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A Brand New V&A Design Museum Opens This Week
The world-famous V&A museum, founded as an offshoot of the Great Exhibition of 1851, is one of London's most popular attractions, bringing in about 4.4 million visits a year. This…
Two New Non-Travel Books May Change The Way You See the USA
You drive into a new town. It is not a famous place and it certainly isn’t a tourist magnet. But it has a certain vibe, a personality. You start to explore, stopping by a local store,…
Walt Whitman's Brooklyn: In the Footsteps of the Borough's Bard
Walt Whitman was Brooklyn ’s original bearded bohemian. Though the poet was born on Long Island and spent significant portions of his life in Manhattan, Washington, D.C., and Camden,…
Drive to Florida in a Rental Car for Only $7.99 a Day
Winter is coming, and in Florida, so are the tourists. Each year, the major car rental companies shift their inventory to where the business is, and now that summer is ending, Hertz…
Eat on Florence's Streets and You Could Be Fined $580
Lots of people choose to visit Italy because they respect the cuisine, but now, eating it with dignity is the law. On September 4, Florence instituted a new penalty for tourists who…
Arthur Frommer: The Biggest News is the Dominance of Tourism by the Chinese
Suddenly, the press that deals with travel is full of articles about the sudden rise of Chinese tourism. All over the world, Chinese citizens have become the largest source of…
WW2 Tower Converted to Vacation Rental in Channel Islands
During World War II, the Nazis occupied the Channel Islands, a string of isolated spots floating between England and France. Using forced labor, the Germans built concrete…
Best of The Redwoods: 10 Tip-Top Things to See Around California's Big Trees
No place on Earth will make you crane your neck, feel as small, or even as young as Northern California's Redwood National Park does. With a seemingly endless cluster of 500–700 year…
Road Trip from Nashville on the Natchez Trace Parkway: Americana, History, and a Whole Lot of Music
The Natchez Trace Parkway , a national byway that spans three states, was built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps following the Native American trading route of the same…
Japan's Iwate Prefecture: Wild, White, and Wonderful
Although a record-breaking 28 million international visitors came to Japan in 2017, only one million made their way to the northern Honshu region of Tohoku. While it’s true that not…
12 Theme Park Tips That Will Literally Save Your Life (Not Literally)
Working at a major theme park for years, you learn a few things. Like, if you happen to stumble upon an animal trainer with a chimpanzee, the chimp will consider you an attacker and…
New, Heart-Stopping Bungee Catapult Launches in New Zealand
New Zealanders are like Elphaba in Wicked—they're obsessed with defying gravity. The world's first permanent commercial bungee operation was established by AJ Hackett Bungy (that's how…
Exult in the Pleasures of Solo Travel with This Distinguished Book
It isn’t often that a newspaper reporter publishes a truly distinguished book about the sensations of solitary travel, the rewarding emotions you feel when abroad by yourself in a…
3 Swiss Peaks for Every Fitness Level—And How to Do Them
Set in a valley on the edge of Lake Lucerne and surrounded by the Swiss Alps, the city of Lucerne is one of Switzerland's most popular destinations. Best known for covered bridges that…
Royal Caribbean's Private Beaches Make Second-Class Citizens of the Rest of Us
Most passengers on a Caribbean cruise are by now aware of the “private beaches” and “private islands” that cruise lines operate for the purpose of keeping you from contact with local…
New Street Murals Animate World Trade Center in New York City
Ever since the events of 9/11, New York City has faced the challenges of rebuilding the area around the Twin Towers as well as finding an appropriate aesthetic for the site—tasks that…
$999 for a Week in Vietnam, Including Air! Outstanding, Writes Arthur Frommer
To enjoy a travel miracle—a memorable tour to an exotic nation, for less than the cost of airfare alone—is to lend excitement to life. Several months ago, we described an awesome…
“Crazy Rich Asians” May Feel a Lot Like Going to Singapore, Says Arthur Frommer
Let me be entirely frank. I greatly disliked the movie Crazy Rich Asians, which I recently saw. I was so horrified by its fawning depiction of irresponsible wealth that I almost…
The Boardwalk Is Back: New and Classic Atlantic City Casinos, Beaches, and Dining
Like the ocean it’s named after, Atlantic City has risen and fallen with the tides over the years. The New Jersey icon was the Gilded Age’s preeminent playground by the sea, the…
Real-Life Version of "Simpsons" Convenience Store Comes to Myrtle Beach
Fans of The Simpsons have a new place to satisfy their cravings for Buzz Cola, Squishee frozen drinks, Heat-Lamp Hot Dogs, and Lard Lad Donuts (what, no Duff beer?).A full-size,…
Arthur Frommer: Remove Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of the Interior of the United States is supposed to preserve and protect our national parks, national monuments, and public lands from commercial exploitation. He is…
Arthur Frommer: Climate Change Is Jeopardizing the Travel Experience
Is climate change for real? And is it having an impact on the recreational travels we undertake? If you would put that question to relatives of mine living in England, they would…
In Late Autumn, Fly to Iceland for $99 Each Way
The following is in the nature of a “believe-it-or-not” category of travel. A scrappy budget airline of Iceland (the aptly named WOW Air) has just announced that for scattered…
Arthur Frommer: I Love This Canadian Program of Literary Discussions and Tours
Every year, thousands of English-speaking adults gather at a number of famous universities to engage for a July week or two in discussion of the great books or great issues. Led by a…
Explore Latino L.A.'s Food and Culture, from Olvera Street to Boyle Heights
In a way, Los Angeles is the capital of rural Latin America. According to the Census Bureau , almost half of L.A.’s population is Latino, and many of those residents came from (or…