Check In: A Boutique Retreat in Beijing’s 798 Art District

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan A Superior Room with photos of Chinese opera above the bed. Rooms start at 850 renminbi (about $140, at 6 renminbi to the dollar), plus service charge. Basics This 30-room boutique hotel, which was the Yi House Hotel until...

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Bites : Eating Among Locals on a Venetian Island

If beautiful Murano glass is a strong draw to the Venetian Lagoon island, camera-snapping groups clogging the canals, and the cookie-cutter restaurants hoping to sell them a pizza along the way, can have the opposite effect. But thanks to a culinary...

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In Transit Blog: Where to Go? Wiki It

The Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that supports and operates Wikipedia, brought its crowd-sourced reference model to the travel industry last month with the introduction of the online guide Wikivoyage. The Web site is one of several specialized...

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Off the Tourist Grid in the Bahamas

Sara Mayti Workers load cargo onto the Grand Master mail boat on Great Exuma. Waves rolled through the night, pitching the ship from side to side. From the bridge deck, the white sand beaches of the Exumas glowed blue-white under the starlight,...

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In Transit Blog: High-Speed Rail for West Coast

California has gotten closer to high-speed rail, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. Amtrak and the California High-Speed Rail Authority have developed trains capable of operating up to 220 miles an hour for service on both the East and...

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In Transit Blog: A Room Fit for a Queen

The Goring Hotel in London was recently awarded a royal warrant by Queen Elizabeth, becoming the sole recipient of the honor for lodging. Royal watchers may recognize the name: The hotel is where Kate Middleton stayed before being married to Prince William...

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In Transit Blog: Your Disney Questions, Answered

My article in December about the opening of Walt Disney World's New Fantasyland generated many good questions from readers planning their own Disney vacations. Most fell into two broad categories, parks and hotels, so I've answered a number of them below...

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Frugal Traveler Blog: Should You Buy Travel Insurance?

Would you like to add travel insurance to your purchase?That little pest of a question pops up every time I book a flight, confirm a hotel room or reserve a rental car. It's become the "Do you want fries with that?" of online travel booking. The difference:...

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In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis

Christinne Muschi for The New York Times Scenes from Crossing of the Gaspé Peninsula. Snow squeaked under my boots as I turned up the Rue Ste.-Anne and into the tangerine glow flowing from the streetlamps overhead. The storm that had blown...

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Journeys : A Monsoon, Then Underwater Magic in Malaysia

DanitaDelimont.com/Newscom Staff bungalows at the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort. We were in fins and snorkel masks, navigating the thicket of wooden posts that lift the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort above the limpid waters of the Sulu Sea off Sabah,...

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Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania

Alex Hutchinson for The New York Times Hiking through a muddy section of the trail. I stole my first glimpses of Tasmania's rocky southern coastline from about 2,000 feet up, peering through the rounded pane of the cockpit window whenever I felt...

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In Transit Blog: Walkabout - 1/28: What to Do With Your Dreamliner Ticket, and Jersey Shore

WalkaboutA weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors.Not So Dreamy After a spate of battery fires grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner fleet, Japanese investigators said they found no quality control problems at the maker of the lithium-ion...

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Heads Up : Airline Safety Videos: A Seat Belt Reminder and a Smile

Delta Air Lines Katherine Lee, a k a Deltalina, in a Delta pop-up video. It is the most ignored — and usually most soporific — moment of any flight: the safety announcement, that pretakeoff ritual that often leads to travelers closing...

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In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis

Christinne Muschi for The New York Times Scenes from Crossing of the Gaspé Peninsula. Snow squeaked under my boots as I turned up the Rue Ste.-Anne and into the tangerine glow flowing from the streetlamps overhead. The storm that had blown...

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Journeys : A Monsoon, Then Underwater Magic in Malaysia

DanitaDelimont.com/Newscom Staff bungalows at the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort. We were in fins and snorkel masks, navigating the thicket of wooden posts that lift the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort above the limpid waters of the Sulu Sea off Sabah,...

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Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania

Alex Hutchinson for The New York Times Waves crash into the shore along Tasmania's South Coast Track. I stole my first glimpses of Tasmania's rocky southern coastline from about 2,000 feet up, peering through the rounded pane of the cockpit window...

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Heads Up : Airline Safety Videos: A Seat Belt Reminder and a Smile

Delta Air Lines Katherine Lee, a k a Deltalina, in a Delta pop-up video. It is the most ignored — and usually most soporific — moment of any flight: the safety announcement, that pretakeoff ritual that often leads to travelers closing...

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In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis

Christinne Muschi for The New York Times Scenes from Crossing of the Gaspé Peninsula. Snow squeaked under my boots as I turned up the Rue Ste.-Anne and into the tangerine glow flowing from the streetlamps overhead. The storm that had blown...

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Journeys : A Monsoon, Then Underwater Magic in Malaysia

DanitaDelimont.com/Newscom Staff bungalows at the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort. We were in fins and snorkel masks, navigating the thicket of wooden posts that lift the Sipadan-Kapalai Dive Resort above the limpid waters of the Sulu Sea off Sabah,...

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Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania

Alex Hutchinson for The New York Times Waves crash into the shore along Tasmania's South Coast Track. I stole my first glimpses of Tasmania's rocky southern coastline from about 2,000 feet up, peering through the rounded pane of the cockpit window...

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Explorer : Mud, Leeches and Stunning Beauty in Tasmania

Alex Hutchinson for The New York Times Waves crash into the shore along Tasmania's South Coast Track. I stole my first glimpses of Tasmania's rocky southern coastline from about 2,000 feet up, peering through the rounded pane of the cockpit window...

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