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The best adventure holidays for 2015
Rachel Dixon, Jane Dunford and Gemma Bowes
Saturday 10 January 2015 07.00 GMT
Nagorno-Karabakh
In terms of destination one-upmanship, little can beat
Nagorno-Karabakh. The mountainous enclave is surrounded by Azerbaijan
and under the control of Armenia, although it declared independence
(largely unrecognised) in 1991. Border skirmishes and ongoing
wrangling for political control mean it is not for the faint-hearted,
but the region has a lot to offer: mountain monasteries,
archaeological sites, ancient cave settlements and areas of
outstanding natural beauty. Regent Holidays has a new 11-day group
tour that starts and finishes in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and
includes seven days in Nagorno-Karabakh (departs 21 September and 1
October, from £1,590 including flights). You can fly to Yerevan, via
Kiev or Vienna, from around £225, but the British embassy can't
provide assistance in Nagorno-Karabakh, so think carefully about
travelling independently.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jan/10/adventure-holidays-worldwide
Rachel Dixon, Jane Dunford and Gemma Bowes
Saturday 10 January 2015 07.00 GMT
Nagorno-Karabakh
In terms of destination one-upmanship, little can beat
Nagorno-Karabakh. The mountainous enclave is surrounded by Azerbaijan
and under the control of Armenia, although it declared independence
(largely unrecognised) in 1991. Border skirmishes and ongoing
wrangling for political control mean it is not for the faint-hearted,
but the region has a lot to offer: mountain monasteries,
archaeological sites, ancient cave settlements and areas of
outstanding natural beauty. Regent Holidays has a new 11-day group
tour that starts and finishes in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, and
includes seven days in Nagorno-Karabakh (departs 21 September and 1
October, from £1,590 including flights). You can fly to Yerevan, via
Kiev or Vienna, from around £225, but the British embassy can't
provide assistance in Nagorno-Karabakh, so think carefully about
travelling independently.
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jan/10/adventure-holidays-worldwide