Travel Stories

A hotel for train enthusiasts, sleeps in a grounded jumbo jet in Sweden, or on a boat floating along the Venetian canal are among some of the accommodations pitched as destinations worth the journey in and of themselves.

The deep oceans have yielded many mysteries that have puzzled people for centuries, from the giant squid to huge jellyfish that look like UFOs. To that list add a fish with totally transparent blood.

A Spanish hostel that greets backpackers with a complimentary drink, free breakfast, and guided tour of bars that offer free tapas -- a dying institution -- has been named the world’s best hostel for its food offerings.

Finding a high-speed mobile internet connection in the UK just got a little easier. A number of iconic black cabs in London have been fitted with 4G wi-fi hot spots for free, high-speed interent access.

In an effort to boost the country’s tourism industry, the government of China has unveiled a long-term plan that aims to give employees more time off, open up museums and parks for free, protect valuable forest lands and develop tourism packages for seniors, women, children and the disabled.

Luxury hotel brand The Four Seasons has announced an ‘Around the World’ travel itinerary that touches down in Hawaii, Bora Bora, Bali, Sydney and Mumbai aboard a private luxury jet that comes with a personal chef and onboard concierge.

The public were allowed into Britain's Olympic Park this weekend for the first time since the 2012 Games, with a behind-the-scenes tour of its transformation into a new neighbourhood of London.

Readers of the largest user-generated travel website have named their favorite island in the world, home to the second largest coral reef in the world and an impressive, perfectly circular sinkhole in the sea.

Monaco plans to expand its tiny territory by building a six hectare peninsula into the Mediterranean, the city-state's monarch Prince Albert announced Friday.

An eccentric Australian mining magnate who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic on Saturday unveiled his latest scheme -- a park of giant robotic dinosaurs.

The Hotel de Crillon in Paris, one of the world's oldest luxury hotels, is closing this weekend for a two-year-long makeover that includes a new spa and sweeping renovations.

Frank Hollberg III, whose family has sold furniture in Senoia, Georgia since 1894, laughed as he recalled the odd sight of watching a man walk through the idyllic downtown holding a head in his hand.

The city's newest arts festival has returned with a month of music, dance, theater, visual arts and family activities, all loosely based on the topic of time travel.