Writers Suzanne and Andrew Edwards commune with Sicily's past by exploring some of its elaborate crypts.
The City Traveler invited guest bloggers Jennifer and David Raezer to highlight one of Rome’s unique cultural elements: ancient Egyptian obelisks. David and Jennifer are the creators of Approach Guides, cultural travel guidebooks that offer a new approach to understanding and appreciating the world’s most important historical sites. Due to the efforts of its emperors,…
With the mega best-seller Eat Pray Love hitting the big screen, The City Traveler asked its correspondents to share their memories of exploring the countries that forever changed the life of author Elizabeth Gilbert. Here are snippets from their journeys to Italy (“Eat”), India (“Pray”) and Indonesia (“Love”). Photographer Donna Connor also shares her evocative…
I wish I could say my husband and I went to Trieste to see its glittering jewel, the Piazza dell’Unita D’Italia, or to sample its unique Bavarian-Italian cuisine. Yes, the Piazza, Trieste’s main square, was lovely and the food alone worth the trip. But the truth is that our discovery of this oft-overlooked port city…