Pack your bags for Lonely Planet’s top 30 travel destinations of 2022
Tourism is back! If you thought you’d seen it all, you obviously weren’t counting on Lonely Planet’s latest list of top places to visit.
8 Interesting observations from the perspective of a Filipina living in Spain
(This article was appropriately written and conceptualized on October 12th, or El Día de la Fiesta Nacional de España, so go figure.) Living in Spain has been a ride these past 3 weeks, especially for someone just beginning her ‘adulting’ life in a country that “feels” like home but not quite. There are just a […]
And the coolest neighborhood in the world is…
This corner of the Danish capital, with its large student population, has just been crowned “the coolest neighborhood in the world.”
Ditch the Paris tourist trail and discover the city with a map made by Parisians
In the French capital, an association called Les Panamiens is on a mission to help people discover the city away from the well-beaten tourist trail. Its map, aimed at young travelers, lets visitors to the city discover the life of Parisians through their favorite bars, restaurants, cafés and cultural places. And Paris isn’t the only […]
Living for those likes? Check if you’re a purveyor of ‘travel porn’
Can’t live without those likes so you flood your social accounts with travel photos? Be careful not to fall into the “travel porn” trap.
LOOK: Hotel room design inspired by ‘The Queen’s Gambit’
A boutique hotel has created a room based on the popular limited series “The Queen’s Gambit” to let guests spend a night in “true Beth Harmon style.”
National Geographic gives hopeful travelers food for thought for 2021
While flights to nowhere are growing popular, National Geographic offers some escapism with the latest edition of its annual list of destinations on the up.
French monuments top the list of the most-saved places on Google Maps
In spite of the ongoing pandemic, many people are still dreaming of France. According to data provided by the giant of Mountain View, the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre Museum are the two locations that are most saved by users of its popular Google Maps application. Having attracted close to ten million tourists in 2019, […]
‘Gilty’ pleasure: Vietnam opens world’s ‘first’ gold-plated hotel
In the world’s first self-proclaimed gold-plated hotel, coffee comes in a gold cup and bath time is taken in gilded splendor.