South Africa's most popular destination has the scenery, the wine and the adventure. Cape Town also has a turbulent past that, amid the problems of today, make it the multicutural city it is today, bursting with the spirit, flavors and hope of the locals striving to create a better future.
Anthony Bourdain loved haggis. But even the late, great American chef, writer and television host recognized that Scotland's national dish, with its "sinister sheep parts" wrapped in a shroud of mystery and half-invented history, could be a hard sell.
House-cured meat and handmade pasta, a three-course American menu where French techniques shine and a seasonally inspired eight-course tasting menu are among the offerings from the nominees for one of the culinary world's highest honors -- the James Beard Awards.
It's usually relatively difficult to fail to notice a superyacht, but this new concept from Jozeph Forakis Design has actually been designed to disappear into the background.
The decaying Italian hamlet of San Severino di Centola has been bought by locals who say they hope to breathe new life into it but would prefer it to decay than be exploited by unscrupulous developers.
Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered the wreck of a 17th-century warship, the Äpplet, which was the sister ship to the Vasa, which famously capsized on its maiden voyage.
The tourists who had become stuck about 200 feet underground at the Grand Canyon Caverns in Peach Springs, Arizona, on Sunday when an elevator malfunctioned have all been brought back to the surface with the help of local fire departments.
Virgin Australia has just launched the Middle Seat Lottery, a special raffle open to those who sit in the middle seat -- voluntarily or involuntarily -- during a flight.
Cheryl Hurst entered the elevator at St. George Lycabettus Hotel in Athens in summer 2017 and came face to face with her future fiancé, Preet Banerjee.
US travel blogger Brooke Schoenman says she's perfected the art of packing to such an extent she can travel internationally with only a 12-liter handbag.
