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What to Do in San Diego If You Don't Have Much Time

If you think San Diego is just about wiggling your toes in the sand or cooing over cuddly panda bears, think again. Combining big-city style with small-town heart, this seaside…

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Visiting New York City? The Top Pitfalls to Avoid

You've made the right decision in choosing New York City for your next vacation. Few places can beat its cultural diversity, historic sights, topnotch museums, world-class restaurants,…

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10 of the World's Weirdest Hotel Rooms

What do you look for in a hotel? A pool? Free Wi-Fi? Rooms in a giant pineapple? If you answered yes to that last question, then this is the list for you. We’ve scoured the globe to…

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The World's Biggest Cruise Ship: Harmony of the Seas

In May 2016, Royal Caribbean launched the largest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas . Granted, it's larger only by a small degree—there's space for just 64 more passengers…

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11 Best-Kept Travel Secrets of Greece

Travelers to Greece can get so caught up in iconic sights like the Acropolis or Santorini that they tend to overlook Greek attractions and locations that are just as classic, if less…

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Where to Go for Thanksgiving This Year

When the traditional Thanksgiving at home feels too routine—and this year you just aren't feeling like spending forever cooking a turkey—we've found the perfect escapes for that long…

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Frommer's' Wine and Vacation Pairing Guide

Have you ever wondered where the best Cabernet comes from? Or where you should travel if you want to taste sparkling wine where it's bottled? We turned to Master of Wine Peter Marks to…

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Hiking Honolulu's Diamond Head: A Picture Guide

It beckons to everyone on Waikiki Beach: Diamond Head. It's hard to look at this regal remnant of a volcanic crater and not feel the urge to stand on top of it, soaking in the view of…

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Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas: A Photo Tour

Royal Caribbean's newest ship, Anthem of the Seas , is full of high-tech bells and whistles that use technology to bring cutting-edge design to the high seas. Among the highlights:…

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What to Do in Fort Lauderdale (That Isn't the Beach)

More than 4 million cruise passengers pass through Fort Lauderdale 's Port Everglades a year. This southeastern Florida city may have high tourism arrivals on paper, but in…

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The Great Palazzo and Villa Hotels of Italy

Like much of Europe, Italy is adorned with hundreds of gorgeous old villas and palaces, each one an echo of the golden age of nobility. But time has not been kind to Italy's…

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The Most Underrated Romantic Destinations in the World

Paris, Maui, Venice—been there, done that. Although these spots are many couples’ first picks for a romantic getaway, they’re so famous that they can feel clichéd, especially if you’re…

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14 Top Destinations for Solo Travelers

Traveling with other people can be a hassle: Often, you have to make compromises and give up places you want to see, and it gets exhausting to feel you have to entertain the same…

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The Best Family Adventures on the Riviera Maya

Yes, it’s true—the aquamarine sea is astonishingly clear and warm, the sand is powder soft, and family visitors, in particular, are greeted with genuine hospitality along Mexico’s…

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Las Vegas' 10 Swankiest V.I.P. Hotel Suites

Frommer's asked online travel agency Vegas.com , which makes a business out of booking rooms in Sin City, to come up with a list of what it thought were the best suites in town. Most…

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Ireland's Top 10 Sites for Natural Beauty

Ireland boasts some of the most timeless scenery in all of Europe. Everyone knows about the island's rollings hills and impossibly green meadows dotted with grazing sheep. But that's…

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What to Do in Dublin If You Don't Have Much Time

Despite its stony gray appearance, the Irish capital is one of Europe’s most youthful and rapidly changing cities. Dublin’s oldest landmarks remain among its most interesting, but…

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Adventures You Can Only Find in Las Vegas

As we all know, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. And some things ONLY happen here. So if you find yourself heading to “Lost Wages,” try one of these unique adventures—where else…

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Regent Seven Seas Explorer: Is this 'The Most Luxurious Cruise Ship Ever Built'?

Here she is: The $450 million Regent Seven Seas Explorer . The company that christened it in 2016 has boldly asserted that in doing so, it set "a new standard for inclusive luxury with…

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Save on Hotel Rooms: 8 Tips for the Next Time You Travel

Booking an affordable stay for a vacation has turned into a bewildering endeavor, with online travel agencies offering a blizzard of deals, hotels dangling rewards for loyalty, rates…

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New Zealand Movie Sites to See Whether You Care About Hobbits or Not

From 2001 to 2003, filmmaker Peter Jackson put out an epic, three-part New Zealand tourism brochure called The Lord of the Rings . Ever since the phenomenal success of that series,…

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Experiencing Eclectic Barbados Without All the Tourists

Barbados, celebrated as the birthplace of both rum and Rihanna, packs quite the historical punch. Although the Caribbean island was first colonized by the Spaniards, Britain occupied…

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New Zealand Outdoor Adventures, Ranked from Mild to Wild

Given New Zealand ’s over-the-top landscapes, it’s no surprise that the country is a hot spot for over-the-top adventures. There are churning rivers for rafting, blustery coasts for…

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Then-and-Now Pictures of Movie Locations, from Hitchcock to Pee-wee

We travel for food. We travel for weather. And some of us travel for entertainment history. Admit it—on your own vacations, you've sought out spots because you saw them first on the…

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10 Last–Of–Their–Kind Towns

Lost in the forward-hurtling rush of civilization, by some quirk of fate each of these 10 small towns managed to escape modernization. They’re not just architectural stage sets, but…