Once upon a time, the world's food capitals were a mere few well-known locales like Paris, New York, and Bangkok. All the action (and the eyes, and the forks) were focused there.
Recently, though, many areas of the world have expanded and improved both their menus and ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The 20 greatest cities in the world for foodies
Once upon a time, the world's food capitals were a mere few well-known locales like Paris, New York, and Bangkok. All the action (and the eyes, and the forks) were focused there.
Recently, though, many areas of the world have expanded and improved both their menus and ...Conquering Heights: The Sydney Harbour Bridge Climb
Travel writers are born to be adventurous. We live for the unknown - the hidden restaurants, private gardens or once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. We ride on planes, buses, cars, trains, camels, donkeys, boats or anything else that moves, and set out to explore. No sight ...The 25 greatest cities in the world for drinking wine
Dreaming of sipping wine in a little Parisian cafe? Or picturing yourself in trendy Napa Valley, sampling new vintages straight from the barrel? While these well-known areas indeed spring to mind when thinking about the world's finest vintages, you may be surprised to know ...Adventure Tourism Development Index rates top adventure destinations
The Adventure Tourism Development Index is a study put together by the Adventure Travel Trade Association, in conjunction with George Washington University and Xola Consulting. The joint effort examines 192 countries and ranks them based on their commitment to sustainable ...10 great destinations for outdoor adventure
With the possible exception of beach-goers, very few people want to travel in order to sit. Travel is all about experiencing the best of what a destination has to offer, and in many cases, the best of what a destination can offer is adventure. From mountain climbing to ...Racy ad campaign raises eyebrows down under
A new ad campaign is causing quite a stir down under. Billboards have recently begun appearing along roadsides in Queensland, Australia inviting travelers to "Get High", Get Wet", and "Get Laid" in Mission Beach, a town that appeals to adventurous travelers looking to go ...New Hampshire's Mt. Washington sees windspeed record broken
New Hampshire's Mt. Washington has long been hailed as having the "worst weather on the planet". The summit is regularly pounded with high levels of precipitation and snow storms are a routine occurrence every month of the year, with annual snow fall averaging over 21 feet ...10 great destinations for scuba diving adventure (videos)
Stonehenge, Machu Picchu top 'most threatened' wonders list
U.K. travel magazine Wanderlust has released their second annual list of the world's most threatened wonders, with eight very popular attractions earning this dubious distinction for 2010.
Perhaps the two most eye catching destinations on the list are Stone Henge in the ...Uluru remains open for climbers
Last summer we reported that the Australian national parks service had recommended to the government that Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, be closed to climbers. Officials reasoned that climbing on the giant monolith was a safety risk and increased traffic there was causing ...National Geographic Student Expeditions expand for 2010
The popular and successful National Geographic Student Expeditions program is gearing up for another outstanding year, adding new options for high school students looking for an adventurous and educational escape this summer. The lucky travelers have their journeys enhanced ...Qantas & Tourism Northern Territory offer cheap flights to Australia's Red Center
Gadling loves Australia. We've been proponents of Americans visiting Oz for a while and I was fortunate enough to check out Australia's Red Center last year. The added flights - and the costs of those flights - have often kept Americans from delving deep into the heart ...Aussies find frozen plane in Antarctica
We all complain about flight delays, but nothing tops the one that's been waiting close to 100 years to be discovered. An Australian research team just discovered what's left of the first plane ever to fly to Antarctica. It hit the ground in 1912 ... and has been waiting ...Tweet down under: Microblogging comes to Australia
Expedition Review: On Board the MV Orion
Where do people go when they've already been everywhere? On a ship that goes to places nobody else can get to. The MV Orion is such a ship, custom-built for expedition-style travel that takes you to the world's more inaccessible places--place like Papua New Guinea, ...Papua New Guinea: Land of 800 languages
In the above map, conceived by Swedish linguist Mikael Parkvall, each country's area is proportional to the number of languages it has produced. The map, which appears in Parkvall's fascinating book Limits of Language, is accompanied by the following ...Santa crawl around the world: Ho! Ho! Ho! from Gadling to you
Last Saturday night, Times Square was literally a Santa free for all. I first noticed the Santa madness as I approached from the direction of the Empire State Building while walking along Broadway. Along the way, a group of five Santas passed me. Then another group of ...German woman kayaks solo around Australia
A 45-year old German woman named Freya Hoffmeister completed an eleven month odyssey on Tuesday as she paddled into the harbor at Queenscliff, Australia, finishing a successful circumnavigation of that continent by kayak. In the process, she became just the second person to ...Six new hotels fuse art and luxury in Melbourne
I love it when art and hotels come together. I found a pair of gems in Orlando back in March, but what's coming to Melbourne, Australia over the next two years is even more exciting. Indy luxury hotel group Art Series Hotels is spending $300 million to open six new ...Qantas Launches Inflight Recycling Program
Today, Qantas announced it's intention to ratchet up their existing recycling program to include eight and a half million bottles, cups, tumblers and cans per year--and that's just from their domestic flights. Qantas will also add paper, cardboard and glass to their program ...
