A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points

KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes,...

Travel Show: Rick Steves talks about what's new in Europe

We love Europe because of its history, says European travel guru Rick Steves, but some of the happiest travelers are the ones who savor...

Europe and the South Pacific on sale at Paul Gauguin Cruises

At Paul Gauguin Cruises, small is big. The cruise line distinguishes...

10 places to see in 2013

Here, in alphabetical order, are 10 places I'd like to see in 2013. Several are cities, one is a state, three are entire nations, and all...

Whole Journeys serves up fresh food adventures around the world

Rick Steves: Let your head, not headlines, guide where you go

Guidebook author and TV travel host Rick Steves embraces and encourages "thoughtful...

Iceland: A photographer's dream

You can see icebergs in the Antarctic, geysers in Yellowstone, waterfalls almost anywhere, volcanoes in the Russian Kamchatka. You can see...

With Russian Olympics a year off, a head rolls in Sochi

MOSCOW -- Exactly a year before the 2014 winter Olympics in the Russian city of Sochi, President Vladimir Putin fired a highly placed...

Russia: Iconic Moscow (and where the Lenins went)

For more than six centuries, Russian artists basically painted one thing: icons, in nearly infinite variation, often with inspiring (or...

Russia: In Moscow, icicles, ice skating and other subzero thrills

The great thing about visiting Moscow from Los Angeles is you don't have to reset your watch. It's a 12-hour time difference, so all you...

Magical moments on the Black Sea

ISTANBUL, Turkey — As we sat on the Breeza, the open aft deck of the Azamara Quest, we watched the shadow line of the sunset climb the...

Crystal Cruises to start exclusive shore excursions this spring

Crystal Cruises, the small-ship luxury line...

France: City of Light is also the city of pigs, goats, sheep...

Ah, Paris. The wine, the food, the fashion, the pigs.

Russia reimagines its culinary traditions

MOSCOW — On New Year's Eve, dining-room tables across Russia will be covered with a mosaic of glittering red caviar, piroshki,...

Airfare to Europe: Yes, there are ways to save

After fuel prices sent airfares skyrocketing last summer, you may have sworn off travel to Europe. We can't predict whether summer 2013...

Sochi, Russia, preps for the 2014 Winter Games

Sochi, a resort area on the Black Sea in Russia, is the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It's a popular summer resort town because of its...

Where Oscar Wilde hallucinated and Bowie partied, a hotel is born

London’s Café Royal, born in 1865 and reborn through the decades as a party place where Oscar Wilde hallucinated on absinthe...

Italy: Hotel and rail travel to three cities for $469 each

What can you see in Italy in a week? Plenty, and you...

In Ireland, optimism is in the air

DUBLIN, Ireland — There are no people on Earth as romantic as the French. No one is punctual like the Swiss. The Germans have...

An enchanting cruise of the outer Greek isles

PSERIMOS, Greece — "Our boats are for people who don't like crowds," Muhammet Okumus, our captain, tells me. "Even though there can be...