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Silver jewelry and coins from as far away as Arabia were found hidden under the floorboards of a Viking home

Seville's romantic Plaza Espana was built for a World's Fair, but with the future in mind

Saudi Arabia plans to vastly expand its main airport, and give it a new name

The UN World Tourism Organization names 32 of the world's best tourism villages

    Hopping a freighter isn’t what it used to be.  Which is to say it takes a great deal more planning and bother than the adventure of my imagination.  Maybe I could find a tramp freighter if hanging around in a...

The price has doubled from last year, but there's still a chance to own a town of your own...

A Spanish infrastructure company that controlled London's main airport has sold its last shares to new investors

By now, you should have had plenty of time to go through the application process and get your visa to visit Saudi Arabia. You are now ready to see the sites.

It is nearly impossible to visit Saudi Arabia. If you have a business there, you can travel on a business visa. If you are going to visit Mecca on a hajj (pilgrimage), you can get a visa. Otherwise, you have to be an invited guest of the government.

Do you love large resorts, with thousands of rooms and lots of amenities? A 10,000 room luxurious hotel complex is scheduled to open in 2017.  

 Saudi Arabia has opened a brand new airport in Medina, just in time for the Hajj.  

A young French patissier takes the cup for the best pain au chocolate in an international competition

Some of Heathrow's would like to sell, but a planned deal has fallen through over price and 'tag-along' rights

DrFumblefinger shares some of the images of faces he captured while traveling in Morocco.

T E Lawrence - British soldier, writer, historian, leader of men - was a man of contradictions. He became a celebrity in the 1920s when his heroism and charisma in the Arab campaigns of 1914-18 war caught the public imagination.

Few English authors have such strong associations with the heritage of their local area  as Thomas Hardy, the internationally renowned author of Dorset, England. His books 'Under the Greenwood Tree', 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' and 'Far from the Madding Crowd' were later also translated into TV and film.