Posts Tagged ‘ culture ’

It sounds like a gimmick, but a luxury villa in a Roman quarry on a tiny island off Sicily makes inspired use of its setting Beds in concrete sewer pipes, converted prisons and factories, hotels made from ice or old railway carriages ... over the last decade or so the travel industry has...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Food and Drink , North America , United States Last October, when my wife and I visited Oahu for a week, we spent the first few days happily exploring the attractions and activities we'd plotted before the trip: the artfully educating exhibits at the Bishop...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Business , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Blogs , Photos , Africa , Asia , Europe , North America , Oceania , South America , Antarctica , Italy , Switzerland , United States , Hotels and Accommodations , Books , Transportation ,...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Hiking , Learning , Photos , South America , Brazil , Ecotourism Brazil , a diversely landscaped and picturesque country in South America , is the home to many UNESCO World Heritage Sites . While beauty isn't necessarily a requirement for being added to the list, you...
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Filed under: Activism , Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Paddling , Antarctica Port Lockroy -- If there is a human population center along the Antarctic Peninsula, this is it. While there may be hundreds of thousands of penguins, tens of thousands of seals, whales and sea birds that call this...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Surfing , North America , United States , Video Oahu Island: Miracle Coast on Nowness.com . Would you like to spend a moment reviving your spirit with a beautiful video depicting Hawaii 's Oahu Island ? Oahu Island: Miracle Coast, is a gorgeous little video released...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Surfing , North America , United States , Video Oahu Island: Miracle Coast on Nowness.com . Would you like to spend a moment reviving your spirit with a beautiful video depicting Hawaii 's Oahu Island ? Oahu Island: Miracle Coast, is a gorgeous little video released ...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Surfing , North America , United States , Video Oahu Island: Miracle Coast on Nowness.com . Would you like to spend a moment reviving your spirit with a beautiful video depicting Hawaii 's Oahu Island ? Oahu Island: Miracle Coast, is a gorgeous little video released on...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Cruises Over the past week, the Costa Concordia story has been a prominent one amongst both the mainstream media and travel outlets alike. The sinking of a cruise ship is not a common occurrence and ranks amongst the...
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Filed under: Arts and Culture , Learning , Scuba Diving , Photos , Africa , Madagascar , Ecotourism While many people may think of DreamWorks' animal cartoon movie when they hear about Madagascar , there are many reasons the destination warrants a visit in person. The country of Madagascar is actually a large...
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