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Each week, we invite three companies to offer us their best deal for a specific break. Today: a city break in New York over the August bank holiday weekend. Prices are per person, based on two sharing. Each includes three nights' accommo...
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DJ Scott Mills presents for BBC Radio 1 on weekdays at 1pm ( bbc.co.uk ).
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Summer in the city? Late July on the beach? While I plan to be among the hordes at the airport this weekend, to share in the impatient anticipation of precious time away, personally I prefer to escape the peak-season heat (if not prices)...
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1. Time travel On Monday, Dinosaurs Unleashed gets under way at the Eden Project in Cornwall (until 2 September). Journeying back 67m years, it will encourage children track down the giant beasts, step into the ancient moss-draped landsc...
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It was an essential part of the wedding planning. It had to involve sun, luxury and minimal exertion. A year of constructing a wedding day for 90 guests was like taking on a part-time job – although one in which we had no experience – an...
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When World War I broke out, the Dolomites became a treacherous front line for Austrian and Italian soldiers. Here among the jagged peaks and sheer pastel walls of this ancient range of the Alps, where many cultures had coexisted for cent...
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Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways is the world’s best airline, according to British research firm Skytrax. The company announced the results of its annual World Airline Awards at the Farnborough International Airshow in southern ...
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What was Nick's shocking Season 2 confession during the finale of "Devious Maids"? Lifetime/Devious Maids
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Airbnb, the online lodging site, is out to win the public’s affection with its new logo — an inverted, loopy heart.
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On a visit to the Langham Pasadena a few months ago, one of the better perks of our guest room was the Chuan Spa toiletries found in the bathroom. Now, guests at the Langham can spend a whole day inside the hotel's new, real-life Chuan S...
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Every day we alert our readers of new startups in the travel industry being listed on AngelList, as an early information service for those who keep track of such things. Every weekday, there will be a list of these newbies, along with ea...
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View from our Superior Poolside Room at the Damai Beach Resort The Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo is a haven for outdoor enthusiasts and adventure travelers , especially the area surrounding the city of Kuching. A sho...
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We recently read about Nellie Bly, a newspaper reporter for the Boston World who, in 1889, set out to circumnavigate the world and beat Jules Verne's fictional time of 80 days. She packed everything for her around-the-world trip -- cloth...
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A financier charged with public intoxication at San Francisco International Airport is being investigated for allegedly posing as a security agent who patted down female travelers. Eric Slighton, 53, who lives in both San Francisco and H...
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Palestinian-American Tahani Hamdan is traveling to the Middle East this weekend. She's one visitor who is going ahead despite intensifying violence in the region. Others have decided the risk is too great.
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Celebs such as Brad Pitt, Sting, and Jason Priestly are following in tannic trailblazer Francis Ford Coppola’s steps. We found seven surprisingly good celebrity wines.
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When online travel agencies Expedia, Travelocity and Orbitz launched their own online business travel agencies years ago, the traditional travel management companies sniffed that the OTAs wouldn't be able to compete because business trav...
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How a Galápagos tortoise from the San Diego Zoo saved his sub-species from the brink of extinction. Super Diego, 91 years old, has been a resident at the Charles Darwin Research Station since 1977. He was taken from his homeland on Españ...
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A boutique hotelier has turned this former gay landmark the San Vicente Inn into a chic, affordable hotel — and he’s not done yet. For now, summer looks good on the 29-room property with its cleaned-up grounds.
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Don't have a backyard big enough to get your green thumb on? Look up, and you might find all the space you need. This approach, known as vertical gardening, has been used to maximize space in urban environments and to enhance landscapes ...
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Here on Salt Spring Island in western Canada, inside a 20-foot-wide canvas yurt—modeled after the round, portable dwellings of nomads in Mongolia and Central Asia—I feel closer to nature than ever. And yet the first thing I do upon wakin...
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Passengers and the flight crew aboard a British Airways flight to Los Angeles Monday dealt with an apparently intoxicated passenger who allegedly mocked, spat, cursed and threatened people, pointing his finger in attendants’ faces and sa...
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Photo courtesy of jmhilde/myBudgetTravel. Article by Robert Firpo-Cappiello of Budget Travel. From the classiest Parisian eateries to humble Hong Kong Street carts, from NYC delis to the Bay Area's tastiest trendsetters, every restaurant...
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I awoke early last Sunday morning and stepped out onto the porch of my room at Casa de Café -- a wonderful little bed & breakfast in Copán Ruinas, Honduras. I happened to run into a woman from the United States who had arrived in town la...
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The coach Eric Orton has a new camp for runners based in the Teton mountains.
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The coach Eric Orton has a new camp for runners based in the Teton mountains.
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For those who lived in a world prior to the Chunnel, it's hard to imagine Eurostar is old enough to need new trains. -Jason Clampet
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Consortium expects 7,000 visitors a day to take part in the 56 activities on offer at facilities built for 1992 Olympic Games Continue reading...
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A high-speed chase has never been this epic -- especially when it involves two Japanese schoolgirls armed with nothing but ninja-like skills. In this video -- an advertisement for the Japanese soda brand, Suntory -- these two have the ch...
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L980 was a crowded airway before the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 on July 18th. The route crossing eastern Ukraine was the flightpath chosen by many of the passenger jets making the journey between the big cities of Europe an...
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Ground handlers at an Italian airport have been caught on camera carelessly flinging passengers' luggage onto a Ryanair aeroplane
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Ground handlers at an Italian airport have been caught on camera carelessly flinging passengers' luggage onto a Ryanair aeroplane
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By Lily Heise, Condé Nast Traveler How to greet someone: Start off on the right foot by greeting people with "bonjour" (hello). It's not only polite to do when you're introduced directly to someone, but also when you go into a shop, when...
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China’s president Xi Jinping wants to build a railway across South America, Beijing’s latest major infrastructure proposal for a region that it has been drawing closer to both economically and politically. Xi, on a tour through the regio...
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Meeting (and bonding with) strangers is an art. Conversation has to flow somewhere cooler than "how long are you traveling?" without getting too nosey. It's got to be effortless, or at least seem to be. And where you try to do it can hav...
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The New York Palace lets guests choose between bubbles or baubles with two new $25,000-a-night triplex suites, one of which boasts a champagne cave.
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Climb, float, and soak among the serrated peaks of south-central Idaho. What Is It? A varied weekend full of high-adrenaline adventure starts with a quick boat ride across Redfish Lake. This shuttle ushers you to some of the best hiking ...
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In The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky's Red River Gorge , poet Wendell Berry writes: "And the world cannot be discovered by a journey of miles, no matter how long, but only by a spiritual journey, a journey of one inch, very arduous and...
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Humans have been looking for the giant squid ever since we first started taking pictures underwater. But the elusive deep-sea predator could never be caught on film -- until now. We want to know what you think. Join the discussion by pos...
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Most mothers would not be happy with this great blue heron, who didn't take the time to chew before it swallowed. Jessie Garza posted a video to Facebook of the great blue heron in his front yard in Zillah, Washington. The majestic bird ...
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Ben Towill, the co-owner of the Fat Radish, is biking across the U.S. talking to people about food. In his latest dispatch, he enjoys a fine burger and visits the butcher it came from.
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The Palm Springs Hotel Palm Springs : a place so good we’re devoting an entire week to it. To celebrate summer in the desert, longtime Palm Springs lover juliab will be sharing tips for the perfect PS stay all week. Be still, b...
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Across the Anacostia River from Capitol Hill, the 12-acre Kenilworth Park and Aquatic Gardens has pockets of wetlands that predate city construction. And visiting it feels like a lost surprise. Built in the late 1800s by a Civil War vet ...
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As part two of ITV's The Cruise Ship, about the Royal Princess, airs tonight, Helen Pickles finds it's the people that keep it afloat
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Paris is an undeniably cinematic city. So it might seem backward, wasteful even, to spend a few hours of a visit there shuttered inside a dark movie theater . But Paris is one of the undisputed capitals of film, and time spent in one of ...
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Times readers surely have been busy this summer, as their photos show.
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Production may have stopped in 1991, but with old bikes still being patched up and sold on eBay, and the former factory reincarnated as a culture centre, it seems like there’s life in the old Rog yet… Rog is undoubtedly ̷...
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We like the idea of a website to promote outdoor activities and tourism in Florida, but Discover Florida Wild comes off as relatively stilted and amateurish. Visit Florida and the state Department of Environmental Protection could do a l...
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A few of our favorite local spots for enjoying a few scoops this summer. photography by FRANKY FRANKENY When mercury rises, we've got only one thing on our minds: ice cream. Dare to disagree? We didn't think so. Presenting some of our fa...
