includes meeting researchers at a sea turtle conservancy and joining in reforestation projects (from £1,429pp without flights, gadventures.co.uk). Costa Rica has an astonishing array of endemic species, thanks to the diverse landscape and microclimates on its two coasts (with great beaches and surfing), mountains, jungles and volcanoes. It also has pioneering sustainability policies – a quarter of the landmass is protected. Manuel Antonio national park, 110 miles from San Jose, is one of the best places for trekking and wildlife spotting. It is home to most of the country’s native species, including howler monkeys, sloths and iguanas. The country is a year-round destination, with a dry season from November to April and a mild rainy season from May to October. • See our guide at theguardian.com/travel/costarica

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Le Marche, Italy Beaches and art without the crowds Le Marche, a region halfway up the eastern side of Italy’s boot, is slowly being discovered by Brits: visitor numbers were up 24% in the year to August, though from a very low base. And tourists are staying there longer – enjoying the region’s beaches, hilltop villages, art-filled towns and great outdoors for their own sake, rather than making a quick foray from Umbria or Abruzzo. Hospitality in Le Marche used to be in staid business hotels or pack-’em-in beachside billets, with (uninspiring) half-board compulsory in summer. But a younger generation has taken the British concept of bed-andbreakfast to their hearts. La Maison Jujube (doubles from €69 B&B, lamaisonjujube.it) is in a 14th-century village house in Morrovalle, between the sea and the old university city of Macerata, with two bedrooms, a walled garden and great views. Less than an hour away is one of Italy’s best beaches, spectacular Due Sorelle, beneath white cliffs and accessible by boat from the harbour at Numana. Inland, medieval Urbino (pictured) is a must-see for the renaissance art in its Palazzo Ducale, but fans of more modern art can put together a great tour of contemporary galleries, from Il Conventino in tiny Monteciccardo, to modern sculpture inside a 15th-century tower in Cagli.

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Ljubljana, Slovenia Green capital hits its stride Slovenia’s capital is the European Green Capital 2016, thanks to projects over the past decade to improve its environment – which have also made it more attractive to visitors. Large parts of Ljubljana have now been pedestrianised, existing green spaces have been restored, and new ones have been created. Paths wind down from the castle (the main tourist attraction), huge Tivoli Park reaches almost to the city centre, and the Library Under the Treetops initiative has brought free books and deckchairs to seven locations. Eco-friendly ways to explore include a stand-up paddleboard tour with Bananaway (bananaway. si) along the Ljubljanica river, whose embankments have also been renovated to encourage walking. Traditional dishes and local ingredients are being revived across the city: a good place to sample them is in Spajza restaurant (spajza-restaurant. si), which specialises in hearty homecooking, such as smoked goose breast with truffles. There will be more green projects throughout the year, including the creation of a public orchard. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia. There will be celebrations on Slovene National Day (24 June), Sovereignty Day (25 October), and Slovenian Independence and Unity Day (23 December) and events all through the year. See slovenia25.si. What Ljubljana lacks in unmissable attractions it makes up for with beautiful architecture (especially Jože Plečnik’s buildings), a laid-back atmosphere and scores of riverside bars serving excellent Slovenian wines. The pick of the hotels is Vander Urbani Resort (doubles from £86, vanderhotel. com), right on the river in the heart of the city: it has cutting-edge design and a tiny roof terrace with an infinity pool.

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Sri Lanka Surf’s up It’s been “up-and-coming” for a few years, but Sri Lanka keeps on giving, with more hotels and new trips. Catch that perfect wave and tweak your downward dog on a surfing and yoga holiday with Soul & Surf (soulandsurf. com), which has just opened a permanent base on the south coast, after its success in Kerala. A week to suit all levels costs from £775pp, including surf and yoga lessons, full-board and transfers, but excluding flights. Many of the new openings are on the luxury side – special occasion or honeymoon material. Among the most hotly anticipated is the eco boutique hotel Tri Lanka (pictured, doubles from £165 half-board, trilanka.com), a sustainable design hotel overlooking the country’s finest lake, Koggala. The Owl & the Pussycat (doubles from £199 B&B, otphotel.com) also opened last month, in Thalpe on the south coast: it’s another boutique property with an arty vibe, created by 20 artists.

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Stratford-upon-Avon Called to the Bard On 23 April, to mark 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, the BBC will broadcast a live tribute from the RSC theatre in Stratford. Spring is a great time to explore more of the playwright’s home county. As well as the RSC itself (which opens a new Shakespeare exhibition and the Other Place studio theatre in 2016), Shakespeare’s house, New Place, and the schoolroom he attended at King Edward VI School (pictured), both open as major attractions in April. • shakespeares-england.co.uk/stratford-upon-avon

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Iceland Fjords, foxes and hot pools Iceland’s popularity is well-justified, but access is nearly always through Reykjavik, giving any trip a bias towards the west. In May, new direct flights from Gatwick to Egilsstaðir in the east will allow visitors to head straight to some of the wilder, more remote areas. There are impressive drives down the east coast fjords, taking in little towns such as Seyðisfjörður, a good base for summer hiking. Other highlights are treks to Mount Snæfell or the Hafrahvammar canyon. Flights to Egilsstaðir will operate twice weekly from May with Discover the World (discover-the-world.co.uk).

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Tenerife Bourne ready in Santa Cruz With its walking festivals and rural hotels, Tenerife has proved that there’s more to the largest Canary island than beach holidays. Its capital, Santa Cruz, has stayed off-radar, but that will change in July, with the release of the fifth Bourne movie. Much of the action was shot in the city, but while the film probably won’t linger on Santa Cruz’s emerging foodie scene, its soaring Auditorio opera house (pictured), or brightly painted historic buildings, visitors should. • webtenerife.co.uk

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Capability Brown gardens

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Northumberland and sites across the UK

Calling all dancing queens

Our land may have been green and pleasant before Lancelot “Capability” Brown started rearranging its hills and lakes, but the UK’s most celebrated landscape gardener was so prolific – he is associated with 260 sites in England and Wales – that many of the landscapes we think of today as typically English are, in fact, typically Lancelot. In 2016, designated the Year of the English Garden by VisitEngland, around 150 of the landscapes Brown designed will be open to the public, with organisations such as the National Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society contributing to a nationwide programme of events marking 300 years since his birth. Some of the sites will open specially for the occasion; others, such as Harewood House (pictured), near Leeds, are upping their Capability credentials with events and exhibitions. True Brown aficionados could start with a pilgrimage to the small village of Kirkharle in Northumberland, where he was born. Brown discovered gardening here, learning his craft via an apprenticeship with the head gardener at Kirkharle Hall. Though it’s an unassuming site today (much of the hall was demolished in the 19th century, and the remaining wing was remodelled as a farmhouse), Brown’s plans for the parkland here were finally put into action in 2010 by the estate’s owners. The landscape now includes a serpentine lake around which visitors can stroll, and a children’s play area (complete with Capability-inspired serpentine sandpit). Find out more first by visiting an exhibition on Brown’s life in the area at the Kirkharle Courtyard Coffee House and craft centre (kirkharlecourtyard. co.uk, also the hub for a Capability festival over the August bank holiday weekend), seeing the church where Brown was baptised, then carrying on north to Alnwick Castle, where he designed the landscape on its northern side.

Move over Scandi chic. In 2016, Stockholm is all about Abba-influenced kitsch. The Eurovision final is being held in the Swedish capital in May, and before that, on 20 January, Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus is opening Mamma Mia: The Party (pictured) at a refitted restaurant in the Gröna Lund amusement park. A kind of immersive Singalonga version of the musical, the concept is part Greek taverna and part stage show, with a bit of audience participation. Tickets are available for the show with dinner (from £105) or with overnight accommodation at Pop House Hotel (from £196pp) which is also part-owned by Ulvaeus and in the same building as Abba The Museum. • mammamiatheparty.com

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San Sebastián, Spain Culture, food and beaches It has long been known for gastronomy, but this year San Sebastián is tempting visitors with a packed cultural programme. As the joint European Capital of Culture 2016 (with Wrocław in Poland), its line-up of events include “guerilla lighting actions” to brighten the dark days of January; a music-box festival with gigs in unusual spaces; an art installation involving the city’s fountains; a “caravan of desires” full of erotica travelling through the streets; a Stop the War festival; and Sunday hikes. One appealing-sounding show is a performance of A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Cristina Enea Park, with live music and contemporary dance, preceded by an alfresco feast at dusk. • dss2016.eu

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France Vive le football More than 100,000 fans from the UK and Ireland will travel to France for Euro 2016, which kicks off on 10 June in Paris. England and Wales will meet in their opening group game, in the north-eastern city of Lens, home to the minimalist Louvre-Lens, an outpost of the Paris museum. The tournament will be spread across 10 venues, with the final at the Stade de France (pictured) on 10 July. French rail operator SNCF (voyages-sncf.com) and the French tourist organisation Atout France (uk.france.fr) have guides to the host cities and train travel to them.

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Salt Lake City and Utah Mountains and more Salt Lake City has its own attractions but the best thing about the first direct flights to Utah’s capital, launching on 1 May with Delta, is that the city is a leaping-off point to the Wasatch mountains and national parks. There are several stellar ski resorts in valleys within an hour or so’s drive, including Park City, which hosts the Sundance Film Festival, and newly opened Cherry Peak resort. The snowaverse can explore the jawdropping pink-rock national parks (utah.com/national-parks) south of the city – such as Bryce Canyon, Arches (pictured), Canyonlands and Zion.

Many of the landscapes we think of today as typically English are, in fact, typically Brown

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