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WISH YOU WERE HERE… No sleep till Majorca
Close your eyes and imagine yourself beside a deep blue pool with 90-degree views of the Mediterranean until you drop off into peaceful slumber. Except it’s no dream: the Hospes Maricel, just outside Palma, Majorca, has introduced a Learn to Sleep Programme based on 10 steps. It is aimed at time-poor, sleep-deprived travellers looking for a boost of spa treatments, sun and siestas. So where do we sign up? www.elegantresorts.com that likes to ‘move it’). Sail there in December with Costa Cruises ( www.cruisethomascook.com ) and you can spot more of the species in the port of Diego Suarez.
SCI-FI Everybody’s Talking about… SpaceWith two intergalactic animations and the world’s first spaceline set to launch, 2010 is going to be out of this world is a 3D animation about Chuck, the first human to travel to Planet 51. He’s surprised to find it inhabited by little green people (voiced by Gary Oldman, John Cleese and Jessica Biel), living in a world that looks like suburban 1950s America – complete with white picket fences.
Then, in January, comes another 3D animation, Astro Boy , based on the Japanese cartoon of the same name. It’s the story of a boy robot, created by a brilliant scientist as a replacement for his late son, who uses his superhuman powers when the Earth is threatened by aliens, with the voices of Nicolas Cage and Samuel L Jackson.
But if you’re looking to get your own cosmic fix, you can make a booking for your very own space odyssey ( www.elegantresorts.com ). After three days of medical checks and training in the Mojave Desert, you’ll blast off, 110km into space, from Spaceport America, currently being built by British architects Foster + Partners in New Mexico.
You’ll...