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St. Marys to Cumberland Island ferry: times, fares and how to book – plan your crossing

The Cumberland Island Ferry is a concession-operated passenger ferry running between downtown St. Marys, Georgia and Cumberland Island National Seashore, seven miles offshore. This guide covers departure times, ticket prices, how to reach St. Marys, what to expect on board and on the island, accessibility,…

Galata Tower, Istanbul: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Galata Tower is a historic stone watchtower located in the Beyoğlu district of Istanbul, Turkey. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide was updated in May 2026 to reflect the current entry fee of €30…

Jacksonville to Tampa road trip: Distance, drive time & best stops

The distance from Jacksonville to Tampa by car is 200 miles, with a 3h13m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Jacksonville to Tampa drive are the Camp Blanding Museum, Ocala FL and the Dade Battlefield Historic State Park. Planning a Jacksonville to…

Jacksonville to Tallahassee drive: Things to do, distance & time

The distance from Jacksonville to Tallahassee by car is 164 miles, with a 2h30m driving time. The best road trip stops on the Jacksonville to Tallahassee drive are the Olustee Battlefield Historic State Park, White Springs FL and the Suwannee River State Park. Planning a…

Atlanta to Tallahassee drive: Distance, time & best stops

The best road trip stops on the Atlanta to Tallahassee drive are Macon GA, Warner Robins GA and Thomasville GA. The distance from Atlanta to Tallahassee by car is 261 miles, with a 4h21m driving time. Planning an Atlanta to Tallahassee road trip itinerary The…

Tallahassee to Tampa road trip: Drive time, distance & best stops

The best road trip stops on the Tallahassee to Tampa drive are White Springs FL, Gainesville FL and Ocala FL. The distance from Tallahassee to Tampa by car is 276 miles, with a 3h59m driving time. Planning a Tallahassee to Tampa road trip itinerary The…

A platypus in Broken River inside Eungella National Park, Queensland.

The best places to see platypuses in Queensland, Australia

The platypus is one of the most improbable animals on earth — venomous, egg-laying, duck-billed and beaver-tailed. It also happens to be genuinely difficult to find. Platypuses are shy, solitary, largely crepuscular and spend most of their time in burrows or underwater. Even in good…

The best places to see manatees in Georgia, USA

Georgia is not Florida. It does not have warm springs, dedicated manatee refuges or swim-with programmes. What it does have is a remarkably productive stretch of Atlantic coastline — the Golden Isles, the Lowcountry, the ACE Basin — where West Indian manatees spend the warmer…

Puffins can be seen all around the Icelandic coast.

The best places to see puffins in Iceland: Complete guide for bird-watchers in Reykjavik and beyond

The Atlantic puffin is, by any reasonable measure, an absurd bird. It has the colouring of a clown, the flight style of a panicking bumble bee and the waddling gait of something that has recently misplaced its dignity. It is also one of the most…

The best places to see flamingos in Andalucía, Spain: The complete guide for bird-watchers

The greater flamingo is not an animal that does things by halves. It stands in the shallows in enormous concentrations — hundreds, sometimes thousands, occasionally tens of thousands — and it is the specific contrast that makes a large colony so affecting: the industrial-pink mass…