Travel
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Less-Explored Paris
It’s a long way from the plains of Africa, but Paris has its own “Big Five”, and everyone who visits…
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Capitoline Museums vs Vatican Museums
A magnificent flight of steps (the Cordonata) leads you up the gently rising Capitoline Hill. At the top lies Michelangelo’s…
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Marais Mansions
It’s hard to believe that the Marais (which means marsh) started life as a soggy bog. In 1139 the Knights…
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Budapest, with its healing waters, has just met its match in the rejuvenated spa city of Bath
Budapest is commonly seen as a kind of nirvana for spa-lovers. Since the invading Ottoman Turks introduced communal bathing to…
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Explore the Least Explored Places in London
London is one of the world’s most touristy cities, and little wonder. Seeing the place for the first time, many…
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6 MORE GREAT MUSEUMS IN ROME
Galleria Borghese Cardinal Scipione Borghese had money, taste, and, most importantly, a pope for an uncle. He started collecting paintings…
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6 MORE ROCKART SITES TO RIVAL LASCAUX
Jebel Acacus Tucked away in Libya’s remote southwestern corner, the Jebel Acacus region (also known as Tadrart Akakus, Hadrat being…
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6 PARIS ART MUSEUMS TO RIVAL THE LOUVRE
Musée National du Moyen Age Amusingly, the most famous inhabitant of the flamboyant ex-home of the Abbots of Cluny is…
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Canal St-Martin and the 10th
If you step away from the grinding traffic of the main boulevards and flurry of commuters at Gare du Nord…
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Potosí to Cusco – 6 ways to travel via train, bus, car, and plane
There’s no shortage of people who have journeyed to Cusco in Peru and other cities along South America’s “gringo trail,”…
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