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Especially for travelers to Europe on a budget, there's no better place to hang out than the capital of Portugal, considered one of the continent's most affordable countries. But even apart from that, it's a romantic city with amazing history, culture, dining, and architecture including Gothic, Renaissance, neoclassical, Art Deco, and more. Here's my list of the top ten things to do - mostly free or inexpensive - on your visit to Lisbon:

Stroll the Lovely Old Alfama

Lisbon's oldest district, s

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A short boat ride out into the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Town, just over five square kilometres (2 sq. miles) in size, sandy Robben Island (robben being Afrikaans for seal) was always remote and largely uninhabited (except at one point for a whaling station) - which made it a perfect site for a penal colony (and at another point, also a lepers colony and quarantine station). And so it was used, by the founding Dutch colonisers, the subsequent

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If you click on Vrbo to find a summer vacation rental, you'll find something new. There's a suite of new online tools to help you plan your next getaway. There's a psychedelic new "Vrbo" logo. And they're even changing the way they pronounce the site, from "V-R-B-O" to "Ver-boh."

It's a whole new Vrbo.

Sorry, I mean Ver-boh.

"We decided to refresh the brand," says Vrbo's president, John Kim. "We want people to be just as excited about finding the perfect pl

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Many are the guidebooks that have been written about this tropical Latin Caribbean island, but few by Puerto Ricans themselves, and even fewer which focus on its delicious and sometimes exotic cuisine, fed by fresh local ingredients. Three years ago, now 40-year-old writer (and U.S. Marine reservist!) Jessica van Dop DeJesús (the "van Dop" courtesy of her Dutch husband) set out to remedy that by spending a month touring her native island with skilled photographer frie

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Also spelled Esfahan, this city in central Iran - a five-hour drive or hourlong flight south of Tehran - is the country's top tourist destination for very good reason. Dating back as far as 2700 BCE to the pre-Persian Elamite civilization, Iran's third largest urb (pop. nearly 2 million, metro area nearly 4 million) flourished especially from 1050 to 1722 - the last 124 years of which it was the capital of the Persian Empire - and the Persians called it Nesf-e Jahan, meaning

Minato Mirai with Red Brick Warehouses

• 190 cruise ships to dock in Yokohama in 2019
• New Shinko Pier with its five-star Yokohama Grand-operated hotel to open November 2019 
• Bay Bridge Skywalk to reopen during large ship dockings 
• APA Hotel & Resort Yokohama Bay Tower to open September 20, 2019 as the largest single-building hotel in Japan
• Minato Mirai, "the port of the future," features new and beloved family-friendly museums and attractions, including the pop-up Unko (Poop) Museum to open March 15,

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These days, family travel enjoys a wealth of choices, and the profusion of theme parks around the world these days offer hundreds of great options. In the United States, these are my top favorites:

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Younger children will get a big kick out of this theme and water park in Langhorne, Pennsylvania.  Covering 24 acres, it's is convenient to many who live in the Northeast, as it is only an hour and a half from New York City, and just a half hour from

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Europe - and the world - tempt with many amazing travel destinations, but Croatia in some ways is in a class by itself. Known for its stunning coastline, mouthwatering cuisine, and intriguing culture, Croatia should be one of the countries for your bucket list. If you love the beach, you will have plenty to lovely options along the Dalmatian coast, from laid back to amped up. It's also popular because it offers a raft of amenities both upscale and budget-friendly, and has become even m

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Its name synonymous for many with tea, beautiful Darjeeling (pop. 132,000) is located in the far northeastern state of West Bengal, in the lap of the soaring Kanchan Junga mountains (lesser Himalayas). Founded in the early 19th century by the British starting with an army depot and sanitorium (thanks to its pleasant climate, more temperate than the regions below), the "Queen of the Hills" subsequently saw the establishment of plantations growing the black tea which becam

Rotorua is known as the "little town" of New Zealand's North Island (though its population is nearly 60,000), and the country's "Sulphur City," world famous for the geothermal activity resulting the area's volcanic activity. There are no live volcanoes around here, but plenty of hot water comes out from deep under the earth, manifesting as bubbling mud pools, geysers, and warm streams. Rotorua is also home to a rich Maori culture, sublime wildlife and landscapes, and plenty of adrenaline-packed

 

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In the middle of Peru's parched, dusty Nazca Desert, you'll find one of the world's most fascinating archaeological enigmas: the Nazca Lines. These are ancient geoglyphs located on the Pampas de Jumana between the towns of Nazca and Palpa, a 5½-hour drive south (or one-hour flight) from capital Lima.

Looking like some adventure film set, this bleak setting showcases gargantuan shapes painstakingly fashioned between 500 BC and 500 AD by the mysterious civilisation which

Planning a destination wedding is no easy task; At times one may start with big plans but halfway through booking the location, making the arrangements, and planning the traveling arrangements, it might start feeling like a nightmare and harder that one could have imagined. There are many locations for a destination wedding; Lake Tahoe is a popular example.

There are many simple rules one can follow to avoid the unforeseen pitfalls of such a wedding.  Some of the common issues include budget, log

Las Vegas is in the center of attention among numerous travel (and of course casino) enthusiasts all over the world, but where are you going to start your fascinating journey once you’ve landed in the heart of Sin City? Here are a few tips and tricks as for how to spend a fabulous day and night here.

7 AM: Start Your Day with a French Breakfast

We've all long heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. And when you arrive in Sin City, you'll want to get some good-quality fuel for

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The city most popular with visitors to Spain (and one of the most popular in the world, in fact) holds that status for very good reason. The capital of Catalonia is a truly terrific trove of history, culture, architecture, dining that's unique in the world, and a city with which I've been in love ever since I spent a year studying there 40 years ago, then returning every chance I get. And trying to boil down to ten the "must-sees" of such a place is no easy task. But here I go,

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In addition to being the core of the Philippines' second metro area (pop.923,000, metro 2.8 million), Cebu City is the hub of the Visayas, the grouping of islands around the middle of the vast archipelago that makes up this country (it's a flight of an hour 15 minutes from Manila). Colourful, confident, and in a constant flurry of activity, underneath it still has a Zenlike composure. As the site of the first Spanish settlement in the archipelago (1565), it has a long history, i

The name of Montreal's Golden Square Mile (aka Le Mille Carré), a square mile of signature historic blocks at the heart of downtown at the foot of Mount Royal, traces its origins back to 1950s real estate developers promoting the area's prosperity. Today, "golden" more aptly describes the stellar array of attractions available within such a small radius.

In 1983, only 30 percent of the district's historic buildings survived the wrecking ball due to its convenient overlap with downtown but thanks

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Incidents involving unruly airline passengers have been rising in recent years. In 2017, airlines reported one altercation for every 1,053 flights, up 35 percent from the previous year, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).

Drugs and alcohol play a leading role in many of these incidents. IATA says 27 percent of the cases involved alcohol consumption or some other kind of intoxication. An additional 24  percent were rela

A perfect pathway to paradise, far frontier and jittery, Key West is more eccentric than other keys but also, more fascinating. The seven-square-mile Island feels like a comely tropical harbour, where the moon-flowers are sombre in the nighttime and the Hellenic Caribbean homes are moody and romantic.

True avid voyagers cannot deny the mesmerizing beauty of Key West, but besides just the regular Caribbean-style villas, literary festivals, tropical dining venues, and some expensive art galleries

Every district and even nearly every city of India's vibrant western Rajasthan province has something to offer to every traveler. Sawai Madhopur (pop. 121,100) is an excellent example. Unlike most historic cities, this once was planned back in the mid-18th century, and tucked into the southeastern corner of the state three hours from Jaipur, it's become increasingly popular with travelers due to its proximity to Ranthambore National Park and Ranthambore Fort.

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