One of the most impressive of the many day-trip options from Madrid, an hour´s drive north at the foot of the Guadarrama Mountains, this picturesque town of around 18,000...
26/11/2024
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The Community of Madrid, one of Spain´s 17 autonomous communities, a bit over 8,000 square kilometres (3,100 sq. miles) with the city of Madrid at its centre, is home...
14/05/2024
Cuba's capital is a truly unique - and at times nearly cinematic - travel experiencefor your proverbial bucket list. And when you do visit, here are five absolute musts.
20/04/2022
Hard to believe, but although Spain has the world's third highest number of World Heritage Sites, our capital city has had not a one – until now
09/09/2021
photo: Fernando Pallares
I will never forget, nearly 40 years ago, laying eyes for the first time on my first ancient archaeological site. About an hour’s drive north of Mexico City,...
27/06/2016
by Pamela Acosta Ruiz
Even in a hemisphere full of spots with unique appeal to visitors, Xochimilco in Mexico’s Federal District (about an hour from downtown Mexico City’s main square,...
18/06/2015
Of Belgian cities, Brussels is certainly better known. And of canal cities, ditto Amsterdam. But for true connoisseurs of historic urban Europe, the Belgian canal city of Bruges (Brugge,...
12/03/2015
The last time I visited Buenos Aires, one of the most memorable days of the trip, was spent, ironically enough, in Uruguay. A comfy, Buquebus high-speed ferry ride away...
20/11/2014
Stashed away in the steamy jungles of Petén, in Guatemala's northeast, Tikal, which means "place of the voices," is the greatest of the ancient Mayan cities, and one of...
15/05/2014