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the easing of visa restrictions, although it is always going to be a niche destination.
However Jordan, already popular, will be more so with increased Easyjet flights from 2020 – and Oman is becoming better known as more competitively priced hotels are built.
The latter has seriously attractive assets in its mountains, its deserts, its great beaches and excellent weather, matched by a genuinely welcoming hospitality ethic among locals. See fleewinter.com.
The only problem you might face is the lack of direct flights.
FIND MORE: The Stans have been the intrepid hit of recent years, particularly Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, with a whole load of retracing of the Silk Road and adventure into mountains and stunning cities.
Uzbekistan in particular has fabled places like Samarkand and the museum-piece Unesco city of Khiva.
If you are up for a 22-day trip, you can do all five Stans in one go. See how at explore.co.uk.
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It seems like the appetite for treehouse living grows every month, along with trendy stuff like forest bathing and star-gazing.
Some of these new treehouses are like palaces, and whether they can really be called treehouses is questionable, being merely wooden houses on stilts among trees.
But, hey, it is a nice idea, although
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best avoided in the cold months. See hostunusual.com. Besides the Mayflower anniversary, the 2020 celebrations in England will be focused around Charles Dickens and William Wordsworth.
The poet’s events will be mainly up in the Lake District – his main inspiration. For Dickens, key stomping grounds were Portsmouth, where he was born, and in Kent, where he spent his many of his formative years.
FIND MORE: North of the border, a new route has been launched.
Heart200 is as its name suggests, a 200 mile circuit at the heart of Scotland, connecting the likes of Stirling, Perth and Pitlochry. It is trying to pick up on some of the success of the NC500, which heads around the coastline of the far north. See heart200.scot.
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HIT Route 66, the most famous drive in the US. From Chicago, visit classic roadside landmarks including the Launching Pad restaurant and Gemini Giant, a huge fibreglass astronaut. Then stopover in Pontiac to spot murals and memorabilia in the Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum. After cruising through the towns of Joplin, Miami and Vinita, stop in Claremore, Oklahoma. Then on to Wichita and fly back via Chicago. Travelling with Bon Voyage, two weeks starts at about £2,215pp, including flights, car and stays in cabins, lodges or small hotels. See bon-voyage.co.uk.