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Children are a tough crowd to please, especially when it comes to keeping tweens and teens entertained on vacation. Tour operators, hotels and cruises have responded by creating customized programs and activities specifically catering to these age groups. According to a recent study conducted by MMGY Global researching Americans’ travel habits, nearly 70 percent of […]

The Irish writer Oscar Wilde stayed in a farmhouse in rural Norfolk, England, with his wife, Constance. He also stayed there with his lover Lord Alfred Douglas. And in 1892 he worked on his play “A Woman of No Importance” at the brick and flint property, which dates in part to the 16th century. Now,

Sunday 11) 10 a.m. Beans and vines Fuel up for the day at Orsonero Coffee, a corner caffeteria that opened in 2016, serving velvety cappuccini made with beans from Gardelli, a top Italian roastery. Then proceed to La Vigna di Leonardo, a new museum across from Santa Maria delle Grazie (home of “The Last Supper”)

In 1991, the last time I set foot in Prague, it was the Czechoslovakian capital, and things were so cheap to a Western college student bearing hard currency that if you ordered an ice cream cone and didn’t like the flavor, you were tempted to throw it away and get another one. Beer by the

Thousands of hikers head to the White Mountains of New Hampshire each year to stay in the high mountain huts of the Appalachian Mountain Club. Accessible only by foot and connected by the Appalachian Trail, the eight huts offer rustic but comfortable hospitality. For families with younger children, or hikers who may not have the

Straining under the weight of the millions of tourists who visit every year, the Netherlands has decided to stop promoting its most famous attractions in favor of trying to encourage travelers to go to the country’s lesser-known destinations. In some ways, the Netherlands is a victim of its own success: Government campaigns to attract visitors

One of the most exclusive and dramatic hiking spots in the southwestern United States could see bigger crowds under a new proposal unveiled Wednesday. The Bureau of Land Management is weighing increasing its daily visitor limits from 20 to 96 people a day at The Wave, a popular rock formation near the Utah-Arizona border. A

Four Lakeside Acres in Western Argentina $5.5 MILLION (245 MILLION ARGENTINE PESOS) This four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is on the shore of a glacier-fed lake about 15 miles from the city of San Carlos de Bariloche, at the foot of the Andes Mountains, in western Argentina. Built in the 1960s, the 2,600-square-foot, chalet-style house is on

After a long trend toward greater safety in air travel, there has been an uptick in airline accidents and deaths in 2018 and 2019. Many aviation experts regard that recent increase as a statistical blip, however. They note that accidents and deaths remain a fraction of the numbers from as recently as the 1990s. Advances

HONG KONG — Three stories of billboards alongside the Sunbeam Theater in Hong Kong were filled with images of performers in heavily painted faces and ornate headdresses. But one, with an overly long red tie and a cloud of shiny yellow hair, was not like the others. You may have seen him before — on