Oct 24th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Go to Europe this winter! Bessé Signature Hotels, a collection of some of France's most unique contemporary hotels, has three deals that make travel to this inspiring corner of the world easier than ever. At discounts of up to 35 percent, it's going to be hard to stay home.
At Domaine de la Bretesche, take advantage of the "Winter Promotion" rate to enjoy Brittany for around $280 a night. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Four hotel deals in France this winter
Oct 24th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Go to Europe this winter! Bessé Signature Hotels, a collection of some of France's most unique contemporary hotels, has three deals that make travel to this inspiring corner of the world easier than ever. At discounts of up to 35 percent, it's going to be hard to stay home.
At Domaine de la Bretesche, take advantage of the "Winter Promotion" rate to enjoy Brittany for around $280 a night. ...McDonald's to move in next to Louvre
Oct 7th, 2009 at 1:00PM: McDonald's is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary in France by opening a new location in the Carrousel du Louvre. This underground mall connects to the storied museum that is home to the Mona Lisa and Venus de Milo. So, if the latter had arms, she could sport the former's smile with a Big Mac.
France is McDonald's biggest market outside the United States, despite the vocal local minority, and ...Gadlinks for Monday 10.5.09
Oct 5th, 2009 at 6:00PM:
It's the first Monday of October -- and you know what that means, right? FALL is here. It's time to hike and check out the fall foliage! There are some other great travel reads for this Monday, so let's get started!
Some people like traveling to find strange or unique architecture, so why not tour the world's upside-down houses? [via Been-Seen]
One of my old students is traveling in ...Top 10 places to have your pocket picked
Oct 4th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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I always get a laugh when I see people walk the streets of Manhattan with backpacks worn on their fronts. Millions of people commute into and around the city every day, yet the outnumbered visitors take extreme measures to make sure their subway maps and recently ...Time lapse: riding on a Parisian canal boat
Own a piece of Paris: Eiffel Tower stairs, other artifacts up for auction
Oct 1st, 2009 at 10:30AM:
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Want to own a piece of Paris? You'll have a chance when historic pieces of the City of Lights go up for grabs on December 14. At the "Paris Mon Amour" (Paris My Love) sale, 18th century tourists maps, antique street benches, and a public phone box ...Get out and go: Events around the world (September 30-October 1)
Sep 30th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Happy Hump Day, Gadling'ers! It's time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. If you're close and have time, then you have no excuse to get out and go!
Victoria (Australia) - Spring Racing Carnival: The Spring Racing Carnival will take place today at various race courses in Victoria. The carnival ...Air France's A380 comes to the USA
Sep 29th, 2009 at 8:30AM: The third official Airbus A380 route has officially been scheduled into the United States. Air France, the third air carrier to take delivery of the massive, double decker airplane, plans on using the behemoth to fly between Paris (CDG) and New York (JFK), a hotly contested, jetset route. The tightly packed 538-seat double decker will contain about 449 economy seats, 80 in business class and 9 in ...Paris catacombs vandalized, closed for repair
Sep 22nd, 2009 at 11:30AM: Paris' catacombs, underground passages full of neatly stacked human bones, have been temporarily closed to the public after being vandalized.
A spokeswoman for the Paris prosecutor's office would not go into detail on the extent of the vandalism, which took place over the weekend, but said that the site would be closed because in its current state it was hazardous to visitors. According to the ...Air France knows how to treat customers right: Tips for other airlines
Sep 18th, 2009 at 12:00PM: There's plenty to kvetch about when it comes to flying. Every time I book a flight, I continue to look at the arrival and departure times as merely suggestions--a rough idea. I plan to be late. I plan for problems. In generally, I am pleasantly surprised and achieve a warm glowing feeling when flights land on time. In all the times I've flown, I've never lost baggage. Baggage has never been my ...French Aer Lingus passengers told to prepare for emergency landing - non French perfectly safe
Sep 12th, 2009 at 10:00AM: Passengers aboard an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin to Paris got a bit of a rude awakening on Friday.
The cabin crew announced that the plane was heading towards a spot of turbulence, and made the usual request for everyone to head back to their seats and buckle up.
Right after that announcement, a pre-recorded one was played in French, alerting passengers that the plane was going to make an ...Through the Gadling Lens: photographing autumn
Sep 10th, 2009 at 11:00AM: Here in the United States, Labor Day is now over, and all of the kids are back in school -- sure signs that, despite the actual calendar date, summer is gone and fall is right around the corner. This makes me happy: while spring has those beautiful blue skies, winter is certainly pretty with all its whiteness and, let's face it, summer gets all the really great press, in my opinion, autumn is ...The World's ten happiest cities
Sep 5th, 2009 at 11:30AM: Disney World has been labeled "the Happiest Place on Earth", but one look at the tired parents, screaming kids, and extremely long lines will tell you that is just marketing spin. Ever wonder where the actual happiest place on Earth is? Then wonder no more, because Forbes, in conjunction with market researcher GfK Custom Research North America, has put together a list of the ten happiest cities on ...Paris pins its tourism hopes on Americans. . . and shopaholics
Aug 27th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Poor Paris. The city was recently voted "most overrated in the world" and tourism is down by 11% (or more, according to some reports) compared with the first half of 2008. The number of British and Japanese visitors dropped nearly 25% each, while the number of tourists from China declined by over 17%.
Mon Dieu! What's a city to do? Well, according to the AP, the director of the Paris Tourism ...Mona Lisa assaulted with coffee mug
Aug 12th, 2009 at 4:00PM: A Russian woman threw an empty terra cotta mug at the most famous painting on display at the Louvre. Despite the propelling of kitchenware, the Mona Lisa was not damaged, though the mug didn't fare as well. It shattered – a side effect of moving at a rapid speed toward a hard object that isn't going to move.
The unusual attack triggered the alarms on the painting immediately, and police ...Through the Gadling Lens: The best summer photographs from the Gadling Flickr pool
Aug 6th, 2009 at 11:00AM: It's so hard to believe that July's over -- how did this summer pass so quickly? I know, I know -- it's still August, and here in Texas, this means that we're really entering the blistering heat of the summertime, but I can't help it: historically, August has always meant back-to-school shopping, and getting ready for that first day of the semester. And yes, it's been a few years ...French "Black Saturday" worst in history
Aug 4th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Black Saturday is the name given to the the Saturday in France that marks the busiest summer traffic day of the year. Despite history, millions of French drivers pick the last Saturday in July to start their vacation, and head south. In addition to departing vacationers, the weekend is also the switchover for the French, when half the country returns home, while the other half head out on their ...Gadling Take FIVE (Week of June 18 - June 24)
Jul 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM: Heavens! The last weekend in July?! How can that be? Hopefully, those of you in the summer season are finding time to get out there, see the world--even if the world is not much further than the block next door and the weather is cooperating.
Here are five posts about new things in the travel scene.
Sean's post on how e-mailing is getting easier in some parts of Africa due to a new fiber ...Paris most overrated city in the world - Parisians told to start smiling more
Jul 21st, 2009 at 3:30PM: The poor French just can't get a break - back in May, their capital was voted "most overrated in the world" by TripAdvisor, and most recently first they were voted "worst tourists in the world". Tourism in Paris is down a whopping 17%, and the French Tourism Bureau thinks it might have something to do with the lack of smiling Parisians. The folks behind the campaign are asking people to put on ...Paris brings the beach to the people
Jul 20th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The last time I checked, Paris had more cobbled streets than sandy shores, so I was a bit surprised to find out about the Paris Plage project, a man-made beach created every summer (for the last seven) right in the heart of the city.
The project costs about 1.5 million euros each year and uses nearly 2,000 tons of sand to transform busy roadways into sandy beaches along the Seine River. The ...
