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Castle hunting in Austria: ten of the best
3 min read • Jul 22, 2011
Though other countries hog all the fairytale glory, Austria does not lack for castles. In fact, for the intrepid traveller, there are many castles to…
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- RRetro travel: top travel experiences by the decade
7 min read • Jul 6, 2011
Fashion, food and music all take their cues from the past, so why not a little travel with a vintage twist? Here’s our down-the-years guide to yesterdays…
- RRome’s most mysterious places
2 min read • Jun 27, 2011
A city as multi-layered, ancient, and chaotically alive as Rome is bound to contain many mysterious corners.
- AAragón: the villages time forgot
3 min read • Jun 27, 2011
Amid the clamour of modern Spain, a world away from the Spanish stereotype of sun, sand and sangria, the stone-built pueblos (villages) of Aragón move to…
- Top 10 Puerto Rico experiences
5 min read • Jun 21, 2011
Puerto Rico is the fodder of many a Caribbean daydream for good reason: this natural jewel box can satisfy the lethargic beach bum, the sunrise rainforest…
- FFinland’s Midsummer Madness
3 min read • Jun 15, 2011
The colder the country the more passionately they celebrate their summer. So it is with the Finns who revel in the months of sunshine and cider on the…
- Introduction to architecture in Buenos Aires
4 min read • Jun 14, 2011
You don’t have to know the difference between a cornice and a cantilever to see that Buenos Aires is an architectural wonderland. In this melting-pot…
- DDesign hub: Helsinki
3 min read • Jun 14, 2011
Finland has long been regarded as the least flashy, and the most quirky and enigmatic, of the Nordic countries. Though Helsinki might be regarded as a…
- TThe story of duck
2 min read • Jun 8, 2011
Most people would agree that Peking (or Beijing) duck is the capital’s most famous dish. Once imperial cuisine, now the legendary duck dish is served at…
- TTop 10 flashiest lighthouses
6 min read • Jun 6, 2011
Strikingly tall structures perched on rough windswept coastlines hearkening back to an earlier seafaring time in history, lighthouses are a constant…
- Rocking out in Beijing
3 min read • Jun 3, 2011
Think of Asian rock and traditionally, it is Japanese bands that have had the biggest profile in the West. China, though, has been undergoing its own…
- Top 10 things to do around Lake Baikal
4 min read • May 10, 2011
Mention Siberia and there are immediate thoughts of unrelenting cold and an unforgiving landscape. Yet Lake Baikal, located in Siberia, is rich in…
- Cappadocia: Turkey's land of fairy chimneys
4 min read • Apr 27, 2011
Cappadocia, a dreamy slice of central Turkey dotted with 'fairy chimneys' (rock formations), has a history every bit as remarkable as its landscape…
- LLonely Planet's handy guide to the royal wedding
2 min read • Apr 15, 2011
It’s here! Almost. The biggest English royal wedding since, well, the last one. On Friday 29 April, 2011, billions around the world will turn their rapt…
- Barcelona's lesser-known attractions
3 min read • Apr 11, 2011
Garish, gregarious Barcelona doesn’t guard its secrets jealously, but the Catalan capital does seem to get a kick from hiding the best of them in plain…
- HHow to 'crash' the royal wedding
3 min read • Apr 5, 2011
Booked tickets and a hotel room for the royal wedding in London April 29 yet? It’s not too late.
- PPerfect day in royal London
5 min read • Apr 4, 2011
The world's gaze will be squarely set on the British Monarchy April 29, when the cute couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, tie the knot. As interest…
- Top 10 cities for artistic inspiration
6 min read • Apr 1, 2011
Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011 brings you the cities where history's best artistic talents had their imagination fired - and left a legacy of their…
- The best public art in the world
6 min read • Apr 1, 2011
Why wait in line at a gallery when these splendid works are on offer in the street? And they can be enjoyed for free! In this excerpt from Lonely Planet's…
- Lonely Planet author: my perfect day in Venice
2 min read • Mar 31, 2011
In this month's Lonely Planet Magazine, Alison Bing, author of Lonely Planet's Venice & The Veneto City shares her insider knowledge, mapping out her…
- Copenhagen: what to see, eat and drink
2 min read • Mar 23, 2011
Copenhagen is compact yet crams a lot into a small space, making it the most accessible of Scandinavia’s capitals and an oasis of calm, sociability and…
- NNew York for business travelers
4 min read • Mar 16, 2011
To an enviable number of CEOs and Forbes-listed elites, personal concierge Katherine Stromsland is a veritable lifesaver. From chartering Gulf Streams at…