Travel

North Americans' vacations are among the shortest in the industrial world. With so little time, the pressure is on to make all the right choices when planning a trip.

Carnival Cruise Lines won the first Gold Medal of London's Olympic Games.

The capital of China is quickly becoming one of the priciest cities in the world, driven by several decades of breakneck economic growth.

Could the erotic bestseller Fifty Shades of Grey do for Portland and Seattle what the Twilight series of books and movies did for the sleepy town of Forks on Washington's Olympic Peninsula? Tourism promoters hope so.

Bicycle tours help you experience your destination with all your senses

It's a July evening on the terrace of the legendary Café Flore. A coiffed woman sips chilled wine, another savours her chocolate eclair. The one thing to complete a perfect picture of Parisian life? A dash of French rudeness.

Italian beaches were devoid of their usual August crowds on Friday as beach clubs staged a short strike. The strike was called to protest against a government plan that would see the right to operate patches of seafront decided by auction from 2016.

Majestic birds, exterminated a century ago, have been reintroduced from Norway

Colosseum restoration starts with lean concerns

Where else can you look down on the Doge's Palace and St.