GLOBETROTTER
Festival
Montreal: One of the world’s largest winter festivals, Montreal en Lumiere features concerts, family activities and culinary events involving more than 500 chefs. This year’s edition, Feb. 19 to March 1, offers new tours focused on local cheeses, chocolates and gastronomic neighborhoods. www.montrealenlumiere.com.
National park
Peru: Manu National Park, the country’s largest, may have the world’s greatest biodiversity, with more than 1,000 plants identified so far; 200 species of mammals, among them the weasel-like tayra; and 800-plus species of birds, such as the Andean cock of the rock. whc.unesco.org/en/list/402.
New hotel
Berlin: Once the VIP headquarters of the city’s film festival, and a gathering place since it opened in 1911, the 145-room Hotel Zoo has reopened with newly luxurious but playful interior design and convivial public spaces such as Grace Bar. From $192. www.hotelzoo.de/en.
New cruise
Madagascar: Island-hop and explore the bays and peninsulas of the northwest mainland aboard a 21-cabin motor yacht on Variety Cruises’ new Madagascar and its Mozambique Channel Islands cruise. The 10-day voyages (from $2,550) begin July 15. www.varietycruises.com.
New tour
Sri Lanka: Visiting World Heritage Sites such as the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy, the ancient fortress of Sirigiya and the Dambulla Rock Temple, as well as nature preserves and beaches, are options on Asian Voyages’ new customized itineraries (from $500 per person/per night). www.asianvoyages.co.in.