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A naked sauna or, to put a finer point on it, a mixed gender nude sauna is as Austrian as schnitzel, striking mountains and glacier lakes and wonderful hiking – but are we all ready to strip off? It was on one of early visits to the country’s Tirol region that I discovered this aspect of Austrian life, and realised I knew nothing about was their spa mentality. Or that spas in Austria are pretty much all whip-all-your-clothes-off naturist spas.
Desert sands are often described as timeless. But what if you could actually turn back time with a trip to the desert? If you could unravel the culture, people and landscapes of what is a rather new destination to world travellers – Ras Al Khaimah. The United Arab Emirate state is in sharp contrast to its neighbour Dubai, in that it offers a step-back-in-time experience of the Emirates. Dubai is brash and soaring towards the 22nd century – never mind sprinting through the 21st. Abu Dhabi is a glittering insight into Arabian life, but Ras Al Khaimah gives visitors a taste of a bygone age of the Emirates.
