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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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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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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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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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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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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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5 Things You Don't Know About Emilia-Romagna

By Stephen Keeling The region of Emilia-Romagna is known for its elegant medieval cities, sun-soaked Adriatic beaches, and some of the best cuisine in Italy: Bologna has its pasta and…

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5 Things You Don't Know About Florida

By Lesley Abravanel Florida is a media darling of sorts, a state that's no stranger to headlines, for better or for worse. Some would say that Florida is the Kardashian sister of the…

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7 Port Excursions in 7 Alaskan Port Cities

Alaska attracts tourists for its wide variety of wildlife and stunning natural landscape – while being on a cruise ship offers you the best general view, staying on a ship doesn’t do…

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Frommer's' Top Destinations for 2014

The ever-shifting landscape of travel opportunities opens the gates to some destinations even as it closes the door, sometimes temporarily, on others. In devising our list of the most…

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The Most Authentic Experiences in Gloriously Phony Las Vegas

The flamboyant showman Liberace once said “too much of a good thing is wonderful!” He may very well have been talking about Las Vegas , a city in which he was a frequent headliner, and…

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Lip-Smacking Restaurants Around Louisiana

No state in the Union can match Louisiana for the variety and inventiveness of its native cuisine. And that holds whether you're dining at a gas station that just happens to smoke its…

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Fiji's Best Paradise Escapes for Honeymoons

Fiji is an island country in the South Pacific that's plenty far from the rest of civilization—about 1,100 miles north of New Zealand. With more than 332 islands and over 500 islets,…

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Celebrity Reflection: 15 Decks of Elegance & a BBQ, Too

By Matt Hannafin Where do you go from up? Celebrity already had the world's most stylish megaships in Celebrity Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse, and especially last year's Celebrity…

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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…