http://dir.salon.com/topics/tourism/?source=rss&aim=tourism en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT By Kevin Berger Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/20/rick_steves/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/03/20/rick_steves/index.html?source=rss He may seem like Mister Rogers. But in a revealing interview, the travel guru shares his daring views on Iran and terrorism, spoiled Americans and the best places to smoke pot in Europe. By Cary Tennis Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/24/vacation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/03/24/vacation/index.html?source=rss If I take a vacation, where should I go? How does one take a vacation? What is a vacation? By Gary Kamiya Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/07/22/rome/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/07/22/rome/index.html?source=rss The Eternal City is too vast and ancient to grasp, and the harder you try, the more it slips away. So you have to dream your way into it. By Patrick Smith Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/06/askthepilot280/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2008/06/06/askthepilot280/index.html?source=rss When a routine flight is plunged into weirdness after the crew smells smoke, how to deal with a possible emergency -- and a plane full of foreign tourists. By Ann Bauer Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/16/italian_vacation/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/16/italian_vacation/index.html?source=rss My trip to Italy was perfect -- except for the part where I couldn't stop worrying about money, my children and the state of my marriage. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/09/27/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2007/09/27/thursday/index.html?source=rss Saints legend Archie Manning says come on down to New Orleans, and the Crescent City swoons for him all over again. Plus: Vick, Bonds. By Jeff Greenwald Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/26/travel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/03/26/travel/index.html?source=rss Americans should stop listening to the fear-mongers and travel overseas. It's the best way to start bringing the U.S. back into the world community. By Michelle Goldberg Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/09/ground_zero/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/07/09/ground_zero/index.html?source=rss At ground zero, Americans suck the last morsel of flavor from the most exciting day they will ever know. By Elizabeth Randall Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/11/orlando/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/11/orlando/index.html?source=rss Before Sept. 11, residents loved to gripe at the out-of-state visitors clogging Orlando. But then they were gone. By Damien Cave Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/06/cuba_apart/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/people/feature/2002/02/06/cuba_apart/index.html?source=rss Many of the island nation's most beautiful areas are off limits to its citizens. Will Fidel's tourist policy be his undoing? By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/26/welfare_to_work/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/10/26/welfare_to_work/index.html?source=rss The collapse of the travel industry is hammering the Bay Area's working class. But is a reformed welfare system still able to come to the rescue? By King Kaufman Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/15/added_attractions/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/02/15/added_attractions/index.html?source=rss A few California Adventure attractions never made it past the planning stage. By Nancy Spiller Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2001/01/16/italy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/sust/2001/01/16/italy/index.html?source=rss How do you enjoy traveling when all your companions want to talk about Disneyland? By Janelle Brown Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/16/infiltration/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/01/16/infiltration/index.html?source=rss Thanks to the Web, the sport of infiltration -- creeping through abandoned buildings and unused subway tunnels -- is thriving as never before. By Jack Boulware Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/07/06/mermaid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sex/world/2000/07/06/mermaid/index.html?source=rss For a few extra kroner, this Norwegian mother of two bares her chest and fishtail for fjord tourists. By Jack Boulware Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/01/spain/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/05/01/spain/index.html?source=rss Local beaches to test a lights-out period every night. By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/25/tourist/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/25/tourist/index.html?source=rss Visitors just seem to lose their reason in Australia. By Burt Wolf Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/food/col/wolf/2000/04/21/asheville/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/food/col/wolf/2000/04/21/asheville/index.html?source=rss This North Carolina corner of Appalachia offers an unexpected range of traditional riches. By Megan McNamer Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/04/12/guide/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/04/12/guide/index.html?source=rss Guidebooks ridiculously chart out a trip's every moment. And on some dark evenings, that's not so bad. By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/12/tourism/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/12/tourism/index.html?source=rss The conservative Muslim kingdom says it will issue tourist visas for the first time. By Rolf Potts Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/04/11/baksheesh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/04/11/baksheesh/index.html?source=rss In Egypt, our correspondent discovers that even the simplest experiences sometimes carry a price tag. By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/07/belfast/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/07/belfast/index.html?source=rss A private bus tour and a T-shirt shop have found a way to squeeze profit from violence. By Rolf Potts Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/02/11/transglobal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/diary/pott/2000/02/11/transglobal/index.html?source=rss Leo's new movie may be fiction, but its portrayal of a crowded travel world is based in fact. Our correspondent reports -- from the unlikeliest of places -- on just what is happening. By Sue Wheat Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/11/garland/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/feature/2000/02/11/garland/index.html?source=rss An interview with Alex Garland, bestselling and occasionally controversial author of "The Beach." By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/27/venice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/01/27/venice/index.html?source=rss If you want to pee in a public facility, you're going to have to pay.