Easy Rider Tours’ new Praias & Palaces bike tour covers both Portugal’s mountaintop village of Sintra and the country’s popular beaches. The six-day trip is designed with the novice cyclist in mind, averaging 15-20 miles daily. The itinerary allows time to linger along beaches and explore the royal palaces, parks and gardens of Sintra. […]

Omni Hotels has introduced “Romance, Texas-style” packages at nine lodgings throughout the Lone Star State. Available through June 22, these packages include accommodations, a three-course dinner for two, champagne, chocolate-covered strawberries, a rose on the pillow at night and breakfast the following morning. Concierges can help guests choose activities that range from canoeing on Town […]

More than 300 quilts will be displayed around the Huntsville town square 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday during what is billed as Texas’ largest outdoor quilt show. The event, titled Airing of the Quilts, is sponsored by the Tall Pines Quilt Guild and also features a silent auction of miniature quilts, quilt vendors, educational presentations, entertainment, […]

There are words that, when combined, have the power to create far more questions than answers, and not many are more intriguing than the phrase “nude cruise.”
Having heard for years about voyages large and small populated entirely by folks wearing nothing more than SPF-4,000 sunscreen, I wanted to find out more — purely in the […]

The wild, woolly World Wide Web: It can be a wonderful tool for researching destinations and planning trips — or a time-wasting source of frustration. With the help of the Travel staff, I’ve compiled this list of our Internet picks as well as a few pans:
Airlines
Picks: Hats off this year to European budget airlines […]

People often criticize the brand-name drug industry for its focus on blockbuster drugs that can be sold to millions of people with common problems. What people may not have noticed is that drug companies have become increasingly successful in discovering and winning approval for medications that treat rare, or “orphan,” diseases.
A new report from the […]

Amelia Togba-Addy, a nurse at Emory Crawford Long Hospital in Atlanta, had always been in good health. But last October her gynecologist called with disturbing news: Togba-Addy’s latest Pap smear showed abnormal cells on her cervix. First, doctors removed the suspicious tissue and examined it under a microscope—then they diagnosed Togba-Addy with cervical cancer. In […]

Home gardens are an enjoyable hobby and a beautiful attachment to any abode. Often, the most difficult part of getting a garden started is choosing a location in your yard. Most gardens require some exposure to the sun, yet there are many plants that can thrive in the shade. Here are some tips and ideas […]

U.S. RULES FOR CUBA TRAVEL
• Cuban Americans and Cuban exiles can visit immediate family once every three years.
• Aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins do not qualify as family.
• Educational programs in Cuba for American students must run at least 10 weeks.
• Banned: Travel hosted by Cuba that allowed Americans to travel by way of […]

The U.S. Government has received information that terrorist groups in Central Asia may be planning attacks in the region, possibly against U.S. Government facilities, Americans, or American interests. Elements and supporters of extremist groups present in Central Asia, including the Islamic Jihad Union, Al-Qaida, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), and the Eastern Turkistan Islamic […]