While there are plenty of reasons tovisit Canada's big cities, traveling to small towns provides a special experience for travelers who really want to get to know a place. There's usually no need for detailed itineraries and long-winded tour guidebooks; in a small town, the best adventures...
The winter ski resorts ofEurope's Alps and Dolomitesare legendary, not only for their superb skiing but for the postcard Alpine villages and celebrity-studded resort towns at their bases. In the mountains of Italy, France, Switzerland, and Austria, you'll find some of thebest ski resorts ...
France is world famous for its "gastronomy", its fine restaurants and wines. It sometimes surprises visitors from outside France, that they can find top quality restaurants even in small provincial towns, and that many of these offer first-class menus at a fraction of the price one would ...
Zhujiajiao, located in a Shanghai suburb, is one of the best preserved water towns in the area, despite being 1,700 years old. Visitors simply must take a cruise on the canal, boating under 35 ancient mostly stone bridges lined with old-fashioned houses. Perhaps the most famous bridge is...
Homesick international students in Shanghai can visit one of the “copycat” towns in the suburbs around the city to get a fix of their own culture. These include Spanish, British, Scandinavian, Canadian, Dutch, Italian and German settlements. Perhaps the best known is Thames Town, an eerily...
Known as Arsissa Lacus or Thospitis Lacus in ancient times, the lake was created by a volcanic explosion of Mount Nemrut. Near the southern section of Lake Van are four small islands, all of which have been designated important archaeological sites. One of the islands, Akdamar Island, is ...
Researchers led by geographer Hader Sheisha at Aix-Marseille University in France used paleoecological clues to help reconstruct what Egypt's Nile river might have looked like over the past 8,000 years." A Restored Painting Recalls the Colosseum’s Christian Past - "The restoration of a wall ...
12. Lyon, France Lyon is renowned as the gastronomic capital of France. The city has a long culinary history and is famous for quenelles, saucisson brioche, and poulet de Bresse. Along the Presqu'île, a peninsula between the two branches of the river Rhône, are bouchons—small, ...
50 Celebrities Born In New York State Famous actors, musicians athletes and more! Here are 50 celebrities that were born in New York State. From Manhattan to Buffalo, Glens Falls to Schenectady and all the small towns and big cities in-between. Are any of these celebs from your town?
Many think of small towns as uneventful. Still, their ability to bring together a community and the charm they possess give books set in small towns excellent plot development and a different character dimension. These books get even more interesting when developed using the unbeatable crime mystery...