What a one-night journey costs
Reservations for Italy’s new “La Dolce Vita Orient Express” train open Tuesday. Luxury train enthusiasts may want to lock in the current rate now — before it climbs any higher. …
Holidays
When is Good Friday 2024? Here’s what the Christian holy day means
Before people around the world celebrate with bunnies, eggs and candy, those who observe the Christian faith will commemorate the season with Good Friday. In the last week of March, Christian believers …
Where and how the wealthy travel is changing
Heli-skiing on virgin snow in Antarctica for a cool $2.2 million. A polar bear safari in an “off-limits” area of Norway’s Svalbard for $300,000. How about tracking snow leopards in …
Passport-free travel in Singapore is here, but not where you may think
Singapore made global headlines last year when the government announced that biometric processing will replace travel document verifications at Changi Airport in the first half of 2024. But the city-state …
what to do along new bullet train route
Japan is launching a new high-speed bullet train, or shinkansen, extension on Saturday that will make an under-the-radar prefecture far more accessible to travelers. The coastal Fukui Prefecture is some …
You Can Count on Pi
For geeks, there are several great holidays on the calendar. There is of course Mole Day (10/23) to commemorate Avogadro’s number, which is huge (on the order of 1023) and …
A Ramadan etiquette guide for non-Muslims
By Saeed Ahmed | CNN There are more than 8 billion people in the world. And about a quarter of them are fasting from sunup to sundown. Every day. For …
More Indian travelers are choosing extreme road trips to see the world
Meenakshi Sai, 51, looks like any other Indian woman, dressed in a saree and sporting a bindi on her forehead. But unlike many women in her country, she’s been driving …
This year’s theme, how to participate
International Women’s Day, on Friday, March 8, is a day of celebrating the achievements of women now practiced for more than 100 years. But it’s also a reminder of how …
Top 30 books that have inspired holidays – ‘Under The Tuscan Sun’ tops list | Books | Entertainment
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Millions of holidaymakers have chosen a destination based on a book they’ve read – with “Under the Tuscan Sun”, by Frances Mayes, named …