The travel and tourism industry is back. At least that was the message last week in Virginia Beach, Virginia, at Domestic Showcase, a major regional industry conference sponsored by the Southeast Tourism Society.
As with elsewhere in Florida, snowbirds are a regular sight here. But intermixed with the more stereotypical visitors to Sarasota, a city and county on the Gulf of Mexico coast in southwest Florida, is a large community of Amish.
One of the landmarks in the upscale Saint Germain des Prés neighborhood on the Left Bank of the River Seine is the eponymous church with its Romanesque and Gothic architecture. Founded by King Childebert in 543 and later dedicated to St. Germain, the present-day Church of Saint Germain des Prés mostly dates to a rebuilding in the early 11th century before the Great Schism that resulted in the split between Rome and Constantinople.
Most visitors to Puerto Rico seem unaware that the oldest church anywhere in the United States can be found on the Caribbean island territory.
While the U.S. island territory did manage to recover its hospitality and tourism industry, nobody knew that recovery would be short-lived.
Largely overlooked in Paris, a city full of landmarks and other sights popular with tourists, is the grave of the Marquis de Lafayette.
If Beaumont is known at all, it’s known for its contribution to the Texas oil boom during the first half of the last century.
Forget about Christmas with your in-laws or that second cousin, once removed. Instead, celebrate the birth of our Lord the way Queen Elizabeth II does every year.
There aren’t many places in North America with the history and religious heritage of Quebec City. The capital of the eponymous Canadian province was founded in 1608 by legendary French explorer Samuel de Champlain.
Beyond a postcard-perfect cityscape — the kind other cities and towns of comparable size only wish they had — Punta Gorda has attractions with something for everyone.
