The names roll off the tongue like a roster call of Africa's most alluring destinations, all packed into one country.

We had our pick of alluring destinations: Idaho Peak, the White Grizzly Wilderness, Kokanee Glacier, Valhalla Provincial Park.

The names slip off the tongue like a roll call of Africa's most alluring destinations.

There are no grander monuments in London than its train stations with names that suggest alluring destinations as surely as the sound of a locomo-tive's whistle - King's Cross, Victoria, Waterloo.

Morandi - with its low ceiling, inconveniently situated columns and hokey visual motifs - presents a riddle: how did Mr. McNally and his collaborators come to deem this an alluring destination?

Now the town on the southern fringe of the Sahara desert - long a metaphor for alluring and remote destinations - is likely to be less appealing for even the most intrepid holidaymakers.

As you might expect, the quality of accommodation selected at each alluring destination lives up to the rest of the experience with five-star city hotels and lodges in dramatic locations.

Now there are 160 Hilton International hotels - in such alluring destinations as Paris, Istanbul and Kuala Lumpur - where guests can earn and use points or miles.

Another cornerstone of the externally absorbed philosophy of the Lewis home was that anything British was good and Britain itself the most alluring destination.

SPRING is the season for planning trips and delving into books describing alluring destinations.