When visiting Naples and the rest of the South of Italy you can do better things with your time and money than traveling to Capri to see the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), especially if that is your sole intention for visiting Capri .

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Even though Ischia is not as famous as its neighbor Capri, it is a beautiful island and worth a visit for its exciting activities, thermal spas, delicious food, hospitable people and pleasant atmosphere.

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An admirer kisses Oscar Wilde’s grave

By Chris–
While working through, and getting lost in Paris’s Cimetière du Père Lachaise, I finally found my destination after hearing the giggles of some young American girls who were about to leave their madness of kisses on Oscar Wilde’s grave.  This was a twist because the great author, playwrite and [...]

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Expedia.com has just started an annual survey which asked 4,000 hoteliers to comment on and rate tourist based on 10 specific categories including popularity, behavior, manners, willingness to learn the language and try local cuisine, generosity, tidiness, volume, fashion sense and propensity to complain. The Japanese score top honors, Americans are in the middle [...]

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By Dan
San Francisco– I flew into San Francisco where I hung out for a few days to do all the touristy things like Alcatraz (the boat ride out was cool, and on a clear day you can get some great photos looking back at the city but really not worth the queueing and cost), clam [...]

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Don’t let your digital memories go up in flames!
Digital cameras are a valuable addition to the travel scene. Never before was it possible to take and carry around 1000s of images in 6 oz package. However, these tiny and all important memory preservers are prime targets for thieves and are frequently lost. [...]

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Hello Travelers!
As one of the tourism capitals of the world, Rome has thousands of things to do, see, smell and taste. It’s an exuberant and friendly city that bursts with light, passion, art, pasta, wine and millennia of wonder. Millions of tourists pass through Rome annually, and most go home saying “La vita e’ bella! [...]

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Hello Travelers!
Digital cameras are communication devices, file systems, memory enhancers, decision aids and all around valuable travel tools. Besides being vivid extensions of your memory that efficiently preserve your special moments at the Berlin Wall or at whatever other monument you visit, these little image sponges enable you to capture the small details that [...]

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Hello Travelers!
One of the unpleasant things about traveling and staying in all those exciting hostels / hotels is the increased risk of bedbugs. These creatures of the night have recently been making a strong comeback because DDT use has diminished and international travel has become more frequent; in fact, there has been a 500% [...]

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Hello Travelers!
It’s that time of the year when New Orleans and other cities along the Gulf Coast partake in the leftover pagan ritual designed to get “it” out of your system before having to sow the fields. Now it just seems to be the day before Ash Wednesday that is an awesome world-class festival.
To [...]

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