Verona from the hills, looking toward St. Anastasia and the Ponte Pietra My visit to Verona last summer was almost an accident—but a lucky one. It wasn’t on the original plan for our three weeks in Northern Italy, but online…
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR OVERSEAS PHONE SERVICE?This is part 2 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. No—the girl in the Renoir is not really on her cell…but you can be! Usually, the first question most people ask…
TG Update: These articles are now available -Capital of Culture Series: LiverpoolCapital of Culture Series: Marseilles Each year, the EU designates a special city or cities as the European Capital of…
Over the past past year, there’s been a lot of musing among travelers and in the travel industry about whether the day of the printed travel guide is over, in the face of vast stores of on-line information.
Hostels aren’t just bare bones places to stay anymore. They still feature the social aspects of hosteling, but there are large numbers of “Luxury Hostels” popping up, especially in Europe. Things like infinity pools, breakfast on demand,…
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is surely one of the world’s most-recognized landmarks, and symbolizes Berlin in the way the Eiffel Tower means Paris and the Parthenon means Athens. It’s been the ceremonial center for marches and…
PICKING THE RIGHT TECH FOR YOUR NEEDS This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls for…
” The Treasures of Naples” opens in Rome. Photo: AFP Photo: Reuters
Almost as if he were painting with plantings and water, the Impressionist painter Claude Monet spent years creating gardens and water features around his house and studio in Giverny, west of Paris and on the edge of Normandy.
Chartres is a great day-trip destination for those visiting Paris. An hour’s train ride from the City of Lights, Chartres’ main highlight is its magnificent cathedral (itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
Verona from the hills, looking toward St. Anastasia and the Ponte Pietra My visit to Verona last summer was almost an accident—but a lucky one. It wasn’t on the original plan for our three weeks in Northern Italy, but online…
HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR OVERSEAS PHONE SERVICE?This is part 2 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. No—the girl in the Renoir is not really on her cell…but you can be! Usually, the first question most people ask…
TG Update: These articles are now available -Capital of Culture Series: LiverpoolCapital of Culture Series: Marseilles Each year, the EU designates a special city or cities as the European Capital of…
Over the past past year, there’s been a lot of musing among travelers and in the travel industry about whether the day of the printed travel guide is over, in the face of vast stores of on-line information.
Hostels aren’t just bare bones places to stay anymore. They still feature the social aspects of hosteling, but there are large numbers of “Luxury Hostels” popping up, especially in Europe. Things like infinity pools, breakfast on demand,…
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is surely one of the world’s most-recognized landmarks, and symbolizes Berlin in the way the Eiffel Tower means Paris and the Parthenon means Athens. It’s been the ceremonial center for marches and…
PICKING THE RIGHT TECH FOR YOUR NEEDS This is part 1 of a 4-part report on communication for travelers. Years ago, traveling meant being out of touch with home, and struggling with unfamiliar pay phones for local calls for…
” The Treasures of Naples” opens in Rome. Photo: AFP Photo: Reuters
Almost as if he were painting with plantings and water, the Impressionist painter Claude Monet spent years creating gardens and water features around his house and studio in Giverny, west of Paris and on the edge of Normandy.
Chartres is a great day-trip destination for those visiting Paris. An hour’s train ride from the City of Lights, Chartres’ main highlight is its magnificent cathedral (itself a UNESCO World Heritage Site).
