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Aruba's island beauty offers sand, sea and sunsets

About 20 miles long and 6 miles wide, Aruba is carpeted in some areas with green, scraggly vegetation and a few steep hills, while the north side is rugged, desert-like terrain, peppered with cacti and wild rock formations.

Riga: Cosmopolitan but historic

My hotel in Riga was bugged. Yep. It said so right in the guidebook that hotel workers used monitoring equipment to listen to guests' phone calls.

A real Dutch treat: Holiday on a houseboat

Whatever floats your boat: Barge into Amsterdam for a holiday right on the water!

Experience Dublin like a 'Dub' for frugal fun

Ireland may bill itself as the land of "a hundred thousand welcomes." Too often, tourists come away feeling like the saying really refers to exorbitant prices. But it doesn't have to be like that.

Scotland marks poet Robert Burns' 250th birthday

n the 250th anniversary of his birth, the Scottish government hopes worldwide interest in the poet will create a tourism boom.

Travel and Leisure 2009 Design Award winners

Here's is the list of Travel and Leisure 2009 Design Award winners.

Travel + Leisure hosts fifth annual Design Awards

Women dressed in 1950s-style bathing suits greeted guests and disco balls hung from the ceiling inside the darkened, thumping nightclub of the newly renovated Fontainebleau Miami Beach as hotelier Andre Balazs accepted his award...

British train travel among Europe's most expensive

Board a train in London, and in 2 1/2 hours you can be in Paris, City of Light _ or in Manchester, city of gray skies and grit. It frustrates many travelers that sometimes the trip to Paris is cheaper.

Greece to open new Acropolis museum in June

The long-awaited museum where Greece hopes to one day display the Elgin Marbles alongside other ancient masterpieces from the Acropolis will be inaugurated this summer.

Tibetan areas closed to foreigners

China is tightening its grip on Tibetan areas in the western part of the country by banning foreigners from the region ahead of the politically sensitive 50th anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising.

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