Mild, with fields of grazing sheep and cattle, it's famous for honey, the quality of its meat and a pristine environment.

Out there in this pristine environment, you feel privileged to be watching them.

Though the province has been known for its relatively pristine environment, recent development has spawned environmental problems.

After the coronavirus outbreaks on cruise ships, you might no longer think of the vessels as pristine environments.

Guests will arrive by helicopter and stay in one of 14 beautifully barefoot villas, steps from a pure shore and a pristine reef.

A picture-perfect tropical island surrounded by white sand and a pristine reef.

Blast fishing can reduce a pristine reef to a rubble field.

Then stories began to emerge of a limestone archipelago of more than 1,500 islands, with pristine reefs and clouds of fish.

The relaxed daily routine consists of diving or snorkelling near pristine reefs and experiencing the culture and landscape of these remote isles.

The first odd thing was that it was deserted - miles of pristine sand and not a soul.

This arc of pristine sand sweeps around a bay backed by swaying palm trees.

Each evening we stopped and pitched camp on the pristine sand.

Emerging from a tunnel, we had a crescent of pristine sand all to ourselves, littered with white coral from the sea.

Both have cold-water showers, limited night-time electricity and shack-like bungalows with no air-con, but they occupy otherwise empty crescents of pristine sand backed by wild forest.

The more adventurous, however, seek the glorious freedom of pristine snow and venture off-piste.

Rock cliffs, covered in deep, pristine snow, plunge to the water.

Some of our group whoop with joy as they glide through the pristine snow, purposefully deviating into drifts up to their waists.

Early snowboarders sought out pristine snow conditions as a necessity.

Here, for the first time, was the access-all-areas ugliness seething below the pristine surface.

The unblinking blankness of the pristine surface stares back, implacable, the old enemy.

At this point, a technician can file the hammers, restoring their original ovoid shape and pristine surface at the expense of making them somewhat smaller.

Her paintings retain the outstanding qualities of her prints, especially in the attention she pays to pristine surfaces and immaculate edges.

To one flank rises a sweep of sand dunes that lead off into pristine wilderness.

That 'nature' doesn't have to be pristine wilderness: a city park, a footpath through farmland, a towpath… any greenery will do.

You’re out there in a very remote and pristine wilderness area, and you have to be prepared.

The smelters would need energy from a handful of new geothermal power plants and the building of dams that would damage pristine wilderness, hot springs and lava fields.

To enjoy the season at its raw and rousing best, you need a landscape to suit : a pristine wilderness where you can walk for hours without a trace of civilisation.