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Otherwise, ask yourself, do the following requirements describe you?

“Special requirements: good fitness level, physical and psychological resistance to the cold, preferably prior experience of winter overnight in tents, winter outfit for outdoor activities in low temperatures.”

Russia Discovery is organizing an innovative 8-day tour inside Russia that involves crossing 35 miles of snow in 2 days with a sled and two strong-willed reindeers. The tour starts in Yakutsk normally. Meaning that you meet your guide, go around the city, do a bit of sightseeing or shopping etc. After a night of accommodation in Yakutsk, you leave the city with your guide for Yuchugey, the settlement of reindeer breeders. Your one-night stay in Yuchugey serves the purpose of “accommodating with the local families to see and experience the conditions the locals live in.

It is in Yuchugey that you get trained for sledding with reindeers and the real adventure starts after your training.

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A hidden germ in South of France… Lies on the Bay of Biscay on the Atlantic coast. Already a haven for both locals and tourists given its wonderful beaches and allegedly therapeutic sea, Biarritz is not yet the new St. Tropez. Still lacks the numerous Russian yachts and Louis Vuitton and Hermes parade.

Excellent samples of the Basque cuisine, modern hotels and a major surf resort. Have you been there ? What do you think ?

For over a month, I have been meaning to visit a small Armenian Café / Restaurant in Feriköy, behind Pangaltı and Şişli: Hamov. Open only during daytime (from 10 AM to 8 PM), Hamov was established for the purpose of serving lunch to nearby businesses. It is thus that they have a daily menu of mostly home-cooked food –a blend of Turkish and Armenian- at very reasonable prices.

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I had already written in one of my earlier articles that I cannot fit the dining spots in Istanbul into a basic top ten list. This new list is going to comprise a new category, that is the list of the best “fish” restaurants in the city.

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