More on Europe
Some call it a polar plunge; others just call it crazy. Whatever you call it, you have to call it brave as these hearty souls wash away...
The world hasn’t always celebrated the new year on Jan. 1, never mind the frenzy that’s associated with New Year’s Eve....
By Leon Logothetis
"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
No one is quite certain when the first Christmas tree was introduced but some of the credit (or blame) for its popularity must go to...
By James Bartlett
Forget the jolly fat man in the red suit. In Belfast, Northern Ireland’s capital, kids and adults flock to see the Black Santa.
There are plenty of lists for travelers on the Internet, especially at year's end. But this collection, which ranges from a pit stop in...
By Mary Forgione
What's the big idea? For some high school students this summer, it might be examining how Copenhagen redefines urban life or how India...
By Christopher Reynolds
SOCHI, Russia — The snow report. Ticket sales. Train times. Terrorist threats. Construction problems. Civil rights.
By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Deal and Travel Blogger
What's Carnival time in Venice without a fabulous costume? Don't bother cramming one into your rollerbag because you won't need it....
By a Times Staff Writer
It might be a bit brisk during the months of this round-trip airfare special from LAX to Warsaw on Aeroflot, but the price will warm...
By Mary Forgione
Call it an "e-smoking lounge" or a "vaping zone," but whatever you call it, it opened this week in Terminal 4 at London's Heathrow Airport.
By James Bartlett
As you contemplate your blessings at Thanksgiving, here's one for which you can thank an Englishman: the toothbrush. That’s just one...
By Frank Sotomayor
Besides being a man of faith, Junipero Serra, the Franciscan friar who founded nine California missions, is a tourist draw -- and perhaps...
By Anne Harnagel
Explore London’s springtime cultural scene with arts writer Barbara Isenberg, who is hosting her 29th annual theater and art tour.
In Britain, it's called Remembrance Day or Poppy Day, and, like Veterans Day in the United States, it's marked on Nov. 11, "the 11th day...
By Brady MacDonald
Ah, Paris. The food. The art. The sights.
By Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times Daily Deal and Travel Blogger
River tours of Europe continue to be the rage, but there's another way to hit the water on a smaller, more intimate vessel: barge cruises....
The Magic Kingdom-style Disneyland Paris theme park, which opened in 1992 as Euro Disney, is bigger than the original in California, smaller...
Opened in 2002, the oft-maligned Walt Disney Studios next to Disneyland Paris is the least attended Disney theme park in the world. The...
By Brady MacDonald
During a recent visit to Paris I made my first pilgrimage to a Disney theme park outside the United States.