Category: Vacations
Sharing the Iberian Peninsula with Spain, the little country of Portugal has a growing number of visitors. Lisbon, the gateway city, has a number of direct flights from New …
La Belle France. For many France is food, France is wine, France is an assorted bouquet of palaces and places. After England, France is second in popularity for American …
Today the church is more tolerant, church and state less compatible. Rituals are still very important. Nearly every Spaniard passes the milestone rituals of life baptism, first communion, marriage …
GETTING MONEY FROM HOME If you run out of money while traveling, the easiest and cheapest solution is to have someone back home make a deposit to your credit …
PIN NUMBERS AND ATMS To use a cash or credit card to withdraw money from a cash machine (ATM) in Western Europe, you must have a four digit Personal …
TRAVELER’S CHECKS Traveler’s checks are a relatively safe and convenient means of carrying funds. American Express and Visa are the most widely recognized brands. Many banks and agencies sell …
CREDIT, DEBIT, AND ATM CARDS Where they are accepted, credit cards often offer superior exchange rates up to 5% better than the retail rate used by banks and other …
THE BEST OF GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND SWITZERLAND IN 5 WEEKS Spend five days raging in Berlin’s chaotic nightclubs and recovering in the capital’s museums and cafes (4 days, 418). …
The world is a supermarket of pleasure travel. Or is it? Subtract the oceans, the seas, and many of the lakes 70 percent of the total. That leaves 30 …
In terms of the numbers involved in international travel Western Europe is the all-out leader. Keeping in mind how easy it is to become an international traveler (crossing a …