After our tour of Sicily ending up in Syracuse, the next country on our list was the holiday destination of Malta — but less well known is that it is also the home to, in UNESCO’s words, the “oldest f...
Read More#AmtrakTakeMeThere Free Train Trips!
The best travel is always FREE! travel, amirite? And here’s an opportunity that’s specifically open not to professional influencers like we’d like to be one day, but to “real people” who are popular o...
Read More#travel #blog Mommy Travels
Hmmm, looks like we missed the email about the #travel1k rankings this week, but they’re posted now — last week you may recall that we set a new record for us at #56 — not keeping it up for the week o...
Read MoreVoluntourism: Adventures For Impact
Here’s a different take on that voluntourism thing: Rather than spend your time out in the middle of nowhere doing things you’re probably not very good at, book a trip directly … and agree to raise fu...
Read MoreWin a Tulum Trip From Journy!
And here is our latest trip to win from Journy the online travel concierge service — this time to Tulum — a great base for visiting the Sian Ka’an World Heritage Site, make sure they plan an excu...
Read MoreWHS: Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica, Italy
As a grand finale to our tour around Sicily from Mount Etna to the Baroque Towns, today’s World Heritage Site visit is to a site that combines relics of all three millennia of Sicilian civilization:Sy...
Read MoreUNESCO Cultural Landscapes Prize Nominations 2019
Hey, all our culture-appreciating readers: Know anyone who deserves recognition for their work protecting cultural landscapes? If so, be sure to let UNESCO know:
Call for nominations - 2019 UNESCO-Gr...
Read More#travel #blog VoloGratis
So we were pretty darn happy with the #travel1k changed algorithm last week that had us up to #113; let’s see how we did with our newly abbreviated posting schedule whilst we finish up our new project...
Read MoreWHS: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto, Italy
From the Villa Romana del Casale we hurried off along Sicily’s southern coast as time was getting a little short, with quick visits to the various properties that make up today’s World Heritage Site, ...
Read MoreLive Adventure, Give an Adventure
Here’s a heartwarming initiative from Exodus Travels you might want to keep in mind when booking your next adventure tour:Live Adventure, Give An Adventure
The Inspiration Project takes child...
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