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London chef Ben Lippett’s favorite places to unwind in Peckham

Travel NewsJuly 23, 20242Views

Chef Ben Lippett, known as @dinnerbyben to his hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, built his audience with approachable guides to "really good home cooking." Unsurprisingly though, Lippett's inspiration comes from beyond the confines of his home, with much of it sitting just outside his door in his neighborhood of Peckham. Chef Ben…

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USA’s Most Endangered Historic Places Now Include L.A.’s Little Tokyo and Concord, Mass., Revolutionary Sites

The site of the American Revolution's "shot heard round the world," the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston, a lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson River, a long-standing Japanese American neighborhood, and a church where Black coal miners worshipped are among the USA's most endangered historic places, according to the National Trust for Historic…

May 9, 202438Views

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Frommer’s Best Places to Go in 2023

What’s travel without a little turbulence, right? Tourism’s big return following the easing of Covid restrictions has been bumpier than we all hoped, thanks to understaffed airports, high gas prices, and other global woes. But while the skies still haven’t entirely cleared, it’s not impossible to find silver linings. For one thing, borders have reopened…

May 5, 202423Views

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A Photo Pilgrimage to the Planet’s Most Spiritual Places

You don't have to think of travel as a spirtual experience, but plenty of seekers have thought of their spiritual experiences as a form of travel. Every pilgrimage, sojourn in the wilderness, journey of self-discovery, and quest for enlightenment is, after all, a trip of some kind, whether actual or metaphorical. Maybe that's why…

May 4, 202427Views

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7 Places to Swim With Whale Sharks Responsibly

Although Meekan has studied whale sharks since 1996, they still surprise him. For years, researchers believed these filter feeders only consumed microscopic sea life and small fish, but it turns out a recent study led by Meekan recently revealed they eat seaweed, too. These record-breaking fish are now also considered the world’s largest omnivores. Some…

May 4, 202425Views

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A Tour of Places from the Hit Netflix Show

Any Emily in Paris pilgrimage has to start at No. 1 place de l’Estrapade. This is where our heroine lives in a chambre de bonne, the name for what used to be maid’s quarters about a century ago. Emily's place appears to be a good deal larger than most of the broom closet–sized rooms that…

May 4, 202425Views

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A List of Places We Lost in Lahaina—And More Maui Treasures Worth Seeing

Destroyed: The 34-room Best Western Pioneer Inn, built in 1901 in an enviable perch between Front Street and Lahaina Harbor, had been a relatively affordable and convenient place to stay over the years, as well as home to popular watering holes and restaurants, before the wildfire. Top Chef star Lee Anne Wong operated Papa‘Aina, the…

May 1, 202426Views

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Iconic Places Where 007 Movies Were Filmed

James Bond has probably flown to more places than any other U.K. icon, with the possible exception of British Airways. From the fictional spy's first onscreen appearance in 1962's Dr. No and through all 25-and-counting installments in the hugely successful movie series inspired by novelist Ian Fleming's suave creation, Agent 007's cinematic adventures have stood…

May 1, 202428Views

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Frommer’s Best Places to Go in 2024

The long saga of life on Earth frequently goes through rough spots in the narrative, but even in the story's darkest passages, bright spots always abound. The world is as wide as it ever was, and it’s still brimming with positive things worth discovering and celebrating. The human drive to venture to new places, meet…

May 1, 202423Views