1 . Kakadu National Park, covering almost 20,000 square kilometers, holds within its boundaries an impressive ecosystem and amazing ancient rock art. You can travel in a boat along with wildlife, examine 25,000-year-old rock paintings, swim in pools and hike through ancient sandstone country.

Layers of rock-art paintings, in various styles and from various centuries, create charming quietness. These are the paintings of mimi spirits: energetic figures who, it’s believed, were the first of the Creation Ancestors to paint on rock.

Gunlom is a superb escarpment（悬崖）waterfall. It features a wonderful large waterhole and drama-filled scenery, and there’s also a lovely picnic area here. If you want to explore more, take the Lookout Walk, which affords incredible views; when there’s water, the pool at the top is Kakadu’ s best one.

Twin Falls runs all year round (no swimming), and half the fun is getting here, including a little boat trip (adult/child $15/free, 7:30 am-5 pm, last boat 4 pm) and an over-the-water boardwalk. Wildlife here includes freshwater crocodiles as well as birds such as rainbow pittas and emerald doves.

The Anbangbang Gallery, featuring vivid dreaming characters repainted in the 1960s, has an excellent exhibition that contains one of the most extraordinary images anywhere in the Kakadu area: stay around the dangerous Nabulwinjbulwinj, a dangerous spirit who likes to eat females after hitting them over the head with a yаm（山药）.

6 . Whether you want a snowy or sunny winter getaway, these hotels are hot on our list of places to stay this winter.

Dive Motel &Swim Club: Nashville, TN

A former’50s motor inn, the new Dive Motel & Swim Club has been fully updated to look like the 70s. Choose to stay in one of 23 uniquely decorated rooms, each equipped with a disco ball and party switch. Book the Penthouse Suite for a private deck overlooking the pool, or become a Swim Club member and enjoy pool benefits anytime.

Hotel Joaquin: Orange Country, CA

A newcomer to coastal Orange County, Hotel Joaquin is a high-end hotel. This small-sized accommodation feels like a private beachside house, but with perfect service, well-prepared activities, fine dining and a relaxing pool. Restaurant Saline(for guests only)serves Mediterranean cuisine with a focus on fresh seafood. Even better, the hotel will pack a picnic to take to the beach—which is just steps away.

Hotel Orania: Berlin, Germany

Hotel Orania, located in the creative center of Kreuzberg, offers guests a five-star stay in recently-decorated rooms that are light and cheerful with warm wood accents and Asian influence. The restaurant specializes in a four-course meal featuring duck in each course. Catch a free concert in the hotel’s “salon” or sip（小口地喝）a hand-crafted cocktail at the bar.

Snowpine Lodge: Alta, UT

The ski-in/ski-out Snowpine Lodge, located on the slopes of Alta Ski Resort just 40 minutes south of Salt Lake City, offers an excellent, cozy retreat. Having undergone a $50-million dollar decoration, the lodge now offers incomparable luxury and impressive facilities such as ski boot warmers, a fully stocked game room, and farm-to-table dining featuring slope views.

7 . Welcome to Shanghai Disney Resort. As the second Disney theme park in China, Shanghai Disney Resort will provide visitors with unlimited possibilities and create memories worth cherishing for a lifetime.

Four Amazing Projects:

1. Soaring Over the Horizon

The ride takes you and your dangling feet from the top of the Eiffel Tower to the Taj Mahal to an African savanna filled with elephants. Shown on a domed screen, the movie concludes with nighttime fireworks over Shanghai’s skyline. Scent effects include grass over Africa, an ocean breeze over Fiji and roses over India.

2. TRON Lightcycle Power Run

The motorcycle-style trains look phenomenal with their glowing wheels, particularly in the indoor blue-hued launch area designed to look like the circuits inside a computer. The futuristic scene is so spectacular that you can’t look away from it.

3. Voyage to the Crystal Grotto

The gentle boat ride passes scenes based on “Aladdin” “Tangled” “Mulan” and “The Little Mermaid” with animatronic figures and spouting fountains.

4. Alice in Wonderland Maze (迷宫)

Alice in Wonderland Maze is the first attraction at a Disney park to focus on Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland film. Guests have to make their way through sculpted hedges, stone garden walls, giant flowers and sculptures to get to the Mad Hatte’s Tea Party.

You will also meet your Disney friends from different stories in various parks, such as Mickey, Mulan, Baymax, Disney princesses, Captain Jack Sparrow and Winnie the Pooh.

What are you waiting for?

9 . From grand museum openings to music, art and theatre, these are the coolest new things happening anywhere this year.

This townhouse, where the controversial French singer Serge Gainsbourg spent the last 20 years of his life, has been completely closed off to the public since Gainsbourg's death in 1991, but next spring it'll finally open as a museum. The main attraction will be Serge's famously odd living area, with its huge collection of sculptures.

Just 90 minutes by train from Copenhagen, Odense is best known as the birthplace of Christian Andersen, and it's now home to the new HCA Museum. With its biographical exhibits and inanimate projects that come alive, this thoroughly fun museum would have delighted the “Little Mermaid” and “Snow Queen” author himself.

When it finally opens in November 2022, the Grand Egypt Museum will be the biggest museum in the world for a single civilization. Costing $1 billion, this museum will be about the size of the Louvre in Paris. Most importantly, this will be the first time that all 5,000 pieces of King Tut's treasure will be displayed in the same place.

Serbia's second-largest city will wear the crown of European Capital of Culture for the year. Ever fancied checking out of an exhibition in an abandoned pasta factory? The Mlin Cultural Station awaits. Novi Sad's unique architecture and history have long made it a major destination.