Six of the best winter mountain breaks in EuropeFrom the Arctic Circle to Slovenia’s Julian Alps, we pick scenic and soothing retreats to don snowshoes, ski empty pistes and tune into winter.
La Dolce Vita Orient Express: Eat your way around Italy in styleNew details have been teased about the hotly anticipated La Dolce Vita Orient Express train and the upcoming Orient Express hotels in Rome and Venice, the first for the relaunched brand.
Turkey’s legendary burning mountain where the flames never go out Located in southwestern Turkey, just above the beautiful coastline near the city of Antalya, there are indeed holes in the ground where flames burn. Today they burn perpetually, today just as they did during the time of Palaephatus.
Spain sends 500 more troops to Valencia amid anger over flood response 20 minutes agoMore than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities in and around Valencia, but the death toll is expected to continue to rise.
In Warsaw, Falling Road Deaths Signal a Traffic Safety TurnaroundAfter street changes and policy reforms, the Polish capital is touting its progress in meeting ‘Vision Zero’ safety goals, with fatalities dropping by half in a decade.
Istanbul Tries Free Public Transit to Help Job SeekersThe Turkish city is the largest to invest in transportation in hopes of boosting employment.
Valencian president downplayed floods while Spain’s rivers roseDespite clear warnings, Carlos Mazón kept his schedule, posing for pictures as disaster struck.
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