Bastille Day: How to join the French Foreign Legion
Nothing like Bastille Day to get you thinking about the glamorous French Foreign Legion, which was formed in 1831.
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If you're visiting Berlin this summer, you'll notice an unusual addition to the city's Mitte district -- the Humboldt Box, a futuristic...
Get the full story >>Some might call it the running of the fools
Each July a million revelers pack into Pamplona, Spain, for the raucous Festival of San Fermin. They come to this proud town in the Pyrenees...
Get the full story >>Luxury touches for Boeing Dreamliners' interior
From the outset, Boeing Co. has touted its 787 Dreamliner as an innovative passenger jet equipped to usher in a new age in air travel.
Get the full story >>Skirting tourist trouble in Nicaragua, Mexico
Fear and violence haunt the streets of Managua, Nicaragua's capital, rife with extreme poverty and inevitable crime. Rather than whole, safe...
Get the full story >>2011 Epcot International Food & Wine Festival details revealed
Here are some early highlights for the 16th annual Epcot International Food & Wine Festival from Pam Brandon, Disney Parks Food Writer...
Get the full story >>Europe boasts a gorgeous natural side
I caught backyard glimpses of farms in action, ducks rudely swimming butt-up in mill ponds, rabbits popping up in fields video-game style,...
Get the full story >>Titanic exhibit opening in Northern Ireland
Next year is the 100th anniversary of the fatal sinking, but exhibitions about the doomed vessel have been running for years all around the...
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A traveler heads deep into Ranthambore National Park, hunting grounds for maharajahs of old and royals of the modern day.
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Kenton Cool, British mountaineer, alpinist and guide, sent this tweet: "@KentonCool: Everest summit no 9! 1st tweet from the top of the...
Get the full story >>Amsterdam: 'Airport Park' greenery
Amsterdam has a new park-like space at the city's Schiphol Airport where travelers waiting for takeoff can sit at picnic tables amid real...
Get the full story >>Culinary walk through Barcelona
The best way to get to know the culture of any place is to eat your way through it. This is especially true in Barcelona.
Get the full story >>A taste of the real Fiji
A frenzied pace? Not at the island resorts of Nukubati and Toberua, where life is easy. Here, it's all about hammocks, pearls and kava.
Get the full story >>Victoria, Canada celebrates Prince William's royal wedding
Her Majesty the Queen apparently is a fan of the charming Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria, Canada.
Get the full story >>Don't think of Portugal as side trip
Charming and historic accommodations are available for relatively few euros.
Get the full story >>Asia travel: Five trends to watch
Political transformation, medical tourism, high-speed rail, cheap airfares and a boom in cruising are among the hot topics in Asia travel.
Get the full story >>Adventure in the Andes: a hike in Ecuador's highlands
Here, nearly 10,000 feet high along the equator, the sun rises and sets at 6 o'clock. Every day. All year.
Get the full story >>Such a lot of posers at Carnival in Venice
I signed up for a February photography workshop for which we would have professional costumed models posing in out-of-the-way locations,...
Get the full story >>Sustainable tourism is a new way to see Scotland
I had come to Scotland for what was billed as a "glam, green experience," to discover that you don't have to sacrifice the glam to...
Get the full story >>Hot spots to travel in Europe in 2011
If you're looking for the hot spots in Europe for 2011, consider these, which promise to be buzzing in the new year:
Get the full story >>Into the wintry world of the snow globe
The snow globe museum in Vienna reveals the history of one of the world's most beloved souvenirs.
Get the full story >>Tasty Wellington, a place to be eaten up
When the waiter asked me how I'd like my coffee -- a "flat white" or a "long black" -- I knew I was in New Zealand.
Get the full story >>Paris' chocolatey coating
Chocolate in Paris is serious business. One can hardly walk from the Louvre to the Left Bank without bumping into a chocolate boutique....
Get the full story >>Naples' Baroque glory
Naples, Italy — The ticket taker on the train from Rome had to shout to get my attention. I was staring out the window, iPod cranked...
Get the full story >>10 European attractions off the beaten path
Headed for Europe? See the great capitals and famous museums, of course. But then take the unbeaten path.
Get the full story >>200 photos for 200 years of Mexico
As Mexico marks its bicentennial, staff writer Christopher Reynolds has pulled out 200 photos from about two-dozen trips over the last 20...
Get the full story >>Sintra, Portugal: A magical place on the edge of Europe
Eccentric millionaire Antonio Augusto Carvalho Monteiro would have gotten a good laugh.
Get the full story >>Vietnam's Phu Quoc island slowly opening up to the world
During the four years I lived in Hanoi, where I was The Times' bureau chief in the late 1990s, I did a pretty good job of getting around...
Get the full story >>Pictures: Oktoberfest fun takes over Munich
The Oktoberfest tradition started in 1810 to celebrate the Oct. 12th marriage of Bavarian Crown Prince Ludwig to the Saxon-Hildburghausen...
Get the full story >>A picturesque time at the Impressionist Normandy Festival
Last spring in the Paris Metro, I paused to admire a colorful advertisement for the Impressionist Normandy Festival, a celebration of the...
Get the full story >>A more affordable cruise on Mexico's Mar de Cortés
It definitely was not the typical boat-for-hire tropical vacation where a smiling, uniformed crew whips up frosty drinks and cleans the...
Get the full story >>Paris for beginners
Grumpy, glorious Paris — where does a first-timer start? Well, I'm here to tell you that they mold a nice cornice, these people, and...
Get the full story >>Stockholm's island getaways
For years I've flown over Stockholm's famed archipelago or glided by it on a big cruise ship heading for Helsinki. Finally, I filmed one...
Get the full story >>Bali, soul of replenishment
On a steamy, drizzly morning, my friend Alejandra Cisneros leads us on a narrow dirt path through the flooded rice fields.
Get the full story >>Tiptoeing around the strikes in Greece
In the freezing snow of January, a two-week family vacation to Greece in early July seemed like a great idea. Both sets of my wife's...
Get the full story >>Pictures: Scenes around the Seine
For the ninth summer in a row, Paris is becoming beachfront property... sort of. For the summer, the City of Lights adorns the banks of the...
Get the full story >>An old way of life hidden in British Columbia
Tucked into the green valleys of southeast British Columbia, a handful of century-old brick houses are mute witness to an old way of life.
Get the full story >>Jump into this Austrian postcard
It's rare that a town's charm will get me out of bed early. The postcard-pretty, lake-cuddling town of Hallstatt, Austria, two hours south...
Get the full story >>Beauty abounds at Sissinghurst Castle Garden in Kent, England
"Everybody knows Kent," Charles Dickens wrote in "The Pickwick Papers," "apples, cherries, hops and women."
Get the full story >>Old San Juan turns on the charm
Beyond chain stores and souvenir shops, Old San Juan still brims with authentic Caribbean charm.
Get the full story >>Lisbon a gateway to Old World charm
If San Francisco had a sister, it would be Lisbon. They have twin bridges and famously foggy weather. Both are situated on the best...
Get the full story >>A high-speed zip across Europe by train
Last winter, when Kelly, my teenage son, and I rode trains for a total of 50 hours across France, Germany, Britain and the Low Countries on...
Get the full story >>Scottish hotel dresses in Italian fashion
It's in the heart of Edinburgh's historic district, where hotels, pubs, restaurants and souvenir shops line the cobblestone Royal Mile. Yet,...
Get the full story >>Greenland: An arctic playground
NUUK, Greenland -- Only twice have I entered a country without someone at least glancing at my ID or passport. The first time was in Iraq,...
Get the full story >>From a bike, watch Europe go by
Some travelers are surprised when I tell them to consider biking in Europe. I explain that it's not only a cheap way to travel, but it...
Get the full story >>Pictures: 2010 World Expo in Shanghai
The World Expo is being held from May 1, 2010 to October 31, 2010 and is expected to attract more than 70 million visitors. After just the...
Get the full story >>Passion and faith in Oberammergau, Germany
Villages in the Bavarian Alps go to sleep early on summer nights. Silence rolls down from the mountaintops along with an eiderdown blanket...
Get the full story >>Galapagos wildlife captures travelers' curiosity
One thing above all draws the curious, the adventurous and those who love nature to these rough-hewn volcanic islands 600 miles west of...
Get the full story >>Goal: Catch the spirit
When Brazilian soccer legend Pele called his sport "the beautiful game," he may have been talking about the lush green of the field and...
Get the full story >>Sweden preserves its Old World charms
As I examined a map of central Sweden, place names seemed oddly familiar: Siljan … Leksand ... Rattvik. ... Had I been here in another...
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