Europe & Asia Pacific
Trekking Hadrian's Wall
A hike through Britain's second-century Roman past leads to spectacular views, idyllic villages and local brews
October 2009 |
By Andrew Curry
Also see: A Walk Across England
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Memoirist Frances Mayes samples freshly baked gingerbread while exploring Copernicus’ hometown on a trip through Poland
August 2009 |
By Frances Mayes
Tourists and pilgrims flock to Varanasi, a sacred Hindu city on the banks of the Ganges River
August 2009 |
By Anika Gupta
Far from bustling Tokyo, tradition can be found in contemplative gardens, quiet inns and old temples
September 2009 |
By Francine Prose
A Sikh architect is helping to preserve cultural sites in the north Indian state still haunted by 1947’s heart-wrenching Partition
September 2009 |
By Geoffrey C. Ward
The memoirist trades Tuscany for the northern light and unexpected pleasures of Krakow and Gdansk
September 2009 |
By Frances Mayes
In France’s Loire Valley, domesticated cave dwellings, known as troglodyte homes, offer a history as rich as the region’s chateaus
May 2009 |
By Kristin Ohlson
The "Great Wall of the Alps" covers 320 acres and is one of the largest fortified structures in Europe
March 2009 |
By T. A. Frail
A new tollway threatens the archaeologically Hill of Tara that is the spiritual heart of the country
March 2009 |
By Amanda Bensen
This collection of ancient Buddhist cave temples date back to the fifth and tenth centuries, A.D.
March 2009 |
By Lyn Garrity
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