The most exciting desert ruins in the world

Palmyra, photo by Varun Shiv Kapur on Flickr

For a city dweller, deserts usually seem forbidding and inhospitable, despite the fact that there are people who made their homes in these arid corners of the planet.

Sometimes even entire cities can thrive in the middle of the desert, and become fun places to be, at least if Las Vegas is any indication. Ancient desert cities and oases have often been abandoned and now lie in ruin, and that might make a desert seem a bit creepy, but also a great destination for an adventurous traveler.

Ruins in the desert never cease to fascinate, and while some might still be quite mysterious and off the beaten track, many of them have become popular tourist attractions. If desolate landscapes and ancient wrecks are your thing, you’re probably going to enjoy visiting the most exciting desert ruins in the world. …

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Top 5 desert travel destinations

Atacama, photo by Robin Fernandes

Plodding through the desert, knee deep in sand and either in scorching hear or bitter cold doesn’t sound like everyone’s idea of a holiday, but some deserts (despite the generally bad rep of their kind) are climbing up on the hierarchy of travel destinations.

Trips into the Sahara and other similar places surrounded by tales and legends are becoming popular, regardless whether you choose the luxury route, or if you travel like the locals did for the past thousands of years. Despite being more or less inhospitable towards humans, deserts have some of the most stunning landscapes on the planet. Here are our picks for the top 5 desert travel destinations in the world, should you decide to measure your endurance through a mind-blasting trip. …

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Unlikely tourist destinations: Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan

For much of the general population, Central Asia is still a bit of the blur, and often people hardly know which countries exactly are located on the map between the Caspian Sea and China, and even less of them have actually visited them. Turkmenistan has a couple of pretty (in)famous neighbors, Iran and Afghanistan to the south, but of the country itself little is heard in the news, and even in tourist circles.

However unusual a destination it might be, Turkmenistan is a place full of promises, where tourists are welcome as long as they stay out of the country’s politics. Here’s a guide to a fascinating,  unlikely tourist destination: Turkmenistan. …

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