Iceland appears on the must-do lists of many travelers – its charming cities and towns, other-worldly landscapes and astronomical phenomena keep the crowds coming back for more every year. But how do you choose the highlights of your trip in a country packed with so many of them? Don’t worry, we’ve picked twelve incredible places,
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Meenakshi Sai, 51, looks like any other Indian woman, dressed in a saree and sporting a bindi on her forehead. But unlike many women in her country, she’s been driving since she was 18 years old. As of 2020, less than 7% of India’s 236 million drivers were women, according to the data website Statista.
Glossy showrooms, high-rise condos and luxury shopping malls illuminate Panama City’s banking district. This has been the epicenter of prodigious real estate development in recent years. Panama City is an international banking center and global trans-shipment hub with generous offshore tax structures and strong secrecy laws. Dubious money, laundered through real estate, has been transforming the
Although Türkiye is a relatively cheap country in which to travel, there are some regions which are a bit pricier, and Cappadocia is one of these, thanks to its popularity with both domestic and international tourists. You’re likely to still find travel here very reasonably priced compared to your home country, but if you’ve been
Among Italians, Sicily is a prime summer destination, so when the mercury rises, so do airfares – but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the Italian island life on a budget. While you can save on air travel by booking your trip in the off-season, it’s quite easy to plan a money-conscious itinerary year-round. Unlike
Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin What if you could drink a loaf of bread? That’s the simple idea at the center of Altamura Distilleries, a vodka company based in Puglia, Italy that I profile alongside the blue-haired entrepreneur behind it in a feature published this morning. Read all about the terroir-driven
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft is seen taking off from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Nicolas Economou | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines is planning to launch flights to Marrakesh, Morocco, and Medellin, Colombia, and ramp up its service to Asia, in the carrier’s
Seville is one of the most beautiful and liveliest cities in Spain, with a cerulean blue sky and streets bathed in year-round sunshine. This manageable metropolis is made for strolling, cycling and scootering and, most importantly, sitting outside a tiled bar or hip restaurant, sipping a caña (small glass of beer) or fino (dry sherry).
Using an ancient wheat from Puglia, Frank Grillo’s Altamura vodka began with a simple idea: What if you could drink a loaf of bread? By Chloe Sorvino, Forbes Staff Blue-haired Frank Grillo was in the middle of a pandemic-fueled cooking binge of specialties from Southern Italy’s Puglia region when he decided he could do better
The people of Memphis know how to have a good time and there is rarely a period when the city isn’t enormous fun to visit. However, depending on what makes your must-do list for Bluff City, some seasons will be more suitable than others. From the best barbeque you’ll ever taste and incredible live music
As the largest island in the Mediterranean, Sicily is a grand road trip destination that doesn’t just stop at the beautiful blue waters that fringe its rocky coastline. Winding pastoral roads meander through the hilly hinterlands near Palermo and up to the dark volcanic slopes of the testy Mount Etna. At the crossroads of history,
A Manhattan icon is back in business. Following the Central Park Boathouse’s lakeside cafe reopening last June, the boathouse restaurant itself reopened for lunch and dinner on Monday, March 4, 2024. Situated in the boathouse dating back to 1954, the renovated restaurant now boasts Central Park Continental cuisine by Legends Hospitality Group. Open daily for
In this article BA UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines 737 Max 8 Leslie Josephs | CNBC United Airlines will pause pilot hiring this spring because of aircraft deliveries from Boeing, the latest effect of the plane maker’s problems with one of its biggest customers. New hire classes will be paused
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On February 13th the USDA released the 2022 Census of Agriculture providing data about 1.9 million US farms being operated by 3.37 million agricultural “producers.” The detailed statistics and trends this special survey documents every 5 years provide key guidance for government agricultural policy and for agriculturally related business planning. Only 1% of our population
It’s no secret that visitors to the United Arab Emirates associate the country more with sizzling Dubai than stately Abu Dhabi. Yet the UAE’s capital has never been one to chase pizzazz. Instead, Abu Dhabi has taken initiatives that emphasize heritage and culture, as well as family-friendly offerings such as theme parks. With easy access
Is there anything more frustrating than lost luggage? Over 76,000 bags are mishandled by airlines every day. That’s over 28 million bags per year, 5% of which are never found. The cost to airlines and travelers is hundreds of millions of dollars every year. To bring a new level of security to the travel industry,
We now know, down to the second, when, where, and for how long a total solar eclipse will occur hundreds of years into the future. How ancient people—including those who saw the first recorded such event on November 30, 3340 BC, in Ireland—would have reacted is unknown, but it’s likely that they behaved like many
The joy of train travel is often about the journey – unless you’re at these revamped rail stations, where the destination is the prize. Train travel’s golden age, which lasted from the mid-1800s through the early 1930s, inspired ritzy rail companies to build palatial railroad stations worldwide. Architects designed these massive travel monuments to dazzle.
If the idea of drinking civet cat coffee, which is made from feces from the Asian palm civet, is a turn-off, there may be yet another reason to rethink the drink. This week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) issued a warning aimed at tourists in Bali after an investigator showed undercover footage
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