Columbus Travel edition 126 – Plan your dream trip in 2024

• The best destinations, activities and practical tips for every month of the new travel year
• Indonesia: In search of ancient Borneo
• Madagascar: The natural treasures of the north
• Italy: Wintering in Sicily
• Mexico: Under the spell of Tepoztlán
• Germany: 72 hours in Hamburg
• Special sleeping places: Dome sweet dome

In this edition we will help you get started in the new travel year, fully prepared. From the best travel time per destination and special events in the new European Capitals of Culture, to our question of the month. What are the safest countries for solo female travelers, how do you travel cheaply by train throughout Europe and what about tipping etiquette once you're there?

Also in this edition: our travel journalists go on an adventure in Borneo in what was once one of the largest primeval forests on our planet, are attracted by the magnetic energy of a Mexican mountain village and explore the north of Madagascar, a place where biology lessons come to life . Plus: what is it like to spend the winter in Palermo and what does Hamburg, Germany's second city, have to offer culturally and culinary?