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How To Stay In A Castle On Your Next Trip
When trying to make your travels extra special, the accommodation can really make or break the ambiance of your vacation. Vacation rentals can help with this by allowing you to stay in all types of unique properties, from the bizarre and architecturally innovative to ...Grounded Cruise Ship Trial Begins With Black Box Evidence
The grounded cruise ship Costa Concordia may not be on trial itself but court proceedings began this week, looking for answers to what happened. More than 100 lawyers representing survivors and the families of passengers and crew members who died in the January event are ...Vagabond Tales: The Rewarding Adventures Of 'Genealogy Tourism'
The house pictured above is a very drab house. It's cold. It's empty. And no one has lived in it for over 120 years.
Sure, there is a fresh layer of green paint on the door, but that was put there by the neighbors. Why they did that I'm not sure, because this house ...G Adventures Announces New Destinations For 2013
Adventure travel company G Adventures has announced that starting in January of next year it will begin offering options to visit 12 new countries and expand its popular Local Living tours to more destinations as well. These additions to the G Adventures catalog will provide ...Retreating Italian Glacier Reveals Dead From World War I
Two soldiers' bodies from World War I have been discovered on an Italian mountain, the Telegraph reports.
Workers on the Presena glacier in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of the Dolomites in Italy found the bodies at an altitude of 9,850 feet. The glacier has been ...Can't Afford To Travel? Bollocks! You Can't Afford To Stay Home
"How do you afford to travel so much?" This is the question I get all the time from disbelieving friends, colleagues and relatives who want to travel more but think they can't afford it. No one's ever come right out and said it, but I know some must wonder if my wife and I ...Let's Bring Capitalism To America's Beaches
America is a paradise for consumers. We can satisfy just about any consumer desire that strikes our fancy, even if it's 3 a.m. on a holiday weekend. The one big exception to this rule is on our beaches, where most of the time we're forced to lug coolers, chairs, umbrellas, ...Fake Pilot Arrested After Flying Across Europe
Police in Italy have arrested a man for impersonating a pilot and fooling the crew and ground staff into letting him into the cockpit of a European flight, the BBC reports.
A man managed to pose as a pilot using a uniform and fake ID and fly in the cockpit of an Air ...Paraglider And Hang Glider Collide Midair In Italy
It's probably every paragliding pilot's biggest nightmare – flying within a gaggle of other pilots in search of lift and, even though you've kept your head on a swivel carefully watching for traffic, you notice something out of the corner of your eye behind your ...
The Great Italian Island Caper
The island of Pantelleria sits 58 miles southwest of Sicily, which doesn't seem very significant until you realize it also sits 45 miles from Tunisia, making this Italian island closer to North Africa than to Italy.
The island has been shaped by many occupiers and ...Travel Rule #1: Talk To Strangers
The man approaching our parked car had an unkempt beard and was wearing a dirty T-shirt. My first inclination was to try to avoid him, but then I had a sudden change of heart. Earlier that morning, I remarked to my wife that we'd been traveling around the U.S. for more than ...The Mediterranean Island Of Pantelleria: Where Italy Meets North Africa
Despite a small handful of attempts, I've never had any luck hitchhiking. But when I recently found myself on a desolate stretch of road on an Italian island in the middle of the Mediterranean, I decided to give it a go again. On the second attempt, a clunky greenish-blue ...Padlocks Of Love Removed From Bridge In Rome
Officials in Rome have removed the so-called "padlocks of love" from the famous Ponte Milvio, the BBC reports. This is the latest phase of an ongoing struggle between the city and romantic couples that we've been reporting on since 2007.
It all started when Italian ...'The Perennial Plate' Partners With Intrepid Travel For Online Food Documentary Series
I'll be the first to raise my hand and say I despise most of the food shows currently on television and online. That's why I got so excited when I heard about "The Perennial Plate," a weekly online documentary series, "dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous ...Question In Venice: What Would You Cook When You're Looking To Score?
"I'm on a boat!" I kept singing to myself. "Everybody look at me because I'm sailing on a boat." I was referencing the "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Andy Samberg and T-Pain sail the seas making this one simple proclamation. But this was no ordinary sea and I was on ...
Photo Of The Day: Fantastic Voyage
Today's Photo of the Day is a lovely Renaissance fresco from Rome's Villa Farnesina, taken by Flickr user AlexSven. It's not the most famous artwork from the museum, that of Raphael's "Triumph of Galatea," but it depicts another voyage of the gods. It's what we all hope ...A Fresh Air Fiend's Moments of Travel Bliss
Freedom. That's the whole point of travel, right? Travel is about untethering yourself from your comfort zone to satisfy your curiosity about what's around the corner, or around the world. Done right, it can be incredibly liberating. But in the U.S., and increasingly around ...Survey Reveals World's Best Food Destinations
Does food play a role in where you decide to take your vacation? For those interested in taking a delicious trip, Hotels.com surveyed 27,000 international travelers to find out what they believed the best destinations for cuisine were.
According to news.com.au, 32% of ...Photo Of The Day: Early Fall In Italy
This summer's weather patterns continue to astound me, between heat waves, hailstorms and the mighty Derecho, which was said to be the storm to end all storms before it narrowly missed New York City last week.
Today's Photo of the Day is proof of even more global ...The Leaning Colosseum Of Rome
Rome's iconic Colosseum is beginning to tilt, the Guardian newspaper reports.
The stadium where gladiators used to hack away at one another to cheering crowds has developed a distinct slant, with one side being 40 centimeters (15.7 inches) lower than the other. ...
