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Experience The Best Denmark Has To Offer With Our Guide – 1Cover Travel Insurance

Discover a country where the lifestyle is as refreshing as the landscape… Make the most of your holiday overseas with our guide to the top 5 things to do in Denmark. We’ll help you experience the best the world has to offer.

1. Take to the water

With more than 500 yachting harbours along the coast, and anchorage at 500 islands, Denmark is designed for sailing. And if you enjoy sea-fishing, local fishermen run angling tours from many of the harbours. What better location for landing your dream catch?

2. Travel way back in time

At the Geocenter Møns Klint on Sjælland Island, you can trace Denmark’s geological history to learn how the modern land and seascape were formed. Opened in 2007, this is a fascinating interactive experience – about as far away from the classroom as you can get.

3. See the sights carbon-free

Denmark is a great place to get around without a car. The terrain is ideal for cycling – and it’s easy to hire a bike and get pedalling. Or perhaps try your hand at horse riding. There are riding schools and centres all over the country, many offering tailor-made riding holidays.

4. Experience the original Legoland

Treat the kids or relive your own childhood at this amazing theme park, at Billund, Jutland. Attractions include Pirate Land, Knights’ Kingdom – and Imagination Zone, where you can ‘dive’ to the underwater world of Atlantis. Go to www.legoland.dk for the full story.

5. Enjoy the contrasts of Tivoli Gardens

In the heart of Copenhagen, Tivoli Gardens is one of the world’s oldest amusement parks – and much more. Three-quarters of its area is dedicated to open space, offering a colourful mix of plant displays and live, free entertainment such as circus acts, clown shows and live music. Then there’s the funfair – more than 20 rides, including the fastest roller coaster in Denmark.

Wherever your Danish adventures take you, make sure you have the right travel insurance – then you can just relax and enjoy yourself.

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Don’t Visit Las Vegas Until You’ve Read 1Cover’s Vegas Travel & Insurance Guide

With an overload of neon, glitz and Elvis impersonators, there’s nowhere quite like Las Vegas.

So get packing – don’t forget your travel insurance – and make the most of your holiday overseas with our guide to the top five things to do in Las Vegas. We’ll help you experience the best the world has to offer.

Take a gamble

You won’t have any trouble finding the casinos, as most hotels in Las Vegas are designed so you have to walk through them to get anywhere. If you try your luck, you might want to take a few gaming lessons; some of the hotels including Excalibur and New York, New York offer them for free.

See a show

A trip to Las Vegas isn’t complete without seeing at least one show. Book ahead for big production shows like Cirque du Soleil, major sporting events or headline acts. If your budget won’t stretch that far, there are plenty of long-running shows featuring magicians, comedians and impersonators.

Dine out in style

Cheap restaurants and all-you-can-eat buffets are in abundance here, but fine dining has become a part of the Las Vegas experience as well. In recent years, celebrity chefs have opened a slew of restaurants, boasting incredible fusion cuisine, unusual ambience, or both.

Shop around

What better way to recover from a night in the casinos than by spending more money in the shops? High flyers will head for Via Bellagio and the Fashion Show Mall, while European style overflows from the Canal Shoppes at the Venetian. You’ll find amazing bargains at Belz Factory Outlet World, and for truly tacky souvenirs, head for the stores along the Strip, the six-kilometre main drag of the city.

Fake it for free

Some of the best entertainment to be had in Las Vegas is free. Visit the lion enclosure at the MGM Grand Hotel, the white tiger habitat at the Mirage and the dancing fountains show at the Bellagio. And for a surreal experience, you can’t beat a trip to the city’s incredible ‘fakes’, including downscaled versions of the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty and an eerily exact replica of St Mark’s Square in Venice that will have you wondering whether you’re still in the Nevada desert.

Don’t forget to purchase USA travel insurance for your overseas holiday.

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Top 5 Guide for Barcelona – Attractions in Barcelona. 1Cover Travel Insurance

Architecture, culture, laid-back nightlife… and football? Make the most of your holiday overseas with our guide to the top 5 things to do in Barcelona . We’ll help you enjoy the best the world has to offer.

1. Park Guell

This really is a park like no other. Designed by famous Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi, Park Guell is stunning at every turn, with intricately tiled walkways and dragon sculptures, strange but soothing angles and gently swaying palms. And its great location gives panoramic views of Barcelona’s impressive skyline.

2. Sagrada Familia

Also designed by Gaudi – who devoted the last 15 years of his life to the project – is the magnificent Sagrada Familia cathedral. Construction of this still unfinished architectural masterpiece began in 1882, and is expected to be complete in 2026 – marking 100 years since Gaudi passed away.

3. The Nou Camp

FC Barcelona’s home ground has a 98,772 capacity, making it the largest football stadium in Europe – and one of the most impressive. The atmosphere inside the Nou Camp is electric when FC Barcelona plays a big home game. Even if you’re not a keen follower of football, it’s a great experience.

4. The Fountains of Montjuic

Designed by engineer Carles Buígas, this remarkable water display, just off the Placa Espanya, first took place in May 1929 as part of the World Fair, and has been a tourist magnet ever since. It was built in just one year, involving over 3,000 people working round the clock to complete it in time. The original technology is still used to create a kaleidoscope of colours throughout the displays.

5. La Rambla

To soak up the evening atmosphere of this great European centre of culture, you simply have to take a leisurely stroll up and down La Rambla, Barcelona’s main pedestrian street. A wide avenue, lined with cafés, bars and restaurants, street art, musicians and stalls, La Rambla has a thriving yet laid-back atmosphere that slowly comes to life as the sun goes down.

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