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World Destinations
Tours explore the culinary side of Belize
For years, culinary travel has been a growing trend and now, with the launch of Belize's new culinary ...
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Visit to Germany provides a surprise a minute There's no need to go looking for fun, adventure, and all the little culture nuggets in Germany. First impressions ...
Los Cabos: a picture-perfect Mexican holiday spot I’ll bet that a high percentage of Edmontonians, or maybe make that Albertans, were picturing in their minds ...
Danube cruise a great way to see Eastern Europe I doubt that there was anyone in their stateroom when the River Princess passed Hungary’s spectacular Parliament House ...
Bremen and Bremerhaven: gems of Germany’s northwest Among the 16 states that make up the German Federation is the free city state of Bremen.
Rick’s Café still entrancing visitors to Casablanca I was so intrigued with the movie Casablanca that I saw it four times in my younger days. So when enroute to Casablanca ...
One-day Vienna tour is whirlwind not waltz Forget the waltzes and 3/4 time. With only one full day to cover a city that was once the capital of Europe, dancing is out ...
Exploring Northern Europe with Celebrity Cruises Voted the World’s Best Large Ship Cruise Line by Conde Nast Traveler for six years in a row, Celebrity Century Cruises thinks of everything possible ...
Belize is new destination for culinary travel Culinary travel has been making its mark among travel destinations around the globe, and is being swiftly added to travellers' itineraries worldwide.
Making the most of London in five days You could say we landed in London with a senior bang. My wife Charlotte and I arrived at Heathrow Airport recently ...
Bratislava – hidden treasure In Central Europe It couldn’t be helped. There he was, The Peeper, smiling nonchalantly at passersby from a manhole on one of the main streets ...
Hop on the bus to see Dublin attractions With its multitude of historical, cultural and literary attractions, the city of Dublin will reward a long stay.
A day trip in the Amazon: venomous centipedes, blow guns, and hunting alligators in the dark My mind whirled with thoughts of vicious sharp-toothed piranhas, but I couldn’t resist trailing my fingers through the murky brown water of the Amazon. I gasped ...
Cruising good way to enjoy the romance of Tahiti It’s hard to believe that Bali Hai was a figment of James Michener’s imagination. Cruising the South Pacific waters ...
Tropical Roatan is an island of wonders From the second largest barrier reef in the world, to climbing green iguanas to playful dolphins frolicking in the turquoise water of the Caribbean Sea ...
Exploring old and new in South Korea Once reserved for nobility, today Seoul is home to about one-quarter of South Korea's 46.9 million citizens, making it the fifth largest city in the world.
Penang architecture reflects city’s multiculturalism Drivers and pedestrians stop to stare as a convoy of several dozen trishaws, each with a blue and white umbrella shielding its occupants from the tropical sun ....
Seeing the sights of historic, cultural Cairo As I looked out the window of my room on the 22nd floor of my hotel, I got a panoramic view of the city of Cairo, an urban landscape crowded with thousands of buildings, and the majestic Nile.....
Roman holiday is sure to be a pleasure Everyone should visit Rome at least once. Whether you have a few days or a few weeks, the Eternal City will not disappoint
Wurzburg: Germany's Franken wine capital North Americans who want to visit German wine country usually head straight for the Rhine. Rieslings produced along that river's picturesque banks west of Frankfurt
Enjoying the pleasures of Dublin’s fair city Guinness is a name that has been identified with Dublin since 1759, when an optimistic young Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year
46th Israel Festival serves up multicultural banquet A snapshot of this year's 46th annual Israel Festival of music and performing arts reveals a multicultural banquet of dance, opera, classical, contemporary, jazz and world music and theatre in Jerusalem, Holon, Haifa, and Tel Aviv.
Little-known Azores islands are alluringly beautiful So near, so fascinating, yet hardly on the radar.
Nine islands lie in the mid-Atlantic, only a four-hour flight from the mainland of Canada. Visiting them is far less expensive than most European holidays, and yet, it is as if these gems just popped up on the planet.
Antigua offers a sense of unspoiled serenity
With so many tropical islands teeming with highrise hotels, tour buses and duty free shops, it can be difficult to find the little piece of paradise that many travellers dream about.
Yucatán features historic ruins and balmy beaches
Yucatán – the very name evokes ancient ruins barely discernible amid the tangled jungle foliage.
Barbados has a beauty all its own
Nicknamed
“Little England,” Barbados has a trimness that stands
out in a crowd.
Dominica - one of Caribbean's
best-kept island secrets
Known as the Nature Island of the Caribbean, Dominica has rainforests
that are among the last island-based rainforests in the world.
Savonlinna Opera Festival 2005 Finnish muses inspire 80 international festivals The Sibelius Festival and Lahti Organ Festival will be among 80 world-class Finland Festivals, distinguished by their scope and quality of performance, to be held this year.
World’s remote corners present unusual dangers Adventure columnist Doug Lansky has been there and done that...big time. His job leads him to off the beaten track places few travelers ever see. If you're planning to see some remote attractions, here are 15 tips from Doug's book Up the Amazon Without a Paddle (Meadowbrook Press) to help you come back in one piece. Greece putting on its best face for the Olympics It’s the land of the gods and the birthplace of the Olympic Games. Whatever the time of year, Greece is a wonder to visit, but never more than this summer when the Olympics return to Athens. Travel the world by teaching English If you speak English and love to travel, the world is waiting for you. Travel can be expensive but there is an easy way to see the world at someone else’s expense – teaching English as a second language. Ajanta and Ellora: India’s handcrafted caves In 1819, British officers hunting tigers in the hills north of Aurangabad, India, came upon a horseshoe-shaped cliff riddled with what they thought were caves. They decided to explore, climbing midway up the scarp, pushing aside vegetation that partially obscured entrances and scrambling over debris that littered the interiors. Visit Chile From the Atacama, the driest desert in the world, in the north, to its southern lakes and glaciers, Chile has a multitude of attractions and an airpass issued by LanChile is making it easier to experience them. European Vacations Art and architecture buffs claim we have not seen anything, until we see the city of Prague. In Italy, the real mark of summer is the grand selection of open-air opera festivals. Chilean Vacations Two unique cultural and archaeological destinations of South America and the South Pacific are combined in a travel package offered by LanChile Vacations. Beautiful Belize If you are looking for a laid-back escape from the pressures of modern life, the tiny island community of Caye Caulker, Belize is likely to fit the bill. Beautiful Berlin At any time of day and night now, Berliners walk, cycle, drive, skate and jog between the east and west neighbourhoods of the city, travelling back and forth where the Berlin Wall used to be. Airpass provides discount travel in Chile From the Atacama, the driest desert in the world, to the beauty of the southern lakes and glaciers, LanChile is making it easier for travelers to experience a combination of Chile's many destinations with its value-added "Visit Chile" airpass program. TIKAL Guatemala's Great Maya Capital It was 8:30 a.m. in Tikal National Park, the ancient Maya ceremonial center at the heart of the vast rainforest that covers virtually all of northern Guatemala. Already I had scaled the Temple of the Masks to watch the sun rise over the Temple of the Great Jaguar, hiked through dense jungle of Ceiba.
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