(Photos by Amanda Lobell) When it's your first time in Paris, you're under a lot of pressure. You have to see the Louvre, Notre Dame, Luxembourg Gardens, Montmartre — and that's usually just in the first 24 hours. But when you've visited Paris (or any other great city) several times before, you can relax and […]

When I was planning my trip through Italy, I wanted to include Tuscany. But as there never seems to enough time to see everything I want, I figured that I would just do Tuscany as a day trip from Florence. I kept hearing “You can’t do Tuscany in a day,” but I didn’t understand why. […]

(photo by Elizabeth Montalbano) Guest blogger Elizabeth Montalbano shared with Travelogged how her experience of learning how to surf on the southwestern coast of Portugal taught her valuable life lessons as well. She has also been kind enough to compile a list of surf schools in the Algarve for those who want to pursue the […]

When you’re driving through Big Sur, you’ll see a lot of ocean. But you won’t see that much beach. That’s because Big Sur’s coastline is mostly rocky, and those cliffs are a big part of its charm. If you get the urge to take a walk on the beach (as we did after a nice […]

(photos by Rebecca Webber) Colombia isn’t on most American travelers’ short lists. But its Caribbean city of Cartagena, whose well-preserved port is a UNESCO site and firmly on the cruise-ship circuit, is becoming more and more popular — especially with a direct flight from Fort Lauderdale on Spirit Air. At the end of May, Rebecca […]

(The Castle at Sidon; all photos by Heather Cowper of Heather on her travels on Flickr) Guest blogger Heather Cowper spent a week in June driving around Lebanon with a friend to see the sights. Heather has her own wonderful travel blog, Heatheronhertravels.com, but the Bristol, England, native was kind enough to share her thoughts […]

Separated by the Bosphorus, the city of Istanbul spans two continents: Europe and Asia. Like most tourists, we stayed on the European side, specifically in the Sultanahmet, which is the historic center. But we were excited to venture over to Asia, so we caught the ferry at Galata Bridge to the neighborhood of Uskadar. It […]

(Fisherman on Inle Lake; photos by Jeremy Willinger) This is the second part of guest blogger Jeremy Willinger‘s posts about his recent trip to Burma. You can read the first part, which focuses on Yangon (Rangoon), here. When you leave the cities of Burma, the country opens up into an expanse of rice paddies, villages, […]

I have to apologize over my lack of posts over the past few days, but I have been completely immersed in planning a last-minute trip to Turkey and Italy. My husband and I leave on Friday for two-and-a-half weeks and we can't wait. I have been glued to my computer and guidebooks and I think […]

Santorini is not known for its beaches. People kept telling me that before I visited Greece and it didn't make any sense to me. Why would Santorini, consistently heralded as one of the world's greatest islands, not be known for its beaches?