Seven extraordinary places you couldn’t have visited anyway

Coronavirus isn’t the only thing keeping you from these amazing destinations.

As the weeks of lockdown tick by, even the most dedicated homebodies must be fantasising about a far-flung foreign break. Virtual travel is all very well, but the tantalising closeness of online adventure can seem almost mocking, an unwelcome reminder of everything you can’t currently have.

As an antidote to this worldwide FOMO, we’ve rounded up locations that are, at least in one sense, the opposite. These remarkable places were off-limits anyway, coronavirus aside…