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Visiting Costa Rica’s Caribbean region for a one-day shore excursion during your cruise? Or traveling to Costa Rica’s Caribbean beaches? While there, you don’t want to miss an exciting visit to Costa Rica's rainforest at Veragua Rainforest Eco-Adventure Park.

Different from other rainforest tours in Costa Rica, the Veragua Eco-Adventure Park combines discovery, education and adventure – all in one place. This is why Veragua Rainforest is rated No. 1 Thing To Do in the Port of Limon and is a five

Are you no good at all at taking pictures, especially when travelling? Do you come back from a trip all excited about the pictures you took but when you show them they are far from what you expected? Don’t worry, it’s something very common, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to settle for just anything, are you? Here go a few tips that won’t make you worthy of publishing your pictures in National Geographic, but they will make your travel photos (and non-travel pictures too) a bit more interest

Rome is not an ordinary city. Harmoniously combining all the epochs, it conceals many mysteries. Many tourists travel with children who, like adults, do not want to be bored.

For a trip to the places of entertainment and recreation, you will certainly have to use car hire service at Rome airport. Let’s look at the top 5 fun activities for kids in an enigmatic city Rome.

Go to Eden Park

The amusement park is located in the Boccea quarter. This is fairyland of games and entertainment for children. In

We have read hundreds of road trip itineraries, motorcycle diaries, car trips and what not. It is still unbelievable why these road trips are lifting our hearts up. Be it the views, the thrill hidden, the bends and ascends, the food cafes, historical buildings, farms and landscapes, everything on a road trip creates pleasure and most of the time, bliss. Find some of the most exemplary road trips around the world one should have on his bucket list.

Iceland’s Ring Road

On a road trip through the

As a Westerner, this country at the western end of North Africa remains one of the most memorable I have ever visited, due in no small part to its “Imperial Cities” – Marrakesh, Rabat, Meknes, and Fez – so called because each was the capital of one or more of this land’s ruling dynasties over the centuries. And while Rabat is the current capital, if I absolutely were forced to choose my favourite, it might well be Morocco’s first and most frequent capital, Fez, in the country’s north. Let me t

As rich as the recorded history of Spain is, it all adds up to a mere microsecond in terms of human presence on the peninsula that eventually became known as Iberia. Homo sapiens arrived here during the Paleolithic era, some, oh, 1.2 million years back, give or take – including the last stand of the Neanderthals. And that era of what we now call “prehistory” runs up to the early 3rd century BC, when the powerful North African city-state Carthage started establishing footholds on the Iberian Pe

Of all the things to do in Costa Rica, deep-sea fishing is definitely at the top of the list. In fact Costa Rica has 95 world records and highly regarded as one of the top sport fishing destinations in the world. The government of Costa Rinca intends on keeping it that way and has implemented policies to preserve it fishing locations.

Marlin is at the top of the sport-fishing list for anglers to target. The blue marlin is one of the larger sport fish in the world and can reach 11 feet in length

by Cristóbal Ramírez

At first glance, you might not even feel you're in Peru’s capital – Barranco has a different flavour from, say, the historic centre or modern Miraflores. This petite district ending on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean was once a separate little fishing village and is today a magnet for limeños (locals) looking to play thanks to its beaches, its pubs and restaurants, and its lively, creative vibe and romantic architecture – the latter a remnant of the late 19th and early

Throughout the Catholic world, this week is Semana Santa (Holy Week, aka Easter Week), and nearly every city and town in Spain marks the occasion with elaborate processions and pageantry dating back centuries. None, however, is older than the celebrations in this ancient city (pop. 66,000) on the Duero River in western Castile and León, not far from the border with northernmost Portugal.

Its penance processions documented back to 1179, here they’re different from elsewhere in Spain. Throughout t

We arrived before 10 am, and our VIP group was hastily ushered to seats arranged right in front of one of the main yatai – a festival float on wheels, presented before Sakurayama Hachiman shrine, the main protector of the city since it’s enlargement in 1683.

The elaborately decorated float was removed from the Yatai Kaikan (Festival Float Museum), just for this special occasion – The Takayama Matsuri (Takayama Festival) that takes place twice a year – October 9-10 and April 14-15 in the old ci

Recently opened at the corner of Smith and Schermerhorn Streets straddling downtown and the Boerum Hill neighborhood, Hilton Brooklyn is the first full-service hotel of its caliber to open here. Situated in a former two-block-long rope onetime factory owned by industrialist Peter Schermerhorn supplying Brooklyn’s shipbuilding industry during the 19th century, Hilton Brooklyn occupies the first six floors of what is now a 19-story commercial, retail and condominium mixed-use redevelopment.

The int

If you are lucky enough to visit the striking Cuban capital Havana, we’d like to recommend a few nice places where you can have lunch or dinner:

Paladar El Rincón de Elegguá

Here you will find many chicken, pork or fish-based dishes. It is a very well located restaurant, which might make the dishes more expensive than at other places but the difference is worth it. The decoration at El Rincón de Eleggua is simple and the service is very good. It is located at Aguacate 257 between Obispo and Obra

A Mai Chau day trip from Hanoi wasn’t on my original list of places I wanted to see in Vietnam.  Sapa,  however, was. I wanted to see the bright green terraced rice paddies that the area is known for.  Even more, I wanted to experience the lives of the minority tribes who live in the SaPa Valley and its surrounds.

It’s a reasonable distance out to Sapa from Hanoi, and whilst that didn’t bother us, I wanted to make sure it would be worthwhile. A quick scan of various articles online and a chat wi

What is Himachal Pradesh known for, you ask? The picturesque hilly state will win your heart and make you fall in love with it. This much is guaranteed. Nested in the foothills of the Himalayas, Himachal Pradesh is a romantic’s paradise, a trekker’s adventure, a loner’s solace, and a host of other things. With a cool atmosphere and friendly people, your stay in this wonderful state is sure to be a memorable one.

One such place in Himachal thronged by tourists all year long in Kasauli . To start w

Heady days in Cuba! Now that after all these decades the dam has finally broken – relations between Cuba and the USA nearly normalized, travel restrictions relaxed, and a flood of new air routes, hotels, and other Cuban tourism helpers underway, more visitors have been pouring into the singular island country. And among other things, they’ve been rediscovering the Nobel-prize-winning gringo literary legend whose larger-than-life persona became a major part of late pre-revolutionary Cuba.

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One of Europe’s quirkier enclaves – as well as its last remaining colony – is a singular bit of business stuck down at the foot of the Spanish region Andalusia. And if you happen to be in the neighborhood – especially the Costa del Sol, many of whose main resort areas lie within a drive of and hour to 90 minutes – Gibraltar‘s unusual mix of history, sociology, and nature is well worth a day trip or even overnighter. And nowadays, perhaps more than ever, now th

The Crescent Fountain at Camana Bay

New and Seasonal Events, Menus and Programs Make Spring the Ideal Time to Stay, Play, Dine and Experience

Cosmopolitan sophistication paired with barefoot elegance. Authentic interactions with welcoming locals. Seven-shades-of-blue waters. Stunning sunsets. Direct flights from cities across the U.S. and London. Just a few of the reasons why the Cayman Islands is an alluring destination for a spring escape. Whether traveling solo, with friends, a significan

by Cristóbal Ramírez


Some would opine that the quintessential Southern California big city isn’t Los Angeles but San Diego, 200 kilometres (120 miles) to its south – and that, furthermore, it’s a place which boasts the “perfect” climate year-round.

These perpetually blue skies are of course among the allures that bring more than 16 million overnight visitors to this diverse city just over the border from Tijuana, Mexico, along with superb beaches, family attractions, cultural offerings, dini

Imagine leaving behind the hectic fast pace of everyday life to restore your energy, strengthen your body, and relax your mind amid lush jungle in the sunshine with tranquil 80-degree ocean gulf waters lapping at your doorstep. That's what a Costa Rica yoga vacation can do for you.

Sounds good, doesn't it?

Why not make your next yoga class a yoga vacation in paradise at Playa Nicuesa Rainforest Lodge in Costa Rica.

The remote eco-lodge near the Osa Peninsula is beachfront on the picturesque Paci