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Discover Queensland, Australia with Customizable Itineraries from Travel2

07/13/2021 in Queensland

Discover Australia's Sunshine State

300 days of sunshine a year, friendly locals and a new discovery around every corner - here in Queensland you will find it all. Seek out world-class culture and Indigenous history, spot famous Australian wildlife and marvel at the marine life of the famous Great Barrier Reef.

While we may not be able to travel to...

Celebrate the Māori Lunar New Year and the Southern Dark Skies in New Zealand

07/08/2021
New Zealand is in celebration mode in July with the arrival of Matariki.

It's a constellation of stars that rises in New Zealand skies, shining their brightest in the first week of the month.

Known to astronomers as Pleiades or the Seven Sisters, Matariki is believed to have formed more than 100 million years ago, and this pre-historic cluster of...

You’ve Missed Danube Day But You Can Still Discover Europe’s Record-Breaking River

07/08/2021
Every year on June 29th, eighty-one million people in 14 European countries celebrate the single river that ties them together and provides drinking water, food, power, recreation, jobs and transportation.

Danube Day annually marks the signing of the Danube River Protection Convention, which facilitates collaboration between the countries of the Danube River and the rivers that flow into it...

Cruising From the US is Back!

07/08/2021 in North America
It’s official. Cruising has returned to ports in the U.S.

While many cruise lines have already started sailing with North American guests from offshore ports in the Caribbean and Europe, there’s been no cruising from ports we can drive to.

Until now. Between the end of June and the holiday weekend, three ships have set sail from three different American...

Now You Can Discover Your European Family Heritage While Sailing on a River Cruise

06/24/2021 in Central Europe
It’s news that marries two of the fastest-growing styles of travel: river cruising and family heritage travel.

AmaWaterways has partnered with Ancestry, the company that specializes in genomics and connecting people to their family history.

The river cruise line has done family-heritage themed cruises before, but now, you’ll be able to uncover specific details about your own family. That’s because...

Celebrate This Island’s Sweet Harvest at its Annual Summer Mango Festival

06/24/2021 in St Kitts and Nevis
On some islands, they like to tell you how many beaches they have, or days of sunshine. On Nevis, it’s how many different varieties of mangoes they have.

The answer? Officially, nearly four dozen – and unofficially, it’s estimated nearly 200 different varieties of mangoes grow on this tiny Caribbean island.

Nevis makes up the other part of the twin-island nation...

The World has a New Ocean to Explore

06/24/2021 in Antarctica
Get out a sharpie – there’s a new ocean to label on your map of the world. Or globe, if you have one. You might have to update your travel bucket list, too.

If you’ve already ticked off ‘visit all the oceans of the world’, you’ll have to uncheck that box. Even if you’ve seen, swum in, or sailed upon the...

Discover 'Japan's Machu Picchu'

06/24/2021 in Japan
 In Japan, it’s called the ‘Castle in the Sky’, but international travelers who’ve discovered historic Takeda Castle have compared it to another mountain-top historic ruin half a world away in South America.

Peru’s Machu Picchu has made most intrepid travelers’ bucket lists of adventures. But Japan’s Takeda Castle (pronounced: ‘tah-kay-dah’) - that's about the same age as Peru's...

Top Tips for G7 Leaders - and Travelers Like Us - to Experience Cornwall

06/10/2021
The leaders of the world’s seven biggest democratic economies are meeting in Cornwall, England, and it’s putting the Southwest region of the country under a spotlight.

Maybe you’ve heard of ‘bleisure’ travel? It’s about tacking on a leisure vacation to a business trip. We’re not sure if the leaders of the Western World have the time for a little independent...

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