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From quirky museums to must-see oddities, the Americana road side experience has become so popular that it even got its own smartphone app and a website with tips and stories from travelers. If you're booking a car rental in the U.S., planning your road trip should get a lot more exciting with some of these attractions:

Biosphere 2, Oracle (Arizona): located at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains, this spaceship-like glass facility was named by Time Life Books as one of the 50 must-see Wonde

Photography has done a great deal to change the way we document and share our travels. Back in the 18th and 19th century, when the Grand Tour was in vogue, travel journals were all the rage. Nowadays, a picture is worth a thousand words, and it's increasingly easier to snap a shot. Film cameras are a relic of the past, decreasing even further the costs associated with photography, and nowadays any half decent mobile phone has camera capabilities, turning anyone among us into a budding photograph

En el cielo de Frankfurt hay muchos más aviones que pájaros. Normal, su aeropuerto es un nudo de comunicaciones internacional que lo convierte a todas horas en un hormiguero. Todo eso está muy bien pero lo mejor está fuera. Muchos pasajeros prefieren pasar las horas muertas de espera en la terminal. Ellos se lo pierden. Porque la urbe del Meno (o el Main, su río) no puede tener más sex appeal. Es una gran metrópoli donde la arquitectura de vanguardia, el arte, la energía más vibrante y las oport

It only takes a bit of sunshine to inundate Firenze with tourists. Florence is one of the most visited cities in the wold, and rightly so given the wealth of its historical offerings and the charm of the city itself. Few tourist destinations have so much to offer in a relatively small area, and the fact that Firenze is essentially a walking city makes it all the more appealing. Cruise ships have made Firenze a major port of call for their Mediterranean cruises even though the city lies about 60

Growing up and living in the cultural mecca of  San Francisco, and having a wife who makes palatable, refined wine as a hobby. I'm drawn to the travel destination that also produce a delectable spirit.

In early November I embarked on the one hour Easy Jet flight from London Gatwick to Edinburgh to make my first visit to Scotland, and finally live the dream of my first sojourn to the Whiskey Trail, and taste the amber "nectar of the gods," in its native land, the destination that had eluded me in

I can’t say I’ve really visited Tennant Creek. I only know from hearsay that it’s not the sort of place you take your mother for a Mothers’ Day treat. Nevertheless, our train did stop there for a considerable time in the ‘small hours’, while we slept soundly in our sleeper berths.

The reason was twofold; it ensured that passengers saw as much of the Australian landscape by daylight as possible, and that the train arrived in Alice Springs at a fairly civilised hour.

You see, you don’t take an Aust

The “bad” news is that the number of single parents seeking quality vacations with their children is growing.

The good news is that the number of single parents seeking quality vacations with their children is growing.

More than one-quarter of all US households with children are headed by a single parent. That’s 16.5 million single-parent households in this country, and many more non-custodial single parents. 

And that doesn’t even include married adults traveling alone with their kids, or

Down in the very south of Costa Rica there is a rainforest you dream to see. Thankfully off the tourism “superhighway” and explored only by adventurous intrepid travelers, it is a place of rugged mountains, plunging waterfalls, free-flowing rivers, striking beaches and magnificent towering trees in dense rainforest.

Jaguars roam freely, scarlet macaws soar overhead, and humpback whales and dolphins splash in the calm blue waters of the Golfo Dulce in this wilder side of Costa Rica. There aren’t m

To label Kerala's Alappuzha (the Malayalam name for Alleppey) the ‘Venice of the East' might today appear a far-fetched cliche of travelogue writers, but this quaint little town is certainly the Venice of India. Nowhere else will you find, spread out across the center of town, a unique crisscrossing network of canals on which thatched country boats punt along leisurely. The proximity of lakes adds to the Venetian ambience.

But when Raja Kesavadasan, the Dewan of Travancore, founded the town in

Oy vey, olé! Everyone knows that most Jews in Spain were given the royal boot back in 1492, the same year Chris Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue, right? Well, yes and no. Some managed to hang on, and the story of how they did so in secret constitutes a fascinating slice of Jewish history.

But first, a little background: During the Balearic Islands’ medieval flowering before they became part of Spain,Sephardic Jews played an important and mostly welcome role in these islands’ cultural, social, a

Destiny levels with you in ways neither strange nor unpredictable. Strange and unpredictable are the ways Fate tempts you. Living is what is caught in the line of these sparring two. And travel is the referee, drawing a line between the clash of the mind craving for head-on collisions with rare experiences and the body set to an assuring routine. The cruelties you come across will harden you, the wonders will humble you, the hardships will embolden you; nothing will leave you untouched. Travelli

A paradise to be explored: Surely those words crossed the mind of Robinson Crusoe, perhaps the most famous fictional castaway in history, when he first laid eyes on the Cape Verde islands while sailing after several failed attempts, a handful of shipwrecks out of London and enslavement in Morocco. En route to Guinea, he and his crew had had a run-in with a Moorish pirate ship, and after a dramatic sea battle, were imprisoned until they arrived at the port of Salle. There, having been presented

Namur

Namur and Dinant
Namur and Dinant are located on the banks of the Meuse and the Ourthe Rivers in the Wallonia region. The French-speaking “Walloon,”

            The ground was still saturated from the storms that had plagued the area the day before. It did not take long before my boots and pant legs from the knees down were wet and my legs getting cold. The early morning air was barely above the freezing point as we made our way across the lake dam and down the short trail that leads to the three level waterfall. I decided to head further down the trail to start with the bottom falls and then work my way up. I went as far as the underbrush w

¿Ámsterdam en Milán? Así, a primera vista, el barrio de Navigli de la ciudad italiana nos teletransporta a la capital holandesa. Y la verdad es que sorprende gratamente encontrarse en la ciudad de la moda y la elegancia un pueblecito surcado por canales donde la vida no corre tan deprisa. Navigli es el proyecto frustrado de conectar Milán con los ríos Ticino y Adda, el lago Como y el mar para convertirla en un puerto comercial de primer orden. Actualmente sólo quedan tres canales (el Grande, el

 Signagi is one of the picturesque town in Georgia, overlooking Alazani Valley

I grew up in a family which was fond of traveling. My parents traveled much before getting married, visiting many countries in Europe and South America, visited Africa, too. But Asia was their real passion. They talked a lot about the Asian countries. My father was delighted with the landscapes he had seen in Asia, mother was a real fan of Asian culture.

Their passion for traveling was so great that they were not afr

A well-crafted itinerary is the cure for untold travel troubles. The right amount of pre-trip planning can save money, keep you safe, and—this one's crucial—help you have the best time possible whether you're going on a three-week cross-continent sojourn or spending a long weekend at the beach. A solid itinerary is the root of a stress-free trip, to put it simply. Want to be a master planner? Here are 10 itinerary mistakes you probably make—and how to avoid them.

Don't Bother with an Itinerary in

This is an easy one for me. Right after college, I took a backpack trip and traveled around the world for a year. Upon returning to my native San Francisco, I had no idea what I would do to make a living. Travel, for me, was an eye opener. Travel expanded my mind, so I came up with an idea: I started the first travel agency in the U.S. specializing in discounted around-the-world airfares.

When I became a boss and owner of my own travel agency, I always sought to hire world travelers. After all,

Did you know that the largest country in South America speaks Portuguese? An island in a sea of Spanish, Brazil's Portuguese isn't spoken the same as in Portugal. If you plan on visiting any time soon as a culturally aware traveler, Party Brazil Phrasebook 2014 is an indispensable guide for arming yourself with phrases you'll need to speak on everyday terms with the locals.

Heavily weighted toward futebol (all 12 stadiums throughout Brazil are outlined with detailed descriptions) and upcoming Wor