by Marcia Levin
Legendary Jerusalem! The ancient city holy to Christians, Jews and Muslims alike is also an irresistible magnet for history, archaeology, and culture vultures the world over. Furthermore, it’s...
14/12/2015
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Iberia Destinations
by Oscar Scafidi
When you think about Spanish-speaking countries outside the mother country of Spain - well, it's all about Latin America, right? The answer is: not quite. Tucked away...
09/12/2015
The grand old lady on the Thames is arguably as defined by her open spaces as her streets and monuments. And while we tend to think of London parklands in their verdant...
01/12/2015
Abandoned towns and villages can be found all over the world. But there’s something especially haunting and charismatic both about the remnants of settlements that photogenically preserve the look...
26/11/2015
A fortunate few cities have the luxury of being identified with an internationally famous artist who inevitably ends up being an ambassador of sorts for his or her home town. Colombia's...
24/11/2015
When it comes to canals in Italy, Venice pretty understandably gets almost all the love. But southeast of Milan's city centre one of the city's most atmospheric districts derives no small part of...
10/11/2015
I confess, I do especially love Guatemala. In many ways, it’s the country of Central America which more than any other truly “has it all”. That includes breathtaking Mayan...
03/11/2015
Last year I surf-waxed poetic about the glorious beaches of Costa Rica’s Pacific Ocean coast, one of its top tourism draws. A bit less well known and fewer in...
29/10/2015
Yet another European city tracing its roots back to a settlement of the Roman Empire, the Flanders (Dutch Belgium) city of Antwerpen (Anvers in French) started coming into its...
26/10/2015
When it comes to cities in Cuba, capital Havana does hog a disproportionate share of the attention – and it’s not hard to understand why. But at the southeastern...
20/10/2015
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