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Eating up Paris with Patricia Wells
The ‘Food Lover’s Guide’ author has a new edition and an enduring love for an ever-changing city.
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The rewards of low-key Fossano, in Italy’s Piedmont region
From the medieval town of Fossano, you can travel to the famous cheese and wine towns of Italy’s Piedmont
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Falling in love, and longing, in Lisbon
Her curious mission: Unlock the feeling of wistfulness that haunts her — what the Portuguese call saudade.
Travel Features
Tossa de Mar, a medieval-and-modern Spanish gem
Guidebooks may dismiss the town, but the author found a unique experience in its blend of cultures.
The Swiss make wine? Who knew?
In Switzerland, the wineries are pint-size and family-owned, and most of the wine is consumed locally.
Vermouth, back in Barcelona
No longer the drink of grannies, vermouth is making a comeback in Spain’s Catalonia region.
Philadelphia’s star-studded dining scene
New restaurant openings highlight Philly’s evolution toward a less formal fine dining scene.
The ice of Antarctica, crackling with energy
The penguins of Antarctica are fascinating, but they’re no competition for the mesmerizing ice.
The word ‘hostel’ doesn’t mean what it used to anymore
Forget the image of grungy youth hostels full of backpackers. Today’s hostels are a whole different animal.
Now showing: Upgraded in-room entertainment
Forget pay-per-view. Hotels are making it easier to stream your content onto some really nice TVs.
Tasting Scotch in the middle of Nowhere, Wyoming
An inn in an old Wyoming mining town offers twice-monthly Scotch tastings for those in the know, or not.
Tasting a bevy of chocolate elixirs in Santa Fe, N.M.
This chocolate emporium in Santa Fe specializes in historically based hot chocolate drinks to tickle the palate.
Sign Language: Funny signs from the road
Readers send in humorous signs from their travels around the world.
For expedited passport service, head to 600 19th St. NW
New location is more efficient and welcoming; no more pileups at security.
Arthur Frommer talks about old and new beginnings
The veteran globe-trotting publisher discusses his career, from his Army years to the latest Frommer’s.
Where a drug lord once cavorted, children now play
Burnishing Colombia’s image, the estate of drug lord Pablo Escobar is now a family-oriented theme park.
Travel Deals
This week’s best travel bargains
Discounts on a 2-week walking tour of Sicily; seeing Switzerland by train; bicycling tours of Europe and more.
A birthday hike along the Inca Trail
Two friends celebrate turning 40 with a hike to Machu Picchu, taking a break from civilization for four days.
Bed Check
Where historic buildings come back to life
Bed Check: Stevenson Ridge in Virginia is more than just an inn; it’s a compound of resurrected structures.
In Virginia’s Northern Neck, the Kilmarnock Inn’s presidential aspirations
BED CHECK | The Virginia bed-and-breakfast mixes history and recreation in a charming setting.
Embracing the boutique in Manhattan’s Nolitan Hotel
This boutique hotel in a hipster neighborhood offers nine floors of contemporary comfort.
Time stands still in the 1880s at Leith Hall
The Cape May bed-and-breakfast is as much a museum as a place to rest your head for the night.
Good things spring forth at this Virginia inn
A night at the Shenandoah Valley’s Inn at Vaucluse Spring.
The Navigator
A new airfare bill: Transparency, or deception?
A proposed bill to disclose government airline taxes could have the opposite of its intended effect.
Travel galleries
Kerala, India: ‘God’s Own Country’
The state in the nation’s southwest is an oasis of natural beauty and religious coexistence.
The ice of Antarctica, crackling with energy
The ice in the Antarctic is alive with action, creating some of nature’s most fascinating and kinetic sculptures.
Hotel lobbies are getting makeovers
Properties hope amenities and new designs will entice people to hang out.
Presidents slept here, and you can, too
These hotels, inns and B&Bs have commander-in-chief connections.
A tour of Colorado’s blossoming pot industry
“Colorado will be a tourist stop for everyone in the United States,” said the owner of a pot store, “until it comes to their state.”
Travel Guide 2013
Practical advice for the inspired globetrotter.
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