Discover Japan 10-Night Tour
Explore the Land of the Rising Sun with this ten-night guided excursion currently on offer from SmarTours. This itinerary begins in Tokyo, where you’ll enjoy a guided tour of the Imperial Palace...
View ArticleGreat-Value Granada Hotel – 20% off in June
Stay: Room Mate Migueletes, another fantastic low-cost, high-design property from Spain’s Room Mate hotel chain, is ideally located in Albayzin, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and housed in a...
View ArticleCruise West Offers $2,500 VISA Gift Card
As part of its 2010 Voyages of the Great Explorers series, Cruise West is offering guests a $2,500 VISA gift card, or, to help cut costs, passengers can choose to apply the $2,500 promotion to the...
View Article9-Nt Morocco Tour w/5-Star Hotels, Meals, & Air from $1,799
Rubbing elbows with Spain, Western Sahara, and Algeria, Morocco marries these cultures with its own diverse history into an exotic, Afro-European folktale. This Bedouin journey begins in romantic...
View ArticleThe Ellora and Ajanta Caves: India’s Most Underrated Attraction
The Taj Mahal may get all of the glory, but it’s India’s ancient Ellora and Ajanta caves – designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites, dating back some two millennia – that are the country’s true star...
View ArticleInspired Travel: Mt. Roraima in Venezuela
Unassuming from afar, yet quite strikingly incredible close-up, Mount Roraima on the Venezuela-Brazil-Guyana border is a destination that deserves it’s own travel itinerary. The tepuy, or tabletop...
View ArticleInspired Travel: Plain of Jars in Laos
This largely unknown UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Xieng Khouang plateau in Laos is dotted with thousands of stone jars. The first study of the archaeological site came to the initial conclusion...
View ArticleDestination to Watch: Valparaíso, Chile
A colorful architectural jumble of old clapboard houses and crumbling mansions, the captivating port town of Valparaíso comprises Chile’s cultural core. A UNESCO-protected gem of a city, the hodgepodge...
View ArticleInspired Travel: Petra, Jordan
Venture down a narrow gorge between two cliffs towering at 263 feet high and you’ll encounter the Lost City of Petra, Jordan. Petra was mostly unknown to the western world until it was “discovered” in...
View ArticleSouth America on a Shoestring: Cuenca, Ecuador
Bigger, bustling Quito may get more of the glory, but after spending a week on the ground in both locales, it’s smaller-scale Cuenca – Ecuador’s third-largest metropolis – that wins hands-down for...
View ArticleInspired Travel: Fingal’s Cave
What do Queen Victoria, Mendelssohn, and Pink Floyd have in common? If you guessed Fingal’s Cave on the Scottish island of Staffa, then you’re correct. Since it was found, “Uamb-Binn” – the Gaelic name...
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