International Travel News articles from May 1999

International Travel News archives from May 1999

Monaco - a haven of elegance and glamour.
May 1, 1999... If you hear someone say "Monaco," what springs to your mind? The serene Princess Grace? Yachts in the harbor? Fabulous hotels and casinos? Well, 43.6% of ITN subscribers have already been to Monaco at least once and have their own mental...

Comfortable pace on custom tour of India and Nepal.
May 1, 1999... We took a wonderful trip to India and Nepal in October and. November of 1998 arranged by Kashmir Himalayan Expeditions, Ltd., with offices in Delhi and Auburn AL. We contacted Ali Baktoo Auburn to arrange our personal tour for two couples after...

Keep in mind the clime to do this Scotland hike.(includes related information on The West Highland Way)(The West Highland Way)
May 1, 1999... The West Highland Way is Scotland's first long-distance walking path. Opened in 1980, it is now one of the most popular trails in all the British Isles. Running from the outskirts of Glasgow, the path winds 100 miles north to Fort William, from...

Mountain heights, ancient marketplaces, jungle camps... Ecuador offers it all.
May 1, 1999... Ecuador, a beautiful diverse country, offers the Andes Mountains, the Amazon River Basin, volcanoes, cloud forests and more. The country has a rich cultural heritage and a rapidly dwindling indigenous population living in their traditional...

Samoa, Fiji and Rarotonga - a South Pacific sojourn.
May 1, 1999... To celebrate retiring from our careers in banking and physical therapy, a friend and I toured the South Pacific for three weeks in April 1998. We traveled to Samoa, Fiji and Rarotonga, making our own arrangements, and from the latter took a...

Iberia by train.(Iberic Railpass between Spain and Portugal)
May 1, 1999... Cheaper than a Eurailpass or Europass with an Iberia add-on, the new Iberia Railpass will take you anywhere you want to go within and between Spain and Portugal. You choose between three and 10 the exact number of days you expect to travel and...

Outsmarting thieves.(thieves in Europe)
May 1, 1999... Europe is safe when it comes to violent crime. But it's a very dangerous place - if you're an American - from a petty purse-snatching, pick-pocketing point of view. Thieves target Americans, not because they're mean but because they're...

The ghost city of Ani in Turkey.
May 1, 1999... In the northeastern corner of Turkey, not far from the city of Kars, silence covers the ruins of Ani, resting in a landscape devoid of trees and only yards from what is now Armenia, formerly part of Russia. A millennium ago, Ani rivaled...

The last great unspoiled Amazon.(information on Peru)
May 1, 1999... (First of two parts on Peru) Embarking at the frontier town of Iquitos and traveling upriver in the darkness against the powerful current, we could sense the beginning of a truly unique adventure. We few, we fortunate, were aboard the...