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INDEX Paro Tsechu (Bhutan) 77 Prince William Sound (Alaska) 238 Romano, Museo Nazionale (Rome) 261 San Juan Skyway Drive (Colorado) 115 Sintra (Portugal) 324

Parranda (Remedios) 79
Providenciales (Turks and Caicos Islands),
Rome (Italy)
Les Passages (Paris) 317 The Proms (London) 268 Romans 20–3, 24–5, 26–7, 45, 46, 47, 198 San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Isola di (Venice) Sir John Soane’s Museum (London) 277, 283
Skagen (Denmark) 183
303
Patagonia (Argentina/Chile) Grace Bay 186–7 Colosseum 20 San Sebastián de Bernal (Mexico) 151 Skara Brae (Orkney Islands) 27
horseback cattle drive 114 Puente de la Mujer (Buenos Aires) 142 Keats-Shelley House 276 San Sebastián (Spain), Film Festival 262–3 Skeleton Coast Drive (Namibia) 115
Pan-American Highway 89 Puerto Esconido (Mexico) 86, 204 museums 258–61 San Sepolcro (Italy) 99 Skellig Michael (Ireland) 47
Patagonia (cont.) Puerto Montt (Chile) 155 Ostia Antica 261 San Servolo, Isola di (Venice) 303 Skerrie (Ireland) 235
Patagonian Fjords 160 Puerto Rico Pyramid of Cestius 13 Sana’a (Yemen) 299 skiing 212–15, 238, 240
Torres del Paine 85, 150 Caving 239 St. Peter’s Basilica 121 Sanchi (India) 123 Skyline Trail (Swansea) 231
Paul, St. 97 Phosphorescent Bay 183 Via Francigena 96–7 Sanday (Orkney) 201 skyscrapers 128, 142–5
Pedra Azul (Brazil) 151 Vieques 187 Romeria del Rocio (Andalusia) 61 Santa Fe (New Mexico) 323 Slickrock Trail (Utah) 230
Pemba (Tanzania) 229 Puerto Vallarta (Mexico) 86 Ronchamp (France), Notre Dame du Haut Santa Maria dell’Assunta (Spoleto) 136 Slovakia, Bratislava 306
Peña de Bernal (Mexico) 151 Puget Sound (Washington State) 181 144 Santiago (Chile), La Chascona 276 Slovenia
Penghu Islands (Taiwan), Windsurfing 239 Puglia (Italy) 267 Roskilde (Denmark) 74 Santiago (Cuba) 322 Glacial Lakes 156
Pennsylvania (USA), Fallingwater 142 Pula Arena (Croatia) 20–1 Rotorua (New Zealand) 238 Santiago de Compostela (Spain) 97 Planica Ski Jump 238
Pergamon (Turkey) 47 Pulteney Bridge (Bath) 312 Route 15 (Mexico) 86–7 Santorini (Greece) 26 Smirke, Sydney 122
Pergamonmuseum (Berlin) 276 Punakha Domchoe (Bhutan) 78 Route 66 (USA) 86 São Paulo (Brazil) 67 Sol de Mañana (Bolivia) 169
Persepolis (Iran) 44 Puning Temple (Chengde) 130–1 Rovos Rail (South Africa) 94 Saqqara, Pyramids of (Egypt) 12–13 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Perth (Australia) 95 Punta Arenas (Chile) 160 Royal County Down (Northern Ireland) 225 Sarakíniko Beach (Mílos) 209 (New York) 142
Cottesloe Beach 188–9 Punta del Este (Uruguay) 204–5 Royal Crescent (Bath) 312 Sarawak (Malaysia) Solta (Croatia) 170
Peru Puri (India), Rath Yatra (Chariot Festival) 61 Royal Delft (Delft) 280 Bako National Park 180 Sonkajärvi (Finland), Wife Carrying
Chicama 237 Pushcart Derby (Discovery Bay) 79 Royal National Park (Australia) 320 Rainforest World Music Festival 56 Championships 78
Colca Canyon 180 Pushkar Camel Fair (India) 76 Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto) 134 Semenggoh Nature Reserve 182 Sonnenobservatorium (Goseck) 16
Copa 222 Pyongyang (North Korea), Ryugyong Hotel Ruaha National Park (Tanzania) 164 Sardinia (Italy) Sonora Desert (Mexico) 86
Cordillera Blanca 85 144 Russia Costa Smeralda 111 Sopot Beach (Gdansk) 203
Cordillera Huayhuash 91 pyramids 10–11, 12–13, 40, 41 Kamchatka 215 Nuraghi 46 Sossusvlei (Namib Desert) 183
Cusco 71, 287 Kamchatka Peninsula 112, 169, 215 Sa Sartiglia 73 Soup Bowl (Barbados) 236–7
Gocta Falls 181 Q Kazan 144 Spiaggia del Principe 209 South Africa
Huayna Picchu 35 Qaitbey, Fort (Alexandria) 286 Kizhi 47 Saskatoon (Canada) 94 Blue Train Cape Town to Pretoria 112
Inca Trail 82 Qatar, Museum of Islamic Art (Doha) 275 Lake Baikal 181 Savannah (Georgia) 324 Cape Town 68, 191, 207, 241, 256
Machu Picchu 32 Quarantine Station (Sydney) 320 Moscow 143, 145, 277 Scarborough (England) 235 Cape Winelands 248
Moyobamba 167 Quebec City (Canada) 325 St. Petersburg 64, 275 Scotland Drakensberg Mountains 167, 252–3
Pisac 35 Queen Elizabeth National Park (Uganda) Sergiyev Posad 44 Edinburgh 63, 241, 269 Freedom Trail 231
Sacsayhuaman 45 163 Siberia 112, 169, 181, 215 Fingal’s Cave (Staffa) 181 Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Game Reserve 164
Perugia (Italy) 265 Queen’s Beach (Montenegro) 206 Veliky Novgorod 145 Isle of Harris 202–3 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 196
Peter, St 97 Queenstown (New Zealand) 322 Rustler’s Valley Festival (South Africa) 76 Orkney Islands 17, 27, 201 Jeffrey’s Bay (Eastern Cape) 237
Petra (Jordan) 28 Winter Festival 77 Rwenzori National Park (Uganda) 220 Thurso East (Caithness) 237 Karoo National Park 88
Philippines, the Qutb Minar (Delhi) 127 Ryugyong Hotel (Pyongyang) 144 Sea kayaking, Prince William Sound kloofing 238
Boracay 206 (Alaska) 238 Kruger National Park 163
Jai Alai 239 R S Sea Ranch Chapel (Gualala) 145 Rovos Rail 94
Kalibo (Panay Island) 52–3 Radhanagar Beach (Andaman Islands) 201 Sa Sartiglia (Sardinia) 73 Sears Tower (Chicago) see Willis Tower Rustler’s Valley Festival 76
Palawan 208 Rafael Coronel Museum (Zacatecas) 313 Saadani National Park (Tanzania) 197 Seattle (USA) Splashy Fen 76
Phosphorescent Bay (Puerto Rico) 183 rafting, The Karnali (Nepal) 238 Saadian Tombs (Marrakech) 145 Bumbershoot 74–5 Tugela Falls 175
Photographers’ Gallery (London) 274 rail travel see train journeys Sabratha (Libya) 198 Folklife Festival 74 Two Oceans Marathon 217
Phuket (Thailand), Vegetarian Festival 79 Rainforest World Music Festival (Sarawak) sacred music 56 Sedona (Arizona) 324 South Beach, Miami (Florida) 204
pilgrimages 96–9 56 Sacsayhuaman (Peru) 45 Segovia (Spain), Roman aqueduct 138 South Dakota (USA)
Pilgrim’s Way (England) 98 rain forests 176–9 safari parks 162–5 Seilebost (Harris) 202 Crazy Horse Memorial 250
Pingvellir National Park (Iceland) 168 Rajasthan (India) Sahara Desert 153, 181, 241 Seine, River (France) 101 Mount Rushmore 250
Pink Sands (Eleuthera) 187 International Folk Music Festival camel caravans (Morocco) 113 Selinunte (Sicily) 18–19 South Downs Way (England) 114
Pisa (Italy), Leaning Tower 125 (Jodphur) 56 sailing 239 Semana Santa South Korea
Pisac (Peru) 35 Palace on Wheels 92–3 St. Catherine’s Monastery (Mount Sinai) 119 Cusco (Peru) 71 Mud Festival (Boryeong) 79
Pittwater Harbour (Australia) 320 Pushkar Camel Fair 76 St. Francis Basilica (Assisi) 99, 265 Seville (Spain) 71 skiing in Yongpyeong 240
Place de la Concorde (Paris) 129 Shekhawati 109 St. Francis Church (Belo Horizonte) 143 Semenggoh Nature Reserve (Sarawak) 182 Southwold (England), Latitude 78
Plain of Jars (Xieng Khouang) 47 Ranthambhore National Park (India) 93, 106 St. Lucia Jazz 68 Sergiyev Posad (Russia) 44 Sozopol (Bulgaria) 323
Planica Ski Jump (Slovenia) 238 Raratonga (Cook Islands), Muri Lagoon 207 St. Mark’s Basilica (Venice) 118, 127 Seti I, Temple of (Abydos) 44 Spain
Playa de Cabo de Gata (Almería) 207 Rath Yatra (Chariot Festival) (Puri) 61 St. Moritz (Switzerland) 73, 94 Seven Mile Beach (Grand Cayman) 187 Almería 207
Playa Flamingo (Vieques) 187 Ravenna (Italy) St. Olav’s Way (Trondheim) 98 Seville (Spain) 71 Andalucia 61, 266
Playa Ostional (Costa Rica) 182 Byzantine churches 119 St. Patrick’s Day (New York) 60 Seychelles Barcelona 143
Plitvice Lakes (Croatia) 156 Galla Placida Mausoleum 46 St. Paul (Minnesota), Winter Carnival 77 Aldabra Atoll 181 Benicassim 55
Point Reyes National Seashore (California) Recife (Brazil) 53 St. Peter’s Basilica (Rome) 96, 97, 121 Anse Source d’Argent (La Digue) 206 Bilbao 134
88 Red Mountain (Canada) 214 St. Petersburg (Russia) Shanghai (China) 102, 112 Burgos 141
Pokhara (Nepal) 90 Red Pyramid (Dashur) 12 Amber Room, Catherine Palace 275 Shekhawati (India) 109 Canary Islands 79, 183, 274
Poland Regent’s Canal (London) 284 White Nights Festival 64 Shela Beach (Lamu Island) 197 Carnival 76
Gdańsk 203, 307 Registan (Samarkand) 145 St. Thomas (US Virgin Islands), Magens Bay Sherlock Holmes Museum (London) 283 Empúries 19
Wieliczka Salt Mine 144 Reichstag (Berlin) 142 186 Shibam (Yemen) 143 Figueres 275
Polonnaruwa (Sri Lanka), Gal Vihara reindeer migration (Sweden) 114 Sainte Foy (France) 215 Shigaraki (Japan), Miho Museum 276 Haro 59
Buddhas 44 Remedios (Cuba), Parranda 79 Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church (San Shimla (India) 324 Ibiza 54
Pomier, Cuevas de (San Cristóbal) 44 Reno (Nevada) 292 Francisco) 310 Shiraz (Iran) 323 Las Islas Cies (Galicia) 209
Pompeii (Italy) 24 Reykjavík (Iceland) 224-5 Salamis (Cyprus) 47 Shiretoko Peninsula (Japan) 183 Lugo 46
Pont du Gard (France) 136 Rhodes (Greece), Acropolis 19 Salar de Uyuni (Bolivia) 84–5 Shoal Bay (Anguilla) 187 Mérida 23, 139
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct (Wales) 138 rhododendrons (in the Himalayas) 167 Salinas (Ecuador) 204 shopping San Sebastián 262–3
Ponte delle Torri (Spoleto) 136 Richmond (San Francisco) 309 Saline Royale (Arc-et-Senans) 145 Hong Kong (China) 296 Santiago de Compostela 97
Popovka (Ukraine) 55 Rīga (Latvia) 304–5 salsa, in Havana (Cuba) 218–19 London (England) 285 Segovia 138
Port of Spain (Trinidad) 53 Ring o’Brodgar (Orkney Islands) 17 Salvador (Brazil) 325 New York (USA) 289 Seville 71
Porto (Corsica) 110 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Carnival 50–1 Paris 316–17 Toledo 322
Porto (Portugal), Casa da Musica 135 Carnival 50 Samba 219 Shravanabelagola (India), Gomateshwara Valencia 59
Porto de Galinhas (Brazil) 209 Copacabana 205 Samaria Gorge (Crete) 182 Statue 142 Sphereing (Rotorua) 238
Portugal Rio Grande Gorges (New Mexico) 182 Samarkand (Uzbekistan) Shukhov Tower (Moscow) 143 Spiaggia del Principe (Sardinia) 209
Douro Valley 114, 267 Río Paraguay (Brazil/Paraguay) 153 Golden Road 115 Sibame (Equador) 95 Splashy Fen (South Africa) 76
Lisbon 139, 277 Riobamba (Equador) 95 Registan 145 Siberia (Russia) 112, 169, 181, 215 Split (Croatia) 322
Porto 135 road journeys 86–9, 110–11, 112–15 Tilla Kari Madrasa 122 Sichuan (China) 180, 183 Spoleto (Italy) 136, 264, 265
Sintra 324 road racing 234–5 Samba, in Salvador (Brazil) 219 Sicily, Agrigento and Selinunte 18–19 Festival di Spoleto 268–9
Potala Palace (Lhasa) 45 Robert F. Wagner, Jr Park (New York) 290 Samburu National Reserve (Kenya) 164 Sidi Ifni (Morocco) 322 sports 212–41
Potosí (Bolivia) 287 Rocca fortress (Spoleto) 136 Samoa, American, Ofu Beach 209 Siem Reap (Cambodia) 323 Sri Lanka
Prague (Czech Republic) 305 rock art 252–5, 277 San Cristóbal (Dominican Republic), Cuevas Siena (Italy) 97, 324 Anuradhapura 38
Christmas Market 76 rock formations 148–51, 180, 181, 182, 183, de Pomier 44 Palio 71 Esala Perahera 60–1
Fred and Ginger Building 143 230–1 San Diego (USA), Coronado Beach 208 Sinai Desert (Egypt) 233 Gal Vihara Buddhas (Polonnaruwa) 44
Preá (Brazil), kitesurfing 239 rock music 74–5 San Francesco del Deserto, Isola di (Venice) Sinan 122 St-Clément, Aqueduc (Montpellier) 139
Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center (San rock-carved sites 28–31, 44, 45, 250 303 Singapore St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (France) 98
Francisco) 277, 309 The Rockies 94, 112, 212 San Francisco (USA) 308–11 E&O Express 113 St-Paul-de-Vence (France), Fondation
The Presidio (San Francisco) 310 Roman amphitheater (Alexandria) 286 Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center 277, 309 Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay 142 Marguerite et Aimé Maeght 277
Pretoria (South Africa) Roman Aqueduct (Segovia) 138 San Gimignano (Italy) 97, 124–5, 265 Grand Prix 240 Staffa, Isle of (Scotland), Fingal’s Cave 181
Blue Train 112 Roman Baths and Pump Room (Bath) 312 San Giorgio Maggiore (Venice) 302 Mandai Orchid Garden 182 standing stones 16–17
Rovos Rail 94 Romania, Mamaia 54–5 San Juan Islands (Washington State) 181 New Year 58 Stari Most (Mostar) 47

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