Tagged: amsterdam

5 of the Best Things to Do in Amsterdam with Kids

Despite some obvious considerations, Amsterdam works brilliantly for a vacation with children. The city has interactive museums designed to appeal to youngsters, canal boats and trams…

Europe's Newest Overnight Bus Service: Lie-Flat Seats, Wi-Fi & No Kids

The long-planned luxury Twiliner is now taking reservations for its bus service in Europe, and there are major expansion plans in place.Europe may have some of the best passenger rail…

Another Cruise Port Votes to Restrict Visitors: How Passenger Limits Are Shaping Cruising

Lost in the threshing machine of more momentous news headlines this week was the outcome of a referendum in Bar Harbor, Maine, that portends deepening complications for cruise…

$99 Deal Alert! Cheap Flights to Amsterdam, Other European Cities on Sale for Leap Day

We only get a Leap Day once every 4 years, so how are you going to seize the day on Feb. 29, 2024? How about by booking an affordable flight to Europe? (Speaking of stuff rarely…

No, Cruise Ships Are Not Banned from Amsterdam

Another week, another inaccurate travel headline that seems designed for clicks.In recent days, you might have read that Amsterdam's city council has outlawed cruise ships. BBC News:…

Europe Responds to Travel Chaos by Bringing Back Sleeper Train Routes

Europe may be more affordable for Americans now than it has been for 20 years, but that doesn't mean travel is smooth sailing there. When it comes to its airports, the European…

Amsterdam Bans Tours of Red-Light District

As much as it's known for picturesque canals and paintings by Dutch masters on display at the Rijksmuseum and elsewhere, Amsterdam has also gained a reputation as a haven for legal…

High-Speed Trains Soon to Zip Between London and Amsterdam

Starting April 4, travelers will have a new, fast, and affordable way to get from the United Kingdom to the Netherlands. High-speed Eurostar trains will begin whisking passengers from…

Amsterdam's New Hangover Bar Offers Morning-After Comfort

If you overindulge the next time you're in Amsterdam, you might want to consider a morning-after stop at the city's new Hangover Bar.Open only during the day from Friday to…

Bar for Hangover Sufferers Opens in Amsterdam, Vacation Rentals on Expedia, and More: Today's Travel Briefing

Happy Halloween, everybody! Today's update begins with a story to strike terror in the heart of hotel executives . . . * EXPEDIA TO BEGIN SHOWING VACATION RENTALS WITH HOTEL SEARCH…

International Airfare Wars Make It Much Cheaper to Vacation Abroad This Fall and Winter

I reported roughly a week ago that airfares for the summer took a sharp dip; and that experts were predicting that fall fares would also be low.Sometimes it's sweet to be…

Entrancing Video Follows Luggage After It's Checked

Amsterdam's Schiphol airport wants to show you that it has put a lot of cash into building the ultimate baggage delivery system. So it produced this astonishing video by attaching a…

When Your Vacation Escape Involves Literally Escaping: The New Tourist Attraction That’s Sweeping the Globe

The theater was shabby, with a disheveled group of marionettes hanging in a little stage at the front and wooden tiered seats so old and flimsy they looked like they’d fall apart if…

In Terms of its Controversial Social Policies, Amsterdam Remains One of the Most Interesting of European Cities--You'll Want to Schedule a Stay

In a long-ago time when Amsterdam was thought to be "quaint", a place of tulips and wooden shoes, I wrote a travel guide called "Surprising Amsterdam", whose point was that…

Park of the Week: Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia

Neatly described as "America's Best Idea," the National Park Service has many properties, each quite different from the next. A case in point is Virginia's Richmond National…

7 Places to Eat: Chowing Down Along Route 66

Long before the Eisenhower administration sanitized coast-to-coast car travel with its network of cookie-cutter interstate highways, there was Route 66. Running from Chicago to Los…

Baker's Dozen: Top Spots for Food and Wine Lovers

Half the joy of traveling lies in sampling a destination's signature flavors. From Frommer's 500 Places for Food & Wine Lovers, we've gathered this selection of culinary hot…

Private Island Rundown: Who Offers What in the Caribbean and Bahamas

Running a cruise line is a funny thing. On the one hand, your job is to take your passengers to new and exciting places and entertain them with things they've never experienced…

Park of the Week: Devils Tower National Monument

An icon of the American West, Devils Tower is a treat for the eyes, impressive enough to make the aliens choose it for an airport in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Thrusting up…

Rockies Report: New Spa, Heli-Skiing for Women, and Map Magic

Keystone Lodge Opens New Spa In Colorado's Summit County, the venerable Keystone Lodge is now the Keystone Lodge and Spa (tel. 877/753-9786; www.keystoneresort.com), thanks to the new…

Suzy Gershman's Top Shops for a Quick Trip to Paris

Putting the best of Paris into one list is an impossible task; it seems that every store I visit is the best in Paris. Every magazine has pictures of merchandise I must own because,…