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Site of Julius Caesar Assassination in Rome Opens to Tourists

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/22/2023, 2:45 PM

This post, originally published April 20, 2021, has been updated with new information. The spot in Rome where Julius Caesar was assassinated has opened to the public for the first time. Located just south of the Pantheon, Largo di Torre Argentina, also known as the Area Sacra, is a large sunken square containing the ruins of four ancient temples and the Curia of Pompey. On March 15, 44 B.C....

The New African American Museum in Charleston: Opening Date, How to Go, What to See

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/19/2023, 7:00 AM

An estimated 40% of all enslaved Africans brought to the United States as part of the international slave trade disembarked in Charleston, South Carolina. On Tuesday, June 27, the new International African American Museum will open on the very spot that was once the disembarkation point, Gadsden's Wharf. In a press release, the museum describes its mission as exploring "the history, culture, an...

The Best Nude Beaches in the World Named in New Ranking

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/16/2023, 7:00 AM

In the 2004 sex comedy EuroTrip, one character cites Frommer's as a reliable source for info about nude beaches, in a scene we can't show you here for reasons summed up in the movie's immortal line, "There are so . . . many . . . penises." In the interest of upholding our reputation (even though most of the travel advice ascribed to Frommer's in EuroTrip was made up by the screenwriters), we feel ...

What to Know About the U.K.’s New Online Application and Entry Fee for Visitors

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/13/2023, 11:15 AM

Soon, visiting the United Kingdom will involve filling out an online application in advance and paying an entry fee. Here's what we know so far.

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World’s Deepest Underground Hotel Now Open 1,375 Feet Below the Surface

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/12/2023, 6:00 AM

Talk about going down for a nap. A new lodging located inside a former Victorian-era slate mine in North Wales is being billed as the "world's deepest overnight accommodation." Aptly named Deep Sleep, the cluster of four cabins and one double bedroom (pictured above) carved from a cavern wall offer subterranean slumber at an astonishing 1,375 feet below the surface. For some context, the height...

Nonstop Flights to British Virgin Islands from U.S. Are Here at Last

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/07/2023, 5:00 AM

For the first time in decades, you can take a commercial flight straight from the U.S. mainland to the British Virgin Islands. Up to now, U.S. travelers aiming for the archipelago's inviting beaches and yacht-dotted waters have had to fly into Puerto Rico or St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands and then take a ferry or another short flight to reach the BVI. But starting June 1, American Airlin...

Where Recreational Cannabis Is Now Legal in the United States

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 06/01/2023, 2:45 PM

23 states and counting . . . 

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Boston’s Prudential Tower Observatory, View Boston, Ups Its Game

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 05/30/2023, 7:30 PM

Recent visitors to Boston may have noticed a dearth of publicly accessible views of the city from atop its tallest buildings. The tallest of all, the John Hancock Tower (now officially named 200 Clarendon Street, but good luck finding a local who’d call it that), closed its observation deck after 9/11. And just before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Prudential Tower—the skyline’s second-place holder...

How Bad Will the 2023 Hurricane Season Be? Here's What the Forecasts Say

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 05/26/2023, 4:15 PM

UPDATE, May 26: The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season will be "near-normal," according to the official forecast from the U.S. government. In its annual outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a total of 12 to 17 named storms in the region encompassing the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast, and the U.S. Atlantic coastline. Of those storms, five to nine could become hurr...

France Bans Short-Haul Flights—but Only a Few Routes Are Affected

By Zac Thompson

Posted on 05/24/2023, 3:00 PM

This week France became the first country in the world to enact a ban on short-haul domestic flights. According to the new law, airlines may not operate flights between two French cities when there's a rail connection available that takes less than 2 hours and 30 minutes. The measure is an attempt to reduce carbon emissions caused by air travel, which the World Wildlife Fund describes as "curre...

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