Katja Gaskell

From April 12 non-essential shops can open, restaurants and pubs can serve food and rink outdoors and outdoor attractions including zoos, farms, theme parks and drive-in cinemas can open. The most famous streets in London Where to see cherry blossoms in London this spring Join everyone’s favourite 10-year-old Dennis the Menace and his sidekick Gnasher at Kew Gardens for their Big Bonanza at Kew Gardens. Brighten up your walk with a wander through the neighbourhoods of Mayfair and Belgravia in central London where 12 world renowned artists have created innovative outdoor art installations for Wander Art. The London Wetland Centre is also due to reopen on April 12 promising another fun-filled day out for kids – my favourite are the otters!

This is what we did on this trip to Iceland, spending 24 hours in Snaefellsnes before continuing on to the remote Westfjords region. I visited Snaefellsnes on a girls’ trip and our guide around the peninsula – and through the Westfjords – was Ryan, one of the co-founders of Hidden Iceland. It’s worth noting that many Snaefellsnes day tours travel anti-clockwise, starting in the town of Stykkishólmur. We didn’t visit the glacier itself, driving around it on the way to our next stop instead, nor did we get clear views of it during our time in Snaefellsnes; the summit is often shrouded in cloud.

Buenos Aires is the second most visited city in Latin America after Mexico City and for good reason, this cosmopolitan city has it all. Enjoy the many green spaces of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is home to some wonderful parks. Other popular parks in Buenos Aires include the Rosedal rose garden in Palermo, the Buenos Aires’ Japanese gardens and the Buenos Aires’ Botanical Gardens. Buenos Aires is a fantastic walking city and Buenos Aires Free Walks provides four opportunities to learn about the history of different neighborhoods.

Carnival rides and events are held throughout the city including the Ice Canoe Race, when over 50 teams from Quebec, Canada, France and the USA compete across the frozen Saint Lawrence River between Quebec City and Lévis. The only hotel in North America made entirely of ice and snow (500 tons of ice and 30,000 tons of snow to be precise) Modelled on Sweden’s Ice Hotel, this icy palace boasts 44 rooms and themed suites, an ice bar, an ice wedding chapel, a Nordic area with hot tubs and sauna under the stars and even an ice slide. If you’re visiting Quebec then you should also take a look at this post on Quebec’s economuseums, special museums that showcases lively arts, artisanal food making and crafts of the region.