Reading Time: 12 minutes Take a Berlin gasometer tour to experience what could arguably be one of the best views of the city, sunrise to sunset. View a photo gallery of our gasometer tour to get a look at the adventure of a lifetime you could have. The 360-degree views of Berlin are stunning, night or day.
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Reading Time: 17 minutes From exotic villas to ecolodges to family-owned boutique hotels, make sure your stay in Morocco will be nothing short of amazing with our pick of the best hotels in Morocco. If it makes our list of a top Morocco hotel, it is because we have stayed there and personally recommend it.
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Reading Time: 14 minutes Morocco is a country that fills your senses to overflowing. Morocco is a country that will get inside your soul. It is both exotic and gritty and that, in part, is the attraction. The best of our Morocco Instagram photos will help inspire your next visit, or fondly remember your last.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Berlin is endlessly fascinating and remains one of our favorite cities in the world to photograph and explore. We’ve included a few of our top Berlin photos in this Best Berlin Photos – Our favorite Berlin Instagram photos post. Scroll through to discover what to see on your Berlin visit.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes 10 photos from the 10s. Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian pick 10 photos that meant the most to them from the last decade of travel around the world. Our favorite photographs of the decade.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Bab el Oued Ecolodge in Tamnougalt village, Morocco, offers a garden retreat with winding paths, a pool, separate cottages and excellent dinners. It is a lush world filled with plants and seductive scents from jasmine and roses. Read our review of our stay at Bab el Oued Ecolodge here.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Medical and security emergencies happen, anywhere in the world. We have chosen Global Rescue, the world’s leading membership organization providing integrated medical, security, travel risk and crisis response services to travelers worldwide. Read why we chose Global Rescue for our emergency evacuation coverage.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Buying travel insurance should be simple and flexible and it is with World Nomads. You can buy and claim online, even after you’ve left home. Travel insurance from WorldNomads.com is available to people from over 130 countries. It’s designed for adventurous travelers with coverage for overseas medical, evacuation, baggage and a range of adventure sports and activities. Find out why we like World Nomads for travel insurance.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes We were following the Louisiana Oyster Trail in the town of Metairie just outside New Orleans. Our first stop was at the door of Drago’s Seafood Restaurant, home of the charbroiled oyster. Oysters were on the menu, and Michael was eagerly looking forward to sampling the promised charbroiled oyster dish. Drago’s offers so much more than oysters though, as we were to discover.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Dar Manara is a cozy riad in Asilah Morocco, a small, artsy town that offers a restful medina where you won’t get lost. Staying in Dar Manara in the medina on a visit to Asilah means convenience.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes HI Travel Tales has won multiple travel photography awards this summer, with five of our travel photos each winning award recognition on state and regional levels.
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Reading Time: 12 minutes Regensburg is Germany’s “best-preserved” with plenty do do and see. Things to do in Regensburg include wandering along medieval streets in Old Town (Altstadt), walk across the Steinerne Brücke (Stone Bridge) spanning the Danube, and see Roman walls, tour churches, towers and even a torture chamber.
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Reading Time: 13 minutes Wondering what to do in Budapest? Our Budapest City Guide will help you visit the Jewish Quarter, City Park and Heroes’ Square plus Castle Hill, Hospital in the Rock, Cave Church, an array of museums, and glorious buildings that crown the Budapest hillside.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Wondering what to do in Berlin? Berlin is cosmopolitan, worldly, quirky, exotic, bohemian, evolving, vibrant, alive. Watch a sunset from the TV Tower, visit the Reichstag, the Berliner Dom, Checkpoint Charlie, the Berlin Wall Memorial, the East Side Gallery, or simply walk along the Spree.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes Travel photography. We love capturing engaging images and videos of our travels because travel photos are memories. Anyone can snap photos with a smartphone camera or a point-and-shoot. But becoming a good travel photographer takes practice. Learning the 9 travel photography tips in this post is a good start. Ready to start taking great travel photos? Let’s go!
Read MoreReading Time: < 1 minute Georgia, a former Soviet republic at the crossroads between Europe and Asia, has its arms open to welcome travelers from all corners of the globe. This video from our friends at GLP Films is your invitation to adventure in Georgia.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes HI Travel Tales has won three national travel journalism awards from the North American Travel Journalists Association. Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian were each recognized for an illustrated story in an online publication. Our website was also recognized as one of the best independent travel blogs in 2018.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes When holidays or vacation travel approaches, the best holiday travel advice will save you money, time and stress. We are on the road constantly — in trains, in cars, on planes, on short travel, on long trips. Our holiday travel tips come from decades of international travel experience.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes The best travel gifts are something that the traveler in your life will actually appreciate and use – and never leave home without. We’ve put together a lineup of gifts for people who love to travel.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute[giveaway id=630802] We’re longtime Mountain Khakis fans. Pants,...
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Reading Time: 3 minutesFrom the practical to the downright odd, superstitions in different Asian...
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Reading Time: 5 minutes What makes the best travel underwear? Yeah, we’re talking skivvies, such as bras, briefs, panties, boxers and socks — the foundation for any comfy travel outfit.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute We want to give ONE lucky winner a free Chill Angel Sereni-Tee and Boxer set. That’s a $170 value.
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Reading Time: 6 minutesWe were recently nominated for a Liebster Award! Quite honestly, when we...
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Biking the Danube. It is a picturesque journey that follows the Danube River along a bike path that passes through Germany, Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.
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Winners of two silver medals for travel writing excellence and photography 2019.
