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CNNGo TV in Vienna: Climbing, coffee and Game Boy music
This month CNNGo TV hits Vienna, taking in the venues that give life to Schubert's and Beethoven's masterpieces, the coolest hidden indie music venue where gigs take place inside the toilets and...
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World’s most extravagant cruise ships
The cruise industry has had its ugly moments this year, but few fans have jumped ship.Cruise ships remain one of the travel market's fastest-growing sectors.Cruisemarketwatch.com predicts worldwide...
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6 haunting battlefields of Scotland
Scotland is one of our top travel destinations for 2013, and as the country gears up for its “Year of Natural Scotland” there's a chance to take in some of its more turbulent stories.Scottish history...
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Mazu mania: Free food, great parties. Wait, this is a religious festival?
With more than 5 million participants spread over a massive nine-day, multi-city pilgrimage, few religious festivals can match the enormity of the Mazu International Festival in central Taiwan's...
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Stealing, lying and other outrageous things you do while traveling
You walk into your Caribbean resort’s lobby and see a promotional sign: “Free suite upgrade for newlyweds.”Do you and your mate tell a white lie and snag the cheap trip?Plenty of travelers...
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27 sights that will remind you how incredible Earth is
Temples are fine, but they're truly amazing when they tower out of a jungle cloaked in mist.Spotting a lion is great, but even greater are the millions of wildebeest trekking across the African plains...
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Southern Africa's best boutique safari reserves
The Serengeti, the Maasai Mara -- perhaps Africa's best known safari destinations.But East Africa doesn't have a monopoly on acacia tree horizons and dusty lion trails.For some smaller, private and...
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Songkran Festival 2013: World's biggest water fight
Armed with water guns, travelers have been streaming into Thailand over the weekend for Songkran, the country's most popular festival, which runs this year from April 12 to 15.On Saturday, Thailand...
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London's dash to 'toilet restaurants'
When the first toilet-themed restaurant, Modern Toilet, opened in Taipei in 2004, public reaction was mixed.Was it weird, funny or just plain unsavory?Whatever the answer, the concept’s popularity...
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5 luxury vacations in Chile
When planning an empty-the-vault, max-out-the-credit-card vacation -- complete with helicopter rides and private yachts -- Chile may not spring to mind.True, South America isn't known for service and...
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Meet the strangest startup in travel: CorruptTour
We’ve covered a lot of startups in our careers, but this one takes the prize for our favorite travel startup ever, for the simple reason that it is the strangest ever: CorruptTour.The Prague-based...
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Where's all the Emirati cuisine?
In the cultural and culinary melting pot of the United Arab Emirates, travelers can chow on everything from French to Japanese, kimchi to ceviche. But despite the UAE’s deserved reputation as a...
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10 tips for getting the most from your golf holiday
Adam Scott’s victory last weekend in the golfing world’s premium event -- the Masters -- will no doubt lead to a surge in the popularity of the game back in his home country of Australia.But it’s...
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Margaret Thatcher museum: Good way to spend $23 million?
Margaret Thatcher sits beside her portrait at the National Portrait Gallery in London in May 2000. Love or hate her, Margaret Thatcher, who recently passed away at the age of 87, certainly draws a...
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Playboy Club refused entry in India
All six bunnies at the first Playboy Club in India will be foreign women. The launch of Playboy Club in India has hit another hurdle and will be delayed, local media has reported.Goa's chief minister...
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Insider Guide: Best of Prague
Perhaps the most important advice to give someone visiting Prague? Get lost. The Prague of today is a shinier, more grownup version of the Prague of the 1990s, a thriving and evolving cultural scene...
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For Beijing’s best food, hit the hutongs
Beijing’s hutong alleyways have long been the focal point of the capital’s traditional life, featuring tiny noodle restaurants, lively mahjong games and ramshackle courtyard dwellings. But today, the...
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Tomb tourists told: Sorry, it's a fake
Emperor Yang Guang's failed attacks on Goguryeo (now Korea) and increased taxation are believed to have led to the fall of the Sui Dynasty (581–618 CE). The discovery of an old tomb in China has...
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Wanted: Ugly people for travel ads
Ads lie. Or they did.The golf vacation commercials are the worst. All those beaming glad-I-came-here faces. After a shank off the first and a round of 118? Not counting 11 lost balls?It’s impossible...
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Travels with music: How vinyl changed my life
There's probably never been a time in history when so much music is accessible to so many.The digital download has created a “printing press” step change in how we consume notes and lyrics.But it's...
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