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Anyone visiting an iconic city like New York or Paris is always looking for the best view of the city, whether it’s atop the Empire State Building or the Eiffel Tower. But every once in awhile, you’ll find yourself facing a breathtaking view from a totally unexpected spot, one you might have even stumbled upon…
Everyone likes a day at the beach, and vacations alongside crashing waves are unbeatable. However, common wisdom might tell you that staying on or near a beach isn’t a budget-friendly option. Or, perhaps you think that you’ll have to put up with too many compromises, ultimately making your beach time less than ideal. To help…
“Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You fight for it . . . and sometimes even travel around the world looking for it,” writes Elizabeth Gilbert in her famous travel memoir “Eat, Pray, Love.” Since the book was first published in 2006, Gilbert’s account of her soul-searching excursion through Italy, Indonesia, and India has…
Rivers have attracted travelers for their beauty, their bountiful supply for fishing, their fun and engaging rapids for water rafting, their leisure flow which makes for fun days of tubing—the list goes on and on. However, for most, a river experience is usually above ground. And that’s a shame because the world is filled with…
From our Instagram feeds to our book club picks to blogs like yours truly, travel inspiration can be uncovered anywhere. Movies, too, can trigger some serious wanderlust—and inspire us to go on an adventure through nature (“Into the Wild”), book an impromptu trip to Los Angeles (“La La Land”), road trip with our best friends…
Sheikh-Lotfolloah Mosque in Esfahan; Photo by Chris Nielsen Chances are, when you tell people that you’ve booked an exotic trip of a lifetime, and that it’s not a safari in Africa or island hopping in Thailand, but Iran, you might be faced with a rapid-fire line of questions and comments that express surprise, confusion, or…
For many centuries, towns and cities built walls around their perimeters to defend their citizens. Today such fortifications are not necessary, but many medieval cities retain their historic barriers. For the modern traveler, these outer walls are a great vantage point to observe an entire city (your Instagram will thank you). Here are 11 such…
Let’s get the main question out of the way: What is a tidal island? Quite simply, it’s an island connected to the mainland by a low-lying land bridge that is crossable during low tide and submerged during high tide. The phenomenon occurs all over the world, but particularly in the United Kingdom. Take a look…
Photo courtesy of Corey Taratuta via Flickr When wanderlust strikes and the call of the open road is too strong to resist, it shouldn’t matter which decade of your life you happen to be in. Age is but a number, but bearing in mind the old adage, ‘right place, wrong time,’ some road trips can…
Cuba, the largest island in the Caribbean, was, until recently, considered the forbidden fruit of travel destinations for Americans. In 2015, the U.S., which had placed a 50-plus year embargo against the country, loosened its travel restrictions, thrusting the exotic, enigmatic spot on the map in the spotlight. The first commercial flight from the U.S.…