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10 Favorite Experiences in Old San Juan

The oldest European-established settlement under U.S. jurisdiction, Old San Juan is a colorful colonial town that echoes with centuries of history. Culturally and geographically, Old…

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The Most Important Travel Stories of 2014

Editors Arthur Frommer, Pauline Frommer, and Jason Cochran select the stories that had the biggest impact on travel in 2014. Which headlines mattered most to how you will travel in the…

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Pauline Frommer's Travel Resolutions for 2015

“Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual," wrote the brilliant Mark Twain. But for once, I’m going…

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How to Turn Any Hotel Into a Love Nest

Be it Valentine's Day, a honeymoon or just a romantic getaway for two, the hotel room is important. Someone is going to get the best, most romantic, room in the house, and it may as…

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The World's Grandest Horse Races

If you like to bet on horse races, the adrenaline rush comes as your horse gallops closer to the finish line—hopefully in first place. Even if you’re not inclined to put money on a…

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Seattle at Its Best: Great Images and How to Take Them

With its bold architecture and majestic natural beauty, Seattle is a photographer’s paradise. Photographer David Barnes has traveled the world but still says that few places can…

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Greatest Party Hostels in Europe

A few weeks left during your semester abroad? Gearing up for a summer holiday? Either way, for young people and students looking for a great time in Europe, here are 10 certified party…

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Scotland's Finest—And Oddest—Sights and Experiences

Scotland delivers on every expectation. It's a deeply romantic land filled with misty lochs, fields of heather, and moody mountain ranges. At the same time, its thoroughly modern…

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America's Best Summer Towns: Bristol, Rhode Island

Welcome to Bristol, Rhode Island : home to American's very first Fourth of July Parade, innovative farm-to-table dining, four-poster bed and breakfasts, wildlife-rich nature reserves…

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Berlin: 25 Years Since the Fall of the Wall

On November 9th, 1989, the Cold War came to a screeching halt with the fall of the Berlin Wall. As the Easter bloc rapidly collapsed, the event signaled a major political shift for the…

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Do as the Bolognesi Do: Top 5 Places to Live like a Local

Note from the Editor: This travel memoir was written by one of our terrific summer interns, recently back from Bologna. There are few things that a study abroad student wants more than…

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You Haven't Seen the Amalfi Coast Until You've Seen These 10 Places

Legend has it the coastal region, Amalfi, was named for a famed beauty with eyes the color of the sea. Amalfi was a nymph, and Hercules was her happy boyfriend. But as with so many…

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The Way It Was: Nostalgic Images from the Glory Days of Air Travel

It’s one thing to hear stories about how glamorous airline travel used to be. Seeing it with your own eyes—and seeing the style and dignity that’s been lost—can all but break your…

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Canada's Very Best Festivals

Why not arrange your next vacation around a great festival? Canada has some extraordinary ones that draw everyone from the biggest stars in Hollywood to the legends of jazz to cowboys…

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5 Things You Don't Know About Italy

By Donald Strachan "Form is temporary, class is permanent." It's the kind of sentence a sports journalist might write, and it's certainly true when it comes to Italy. The bel paese…

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5 Things You Don't Know About California

By Matthew Richard Poole Like Katy Perry says, you could travel the world but nothing comes close to the Golden Coast. California will always be the golden child of the United States,…

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5 Things You Don't Know About Los Angeles

By Tara de Lis It's easy to think of Los Angeles as "La La Land," a place where perfect-10 models and their beach bum boyfriends do little more than deepen their tans while waiting to…

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5 Things You Don't Know About San Francisco

By Matthew Richard Poole If America hosted a prom, San Francisco would be the queen. And it's not just another pretty face. We've got more culture than a yogurt shop, the top…

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5 Things You Don't Know About Japan

By Beth Rieber Most visitors find Japan to be a country of startling contrasts, at one and the same time dizzyingly contemporary and proudly traditional. Here are just a few of the…

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6 Things You Don't Know About Costa Rica

By Eliot Greenspan Costa Rica is a world famous ecotourism destination and one of the top all-around vacation spots in Latin America. Still, there's a whole lot more to Costa Rica than…

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5 Things You Don't Know About France

By Caroline Sieg Classic, yet ever-changing, here's the latest news from France, including new hotels and a tropical retreat. Photo caption: The island of Mont-St-Michel at sunset in…

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10 Bizarre Buildings in China You Didn't Know Existed

Modern China has some of the most bizarre architecture you've ever seen. It's hard to believe buildings can look like this—leave it to China to make them a reality.

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Seven Alaska Honeymoon Hotels with a View

What draws tourists to the vast land of Alaska is not man-made monuments, but rather everything that Mother Nature has to offer. The state is a majestic work of nature in itself—from…

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Royal Princess Photo Slideshow

Princess Cruises' Royal Princess has a few twists that separate her from her competition. One is the SeaWalk, a see-through observation pathway that arcs out from the starboard side of…

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Frommer's' Best Travel Gifts

A lot of things that are sold as travel gifts aren’t really travel gifts at all. Tiny bottles of shampoo? Teabag sets? No, in our book, a good travel present is something that makes…