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While living in Orleans, France for six weeks, we got to visit many of the châteaux of the Loire Valley. From Da Vinci staircases and medieval towers to digital art galleries and...
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What better way to head to the world’s oldest horse race than in Italy’s first luxury train? La Dolce Vita Orient Express is offering two new trips to Siena, Italy, to see...
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PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — It’s "all aboard!" for Amtrak Cascades, as they’re preparing to receive eight new train sets later in the year.READ MORE | Seattle's biggest party! City celebrates Seahawks' Super...
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Share The Article We're less than 2 months away from spring at this point, but if you think that's far too early to start planning your next Eurotrip, not every place across...
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Simple roundtrip flights can get the job done, but you can do better. It's time to spice up the way you book flights to see and do more. What's better than a...
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Imagine summer in Italy and you might picture the Amalfi Coast and the Salento peninsula in Puglia. Both offer beautiful beaches, delicious food, endless golden sun shining down on picturesque villages where...
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This is it. This is what you've been looking for: The ultimate guide that covers everything you need to find cheap flights. Flights can be obscenely pricey and are often the biggest...
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Add Silicon Canals to your Google News feed. When I stepped off the train in Florence with two suitcases and a shaky grasp of Italian, I thought I had it all figured...
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Traveling solo can be the gift you never knew you needed. One late night in a quiet newsroom, a fellow reporter showed me a train route that stretched from Louisiana to California...
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“In 2008, my wife, my then-7-year-year-old daughter and I were going to take Amtrak from Los Angeles to Chicago, but the Amtrak booking agent screwed the reservations up so badly that we...
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After decades of building businesses, designing buildings and traveling, Edward Krueger Connors Jr. reached an unexpected conclusion in his early 80s: staying put no longer made sense. “I was bored of America,”...
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Is there a better sensation for a traveller than when a train speeds out of a tunnel? The sudden flood of light, that howling rush of air. Clearly, it’s not just me...
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I’m recently back from a glorious trip to Morocco with my daughter, son-in-law, and 14-year-old grandson. I wanted to get there while I can still enjoy a vigorous trip—and discovered that I’m...
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Europe is always a good idea. And Europe with a food-focused bent is especially enchanting in the spring, when markets brim with fresh produce and chefs celebrate nature’s bounty. In Southwest Germany,...
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Share The Article Europe is every culture buff’s playground, but let’s be real for sec, most people only ever scratch the surface of the continent’s surprising diversity. I live in Paris myself—coming...
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I finally made it back to Cádiz.For years, it lingered in the back of my mind. My first and only visit was over a decade ago. Since then, I’ve returned to the...
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Share The Article There's a smorgasbord of reasons why some of Europe's most iconic beach destinations have given travelers pause before officially making plans. Between unsightly crowds and anti-tourism protests in hugely...
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You know that moment when you’re sitting at a cafe in Lisbon, or watching the sunset from a Greek island, and you think “I want to remember this feeling, not just take...
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The best train journeys in the world have an intangible allure about them. Since the dawn of time, the romance of railways has seduced poets, spellbound novelists, and dealt directors the perfect...
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Share The Article Italy's the kind of place people dream about visiting, and spend several long, laborious years saving up just to have a taste of that pistacchio gelato-flavored, flaming Tyrrhenian dolce...
