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Sep 8, 20202 min read

Lonely Planet is connecting travelers with sustainable, local-led tours

JUN 18, 2016: First Nation (Native) dancers performing at the Victoria Aboriginal Cultural Festival at the Royal BC Museum in the heart of downtown Victoria.

Sep 8, 20207 min read

Experience First Nations traditions in British Columbia

Historic Los Angeles City Hall with blue sky, CA USA

Sep 7, 202010 min read

The 11 top art deco destinations around the world

Sep 7, 20202 min read

Scotland's new cycle tour takes in whisky, castles and famous poets

Family group riding beach cruiser bicycles along Crescent beach on Siesta Key, Sarasota FL USA

Sep 5, 20208 min read

What Labor Day weekend travel looks like in 2020

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Sep 4, 20202 min read

This London high street is now a public art landmark

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Sep 4, 20201 min read

This Spanish lighthouse has been given a rainbow transformation

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Sep 4, 20201 min read

Terrifying town in Ohio wants to immerse you in spooky fun

The Umayyad Mosque, which is also suitably known as the Grand Mosque of Damascus, has been a site of worship since the 9th century CE

Sep 3, 202016 min read

Travel throwback: The lost stories of Damascus

T0154G GARY OLDMAN, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, 2011

Sep 3, 20206 min read

London watchlist: films to see before your trip

PENZANCE, ENGLAND - AUGUST 28: Members of a local family with a long history of using the Jubilee Pool Lido become the first people to experience the Lido's new geothermal pool on August 28, 2020 in Penzance, England. The first of its kind in the UK, the new geothermal pool will treat visitors to a unique alfresco experience where fresh seawater will be geothermally heated to 35 degrees. (Photo by Hugh R Hastings/Getty Images)

Sep 3, 20202 min read

Dip into history at the UK's first geothermally-heated seawater pool

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Sep 2, 20204 min read

Indian Matchmaker's Aparna Shewakramani on her favorite travel destinations

11th-century chalk-lined cist grave on the North Green, pre-dating the Great Sacristy. Picture taken in August 2020 during archaeological excavations on the site.

Sep 2, 20202 min read

Long-lost medieval sacristy is unearthed at Westminster Abbey

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Sep 2, 20202 min read

Copenhagen’s new Happiness Museum is exactly what the world needs right now

Couple of female friends driving in a convertible and raising their hands to music with the sun setting over the ocean.

Sep 2, 20202 min read

Road trip playlists are taking over Spotify as travelers hit the road

Sep 1, 20207 min read

The way we ate: four memorable travel meals

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Sep 1, 20202 min read

Tokyo art collective is bringing its popular light installations to Europe

Close-up of a woman holding a Cuban sandwich outside a cafe. The sandwich consists of pressed cuban bread with roasted pork, salami sausage, swiss cheese and mustard.

Aug 28, 20205 min read

Miami's best Cuban sandwich shops

A new network of trails and historic sites trace the state's important role in the Underground Railroad, which guided escaped enslaved people to freedom

Aug 28, 20204 min read

Discover how Maryland played an important role in the Underground Railroad

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Aug 28, 20202 min read

Malaysia is building a trio of sustainable biodiverse islands for people to live on

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Aug 27, 20201 min read

The best travel gifts that give back in 2020

Iconic Star Ferries crossing Victoria Harbour between Kowloon and Hong Kong island.

Aug 27, 202014 min read

Travel throwback to Hong Kong: Where worlds collide

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Aug 27, 20205 min read

11 of the world's most striking new buildings this year

Aug 27, 20207 min read

Take a spin around the world to these top vinyl record stores

Sunrise behind Durdle Door, on the Jurassic Coast.

Aug 27, 20202 min read

The movie ‘Ammonite’ will show off the UK’s stunning Jurassic Coast

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Aug 27, 20203 min read

Foodies and wine lovers will adore Portugal's newest tourist attraction

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Aug 26, 20202 min read

The world's first virtual museum is opening soon

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Aug 26, 20202 min read

Tom Cruise plays tourist in a London taxi on his way to the movies

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Aug 25, 20200 min read

The most unique new architectural projects in the world

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Aug 25, 20202 min read

Archaeologists unearth an ancient soap-making workshop in Israel

A female scuba diver explores a sunken shipwreck in Greece.

Aug 25, 20205 min read

6 national parks around the world with surprisingly spectacular diving

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Aug 25, 20202 min read

This new eco-resort in Costa Rica has been nominated for a renowned design award

The Picture Gallery in Buckingham Palace

Aug 24, 20202 min read

The best of Buckingham Palace's art collection is going on display for the first time

Aug 21, 20204 min read

Here's why Fiji took global adventurer Bear Grylls by surprise

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Aug 21, 20208 min read

The great Colorado 'fourteener' road trip

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Aug 21, 20201 min read

Christmas comes early in this Spanish city with the world's largest lights display

Great Sphinx of Giza with the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Aug 20, 20202 min read

The Pyramids of Giza is undergoing a major revamp with new visitor amenities

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Aug 19, 20202 min read

Centuries-old wooden castle in Japan opens for overnight stays for the first time ever

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Aug 18, 20202 min read

Check out the cute miniature record store for tiny animals in Sweden

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Aug 14, 20202 min read

The creepy grocery store experience is heading to Las Vegas

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Aug 13, 20202 min read

Has this UK concert series shown how socially-distant gigs will work?

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Aug 13, 20204 min read

9 of the most breathable masks for traveling

BEIRUT, LEBANON - NOVEMBER 2, 2017 - Aerial view of the Pigeons' Rocks on Raouche.

Aug 12, 20205 min read

Why I love Beirut

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Aug 12, 20201 min read

Florida's Disney World will reduce its opening hours in September

Spike Island- An army station in front of Cobh, it was formerly a Brittish military post and earlier a convict prison 28/05/54 Photograph by Alexander Campbell 'Monkey' Morgan. (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection). (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

Aug 12, 20202 min read

Excavations on 'Ireland’s Alcatraz' revealed a hidden staircase

BURNING MAN -- 08/28/05 -- BLACK ROCK DESERT, NV -- An day-long windstorm whips sand as fine as talcum powder at Burning Man as participants take evening bike rides and strolls on stilts. About 35,000 are camped out on the desert for the week-long party and arts festival, which ends Monday. -- DIGITAL IMAGE -- JIM RANKIN/THE TORONTO STAR (Photo by Jim Rankin/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Aug 11, 20202 min read

Burning Man 2020 moves to the 'multiverse' - what this means for fans

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Aug 11, 20202 min read

The world’s last Blockbuster is available to rent on Airbnb

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Aug 11, 20202 min read

Eurovision heads to the US with the new American Song Contest

London, United KIngdom - August 29, 2016: Notting Hill Carnival. The Notting Hill Carnival is world famous, with many competing groups dancing through the streets of Notting Hill in London.

Aug 10, 20202 min read

Canceled by coronavirus, London's famous Notting Hill Carnival is moving online

October 31, 2018: Three friends in costume and makeup in the zócalo (city square) for the Día de los Muertos festival.

Aug 9, 20204 min read

Can travel cure bias?

Twelve Apostles.

Aug 8, 20205 min read

Australia's 10 best natural wonders

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Aug 7, 20202 min read

Italy revives its 17th-century wine windows to serve drinks to passers-by

Aug 7, 20201 min read

This Italian hotel has a new Tolkien-esque Hobbit hole

Aug 7, 20202 min read

See endangered Unesco sites restored before your eyes

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Aug 7, 20202 min read

See the Taiwanese grandparents who model outfits left behind at their laundromat

Aug 6, 20206 min read

10 lesser-known haunted places around the world

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Aug 6, 20202 min read

Four-year restoration begins on Notre Dame Cathedral's beloved organ

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Aug 6, 20202 min read

The bus from 'Into the Wild' to be displayed in a new home

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Aug 5, 20202 min read

A Planet Earth special will team David Attenborough with composer Hans Zimmer and rapper Dave

Two divers swimming along the remaining structure of a shipwreck.

Aug 4, 20202 min read

Explore ancient shipwrecks in Greece's first underwater museum

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