Posts Tagged ‘travel destinations’
Pizzas of America road trip
This mouth-watering road trip will give you a chance to sample some of the many ways that pizza is tossed and baked in America – from New York’s foldable slices to Chicago’s deep dish pizzas, from Providence’s grilled pizza to Detroit’s square Sicilian style, and from the clam pizzas of New Haven to the tomato pies of Trenton.
Great international destinations for children
When someone mentions a “family-friendly” destination, all too often it means Disney World, a children’s museum, a zoo or – if you want to be really exotic – perhaps a Caribbean beach resort with child care. What I like about this article, though, is that it focuses on destinations that you’d likely visit even if you didn’t have children, but which also happen to be places that your kids will learn from and enjoy.
Classic backpacker trails
What are some of the world’s classic backpacker trails? Lonely Planet has 10 suggestions, including a Banana Pancake Trail through Southeast Asia and an Istanbul to Cairo trek.
Road Trip through the Literary Midwest
Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut and Laura Ingalls Wilder are just some of the writers who hail from the American heartland. If you love literature, you could do a lot worse than to craft a literary road trip through the Midwest.
Riel World photo – Patagonia, Argentina
Since a lot of the U.S. is being hit with snow and cold right now, it seems like a good time for a wintery travel photo. Here is a view of the Puerto Moreno Glacier, not far from the town of El Calafate in the Patagonia region of Argentina.
More destinations for 2011
More hot destination options for 2011, courtesy of Gadling and the U.K. Telegraph.
Destinations for 2011
It’s time for various travel publications to select their top travel destinations for 2011. Here is how Lonely Planet, Frommer’s and BootsnAll see the coming year in travel.
Great destinations in Africa
There are some spectacular destinations on the African continent, as evidenced by this two-part series from “The Planet D” on the 12 greatest places to visit in Africa.
Seven travel-worthy independent bookstores
Do you love bookstores? Do you enjoy wandering the aisles, fingering the titles that line the shelves, breathing in the scent of new books, and looking for unfamiliar treasures? Then you’ll enjoy this look at some of America’s most interesting independent bookstores.
Road trip through the history of American football
It’s time to delve into the autumn ritual that involves colliding shoulder pads and barbecue-scented tailgate parties. It’s time for a road trip into the history of American football.
Seven stunning fall foliage drives
October is peak leaf-peeping season. It’s when the maple trees of New England burst into color, the aspens of Colorado turn the Rockies golden, and hordes of camera-toting tourists swarm the back roads of popular foliage locations from North Carolina to Oregon. Here are seven stunning fall foliage drives for you to enjoy.
Most picturesque lakes in the world
There are any number of stunning waterfront vistas in the world and they’re not all along ocean coastlines. Budget Travel and Yahoo just published their take on 10 of the world’s most beautiful lakes.
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