Tagged: walking

On This New Barefoot Hiking Trail, You Can Forget About Lacing Up Your Boots

A new outdoor attraction in Arizona is being billed as the first "grounding park" in the United States. Grounding, in this context, simply means walking barefoot on natural surfaces.…

Ireland's Just-Opened "Greenways" Could Transform How to Tour the Emerald Isle

International travel has been in slumber, but Ireland has been using the pause to speed the conversion of its industrial past into its touristic future. On July 1, the €10 million…

Can You Find the Secret Location of Mississippi’s Tiniest Museum?

Here's all you'll get in the way of an address for a new museum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi: It's in an alley downtown. Billed as the state's tiniest showcase for collections "of all…

Spend Hours Walking Around the World's Great Neighborhoods with These Addictive YouTube Channels

September 29, 2020 By now, many of us have started to have travel daydreams. What we wouldn't give just to unwrap a tiny bar of hotel soap, to drag a piece a luggage over cobblestones,…

Tips for Exploring Brooklyn from Someone Who Walked Every Block in New York City

MARCH 23, 2017 William B. Helmreich has walked every block in New York City. The professor, author, and native Manhattanite is chronicling the journey in a series of five books—one for…

The Best Day You'll Ever Spend Without a Car in... Atlanta? (Yes.)

Few cities manage to reveal themselves fully through the windshield—Atlanta is most certainly not in that very small company. Too bad, then, that the city was built to be driven, not…

Taking the Road That's Most "Emotionally Pleasing"

If it’s the journey that matters and not the destination, then Yahoo Lab’s latest initiative should improve travelers’ lives. According to a recently published paper, the…

Take a Vacation From Driving! A Pedestrian-Centric Website Lists Which US, Canadian and Australian Cities Are Most Walkable and Bikable

Though its rankings are geared towards residents--and would-be residents--of various cities around the globe, the website WalkScore's 2014 lists are invaluable tools for tourists,…

Photo Slideshow: Walking Tours That Put a Spring in Your Step

Click to view slideshowStrap on your most comfortable shoes, and sign up for a walking vacation this spring. Other than soaking in the sublime views, you can't help but work up an…

Travel Troubleshooter: Pick Up the Phone, Pay Twice the Price

Joseph Dunlap runs into a snag when he tries to buy an airline ticket online for his mother. So he calls the online agency, Expedia, and is sold a ticket that costs twice the online…

The Best Free Things to Do in San Francisco

Visiting San Francisco is high on your traveler's to-do list, but you've been holding off because you think the city is just so darn pricey? Then think again. While there are indeed…

Belly Up to the Bar, Restaurant, and Grill: Summer Restaurant Week Celebrations are Here

The specific promotions described in this article have now passed, but it remains online so that the resources named will be of future use to travelers.Bring an empty stomach and…

Roman All Over Provence and Languedoc

The Ancient Romans were prolific builders and imperialists and France (ancient Gaul), especially the south, was one of their favorite stomping grounds. In the 1st century BC to 3rd…

Family Fun Adventures at Yellowstone National Park

Load up the station wagon -- it's almost spring and that means your next family vacation is just around the corner and a trip to a national park may be the perfect way to bring the…