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Spring break here in Valencia is the first week in April, so our family decided to take the opportunity to visit northern Spain. We based ourselves in the little town of Villaviciosa to explore...
DATE: April 22, 2018 | COLUMN: An American in Spain
Of all the hotel annoyances, the one that bothers Louise Sattler the most is the smells. “Scents,” she says, “and smoking in hotel rooms.” Sattler, a psychologist from Los Angeles, is one in a...
DATE: April 22, 2018 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
FAJARDO, Puerto Rico – As crews re-string electric lines and clear debris from Hurricane Maria, a small group of Puerto Rican and international conservationists is working on rebuilding natural...
DATE: April 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
HOOD RIVER, Ore. (AP) – The Columbia River Gorge is a marvel of nature known for spectacular waterfalls, scenery and hiking. But it’s also famous in the world of wine. The region’s geology has...
DATE: April 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Nepal’s government on Thursday honored two climbers who were the first to scale Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen 40 years ago. Minister for Tourism Rabindra Adhikari...
DATE: April 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
BISMARCK, N.D. – When Theodore Roosevelt came to Dakota Territory in 1883 to hunt bison, locals saw him as an Eastern tenderfoot with no clue on handling the hardships of frontier life. He turned...
DATE: April 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – When you think of Florida, the colored stone walls of the Grand Canyon don’t come to mind. Neither do cowboys, wolves or Native American silver-and-turquoise jewelry. In...
DATE: April 17, 2018 | UPDATED: 5 days 5 hours ago | CATEGORY: Travel
SALT LAKE CITY – It toured the world for two years with rock behemoths U2, towering above the band through 30 countries and before a combined audience of 7.2 million people. But soon, the...
DATE: April 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
Travel fees are getting more creative than ever – and so should you. When it comes to new travel fees, the sky’s the limit. Or, in Liz Pollock’s case, the fourth floor of her hotel. Pollock...
DATE: April 15, 2018 | COLUMN: The Travel Troubleshooter
Is a company called ViaHero creating a new model for travel? For a flat fee of $25 a day, travelers can use a service called ViaHero to hire locals on the ground to plan out their trips, arranging...
DATE: April 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
POHNPEI STATE, Micronesia – I’m panicked and soaked as smiling locals fish me out of the bay on the island of Pohnpei in Micronesia. “Trip of a lifetime,” I sarcastically thought as we made our way...
DATE: April 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
That “Trump slump” we’ve been hearing about in travel may not be as bad it seems. The U.S. Department of Commerce says government statistics showing a decrease in international arrivals to the...
DATE: April 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: Travel
