Middle East
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 day ago)
Andrew Zimmern insists that yak penis "melts in your mouth." The author, chef and host of the Travel Channel show "Bizarre Foods" also claims that delicacies like snake and deer penis, live frog heart, lizard sake, cow placenta, squirrel brain, sugar cane rat, wildebeast ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (2 days ago)
ARTSPACE London is one of London's lesser-known art venues for out-of-town visitors. It opened in May of 2012 and focuses on Modern and Contemporary Arab, Iranian and Turkish art. The original ARTSPACE is in Dubai, and the owners decided to open a London branch to expose ...
by Libby Zay (RSS feed) (8 days ago)
Have you ever landed in a place to find out you arrived just after the town's can't-miss event of the year? Well, hopefully that won't happen again this year. Gadling bloggers racked their brains to make sure our readers don't overlook the best parties to be had ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (10 days ago)
This humble little building in a back alley of Tangier is the final resting place of the greatest traveler in history.
Ibn Battuta was born in Tangier in 1304. In 1325 he left to go on the Hajj and ended up visiting not only Mecca, but crisscrossing much of the Middle ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (12 days ago)
An upcoming exhibit is causing friction between Palestinians and Israelis, the Associated Press reports.
On February 13, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem will open "Herod the Great: The King's Final Journey." It will be the first exhibition dedicated to the architectural ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
A hotel can make or break your vacation. We've all heard stories about crappy dives ruining someone's trip. Hey, we've written about plenty of them here on Gadling. But every once in a while we come across a hotel that exceeds our expectations.
Hoteliers, take note. ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (18 days ago)
Being in Morocco, Tangier is a mostly Muslim city. Being a port, it's also a mixed city with a long history of Christian and Jewish influence. That interesting blend comes out in the language, music, art and cooking. You can see Tangier's mix of cultures everywhere.
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by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (19 days ago)
The whole Mediterranean rim has a rich history. The Minoans, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and many others explored and settled these rocky coasts and islands. Tangier, just outside the Strait of Gibraltar and looking out onto the Atlantic Ocean, was considered the furthest ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (20 days ago)
Tangier has some beautiful old buildings. Being inward-looking in the Moorish style, they don't generally seem like much from the outside. Once you enter, though, you'll find soothing tiled courtyards with bubbling fountains; elaborate latticework windows; and bright, open ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (24 days ago)
The Christmas holiday in Spain is a classic case of too much of a good thing. Stretching from before Christmas to after Epiphany, it's a long haul of eating, drinking, socializing and getting nothing done. I have no problem with that except it goes on for way too long. My ...
by Chris Owen (RSS feed) (25 days ago)
About a year ago, California couple Darren and Sandy Van Soye started trekking the planet on a global tour to raise awareness about world geography and make the subject more accessible to children. To make efficient use of their time and set an eco-friendly travel ...
by Jessica Marati (RSS feed) (28 days ago)
Leave it to Dubai to ring in 2013 right. The city's magnificent New Year's Eve fireworks display illuminated the world's tallest building, the iconic Burj Khalifa skyscraper, stretching more than 2,716 feet into the city sky. Sparks flew from the base all the way to the ...
by Kraig Becker (RSS feed) (29 days ago)
A construction crew planning an expansion to a highway running between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in Israel has discovered an ancient temple believed to be more than 2700 years old. The archaeological site was unearthed last Wednesday and is part of the larger dig at Tel Motza, ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
I'm the kind of person who can conjure up an excuse to visit just about any place. I grew up in Buffalo, America's most unfairly maligned city, and so I identify with underdog destinations – places with bad weather, crime, ugly people, rude people, you name it and I ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
I hate paying for Wi-Fi or wired Internet access in hotels. If it were up to me, I'd add an amendment to our constitution guarantying free Wi-Fi in all hotels. The only thing I hate more than paying for Internet at hotels is forking over the money and then enduring ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
We're approaching the end of 2012, so it's a good time to assess what we've done and where we're headed. There's a whole year of adventures and opportunities awaiting us in 2013, despite what the New Age crystal clutchers say. The world is not ending and that's a good ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
I traveled to Beirut earlier this year with bmi (British Midland International), the East Midlands-based airline partially absorbed into British Airways in the spring. My Beirut trip was meant to be the third installment in an ongoing series called "Far Europe and ...
by Sean McLachlan (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Will Iraq become the next big adventure travel destination?
Short answer: Not yet.
Long answer:
At the moment most of Iraq is closed to solo travel. The Iraqi government has authorized only a few group tour companies such as Hinterland Travel and Babel Tours. ...
by Dave Seminara (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
Tim Leffel's mission is to help skinflints like me find travel destinations they can afford. He traveled around the world on a shoestring with his wife three times and decided to write a book about the world's cheapest countries after realizing that there was no single ...
by Alex Robertson Textor (RSS feed) (1 month ago)
On my first visit to Beirut's Tawlet, I stopped to ask a shopkeeper directions. "Tawlet?" she verified. I nodded. "C'est très bon," with a delicate flutter of the fingers accompanying her très, before she pointed me in the right direction. I'd heard great ...
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