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By the time James Cook reached the Queensland coast, he was rapidly running out of crew members to name features after. He’d already got down to the cabin boy, who gave his name to the Carlo Sandblow. So, when he reached what he thought was a great sandy peninsula, he called it, with a lamentable lack of imagination, the Great Sandy Peninsula. Subsequent explorers found it was actually an island, so they renamed it the Great Sandy Island.

At about 75 miles long, Fraser Island, as it’s known toda

Tramping around a damp rainforest in the dark with big rubber boots and headlamps is not the usual picture of a university spring break vacation. But for a group of first year Ph.D. students studying herpetology at Harvard University, it was perfect.

In April 2016, on the students’ spring break, they visited Costa Rica with Harvard University professor Jonathan Losos – Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, and the Curator in Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology – who has l

I have such fabulous memories of Canada’s second largest city, on its island in Quebec’s St. Lawrence River. It was one of my very first trips out of the United States, and it felt exotic yet familiar. A great family destination, for sure. And indeed, it’s fair to say Montreal is in a league of its own: Bilingual yet multicultural; mixing the centuries-old colonial with the up-to-the-minute cutting edge; almost as active underground as above; and a city of laid-back villages yet also a throbbin

Right in the center of Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, 394 kilometers from Salvador, the Chapada (plateau) Diamantina spreads across an area of 38,000 sq. km, including the 152,000 hectares forming this national park, established in 1985. In the Serra do Sincorá (a mountain range) and its surroundings, including the municipalities of Lencóis, Palmeiras, Andaraí and Mucugê, you can find a great number of paths, caves, waterfalls, natural swimming holes and incredible gorges, that’s why the

Damage from spring 2016 floods forced the closing of the Greenbrier Resort, a West Virginia classic that has hosted boldface names since the early 1800s. On July 12 it reopened, so it's worth noting that this place is not just about the presidents who've stayed there or the golf or other sports; it's also home to what was one of the greatest secrets of the Cold War.

If the Soviet Union had attacked Washington, D.C., any time between 1962 and 1992 – if the Cold War had turned into a hot war –

by Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer

As the authors of It Happened in Miami, our adventures in interviewing took us all over the area. We thought we had seen it all. However, we never got around to experience Metropolitan by COMO and its Traymore restaurant, a sweet and serene spot close by the just above the historic Art Deco District almost tucked away off Collins Avenue on 24th street.

Now we had the experience. We were able to tour briefly the splendid property and dine unhurriedly at its

Located in one of the top tourist spots in the southern part of the region, Vanilla Garden Tenerife is a hotel that is built with traditional architecture. This is in imitation of the typical building style of the Canary Islands homes consisting of gabled roofs and wooden balconies. The Vanilla Garden includes a landscaped courtyard with balconies facing the garden which gives tourists the feeling of being in a canary village.

 

Vanilla Garden Tenerife is a Special Tourist Destination

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photo: PlusONE


This month of July has not been an easy one in the world, and especially in the world of tourism.  Until recently, tourism oriented nations experienced one or another form of crisis on a tri or bi-monthly or monthly basis.  During the last few weeks, the crise du mois seems to have become the crise de la semaine (crisis of the week).

 
During the last few weeks, the Middle East, especially Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and the Asian sub-continent have witnessed an upsurge of violence.

A flight to Amsterdam from the UK will take you to a city which is recognised among Europe’s most admired city break destinations. One of the greatest small cities in the world, the capital of the Netherlands is waiting for tourists like you with her arms wide open only to embrace you all over.

Well, I would consider Mariya Marh (who else but me) a fortunate bloke who was able to manage somehow the best deal on cheap flights to Amsterdam he’s been after. If I were to tell you that I bagged the mo

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If you are a teacher or parent chaperone involved in taking children on field trips of any sort, then this article might be an interesting and helpful one for you to read. If you have been entrusted with the task of taking children on educational trips and making them fun for them at the same time, then you have been bestowed with a rather tedious task. Organizing an educational trip that will be

Giancarlo Liguori 


Today on Bastille Day, one of France’s most important national observances, let me take you to the chunk of real estate where it all began. On the Right Bank of the Seine several blocks away from the Place des Vosges, the Bastille neighborhood has for a number of years now a favorite destination for Parisians (and increasingly for visitors as well) for various reasons.

Named for the infamous medieval prison whose storming on this date in 1789 was a key moment in a world-chang

Costa Rica is always great for family vacations, with its exotic wildlife, amazing nature, thrilling adventure tours, and of course, being the safest place to travel in 2016.

Families who travel to Costa Rica know that the charming Central American country is a fun, easy and safe family vacation destination. Costa Rica is not only a most recommended travel hotspot in the world; it also tops the list of safe places to travel in 2016.

Costa Rica is always a great place for families to travel with ki

                    photo | Julian Rotela Rosow 

by Laura Tirado

Perhaps one of the things that most surprised me about the Galapagos is the nonchalance with which the local species still receive human visitors. To this day, the great majority of these islands is unpopulated, and in this largely pristine territory it’s mostly iguanas and sea lions who are your hosts on these shore excursions in the footsteps of Charles Darwin.

In fact, a sea lion was precisely the first creature I encountered

photo: Teri Verbickis

On this blog I recently ate my way through some of the top meatless menus of Europe, and today I’m hopping across the pond for a slightly tougher challenge – the best Latin America vegetarian restaurants. Oh sure, Central America, South America, and the Spanish Caribbean are famously the mother lode of corn, potatoes, and especially rice and beans, but if that’s all you rely upon, things can get pretty monótono pretty fast.

Yet as in much of the rest of the world, things are

You don't book a room in Condado, an isthmus lined with beachfront condos, hotels, fabulous restaurants and bars, clubs, and casinos near downtown San Juan, because you love stand-up paddleboarding. (Stand-up bar-hopping, that's another thing.) But every day more and more locals are shelling out $1,000 and up for paddleboards so they can slice through Condado Lagoon, which separates Condado from the mainland. And now a start-up company named Velauno, which I discovered with a little help from

The rising cost of fuel is a topic that we are all familiar with and it can affect us both in our daily life plus our holiday travel plans. It is not just the UK that is facing this problem; it is a common factor all over the world and with many of us choosing to book holidays that involve a car hire it helps if we know a few ways of conserving the fuel we have and getting the most from it.

Before you depart on your journey you need to make sure your vehicle is in an overall good condition. It’

Our visit to Dubrovnik seemed to be generating lots of hype onboard the ship. As this was our first Mediterranean cruise we were swept up in the added anticipation. Let me tell you, we weren’t disappointed.

There were many ex-pats on board the ship with us who were looking forward to the visit. Also, many with ancestors from the area. Perhaps as a result of the former Yugoslavia’s troubled past, many were returning to their homeland for the first time. You could visibly see the added excitement

Lençóis Maranhenses is surely one of the most wondrous places in a country packed with wondrous places. If we add to its undisputed beauty the fact that mass tourism has not reached the region, we have the perfect tourist destination. The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in the small northern state of Maranhão spreads over 300 square kilometers of white dunes and lagoons that can be defined as one of the most fascinating places on earth.

The sand dunes spread from the coast, reaching over 50 km