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The Russian port city has swung open in recent years as a surprisingly picturesque city of hillside mansions, scenic bays and extravagant night life.

Get a sampling of the current food and drink policies for flights within the United States, and what you can expect to shell out for a little sustenance.

Once the most remote and inaccessible of the Mediterranean jet-set getaways, Costa Smeralda is drawing more new visitors than ever.

Some of of the best bargain eating in Ecuador comes courtesy of one-person mobile-food-stand entrepreneurs who hop aboard public buses to sell their delicious wares.

With the dollar holding its own against the Swiss franc, the country might look good to those who want to visit Europe.

If the design-savvy retailer Target opened a hotel, this is what it would look like.

Gathering summer?s wild flavor in Maine.

What?s up with all those specially dedicated lanes that funnel people into various categories up to the checkpoints?

Sometimes, cultural immersion allows you to get to know a little too much about people. That?s what happened in Thailand.

The Costa Brava is still a place where fishing villages feel like fishing villages, where medieval mountain towns are hushed at siesta time, and where the landscape descends into blue waters.

From independent theaters to art centers, there is a depth of cultural amenities to the twin cities that will surprise first-time visitors.

Discover the city?s history for $44 in four museum visits that you can fit snugly into one weekend -- and still slip in a historical walking tour.

From St. Louis to southern Ohio, an overland journey in quest of hidden cities built long before Columbus set sail.

If this trend were a movie it would be called ?Honey, I Shrunk the Camper.?

The question posed from a personal history of sun and sand is fundamental: saltwater or fresh?

Chefs take pride in their seafood, which brightens up familiar Spanish classics with a distinctive contemporary jolt.

After 13 weeks and 16 countries, the Frugal Traveler lands in the Scottish capital at the Festival Fringe ? a perfect finale for the Grand Tour.

The bucolic landscape of the West Bank was the prevailing impression Raja Shehadeh had in mind when he wrote the book ?Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape.?

To the Editor: Finally, Scottish cuisine gets some respect in Frank Bruni?s feature on Scotland. ?A Taste of Scotland,? (July 27). Having traveled to Scotland more than 12 times in the past 14 years, my husband and I are very familiar with the many charms of traveling in the Highlands.

To the Editor: Your ?Readers? Picks: Montreal? (Aug. 10) offered excellent suggestions, especially the walk from McGill College to the Old Port via Rue St.-Denis. But to refer to La Ronde?s ?weekly fireworks? in your photo caption is like referring to the Pacific Ocean as ?water.? La Ronde hosts the annual International Fireworks Competition on Wednesday and Saturday nights every summer. Two years ago, on a solo getaway to Montreal, I attended the Wednesday night entry from Portugal and the Saturday night performance by Canada. Both shows were staggering; each were 30 minutes long with over 5,000 components fired off, all tightly synchronized to custom music beds. This year, I brought my adult son and daughter along for the United States (Wednesday) and China (Saturday) entries; seven other countries competed this year.. Two minutes into the United Statesperformance, my son turned to me and said, ?Dad, I?ve just seen more fireworks than I?ve ever seen in my entire life.? He?s 24. The United States ended up winning the gold, and the Chinese the bronze. The Web site for the International Fireworks Competition is www.internationaldesfeuxloto-quebec.com.