June 5, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Iceland
Iceland Air is the main airline serving Iceland, but many major American and international carriers stop there. The airport is in Keflavik, about …
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June 5, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Cairns
Most visitors fly to Cairns, a tourist-oriented city of 124,000 people with a huge range of restaurants, services and accommodations, including …
June 5, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Greece
Reaching Santorini by one of the regular domestic or chartered international flights is convenient, but to appreciate fully the dramatic caldera, …
June 5, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Chile
You can arrive in Arica through a few different channels. The easiest is to fly to Santiago and then Arica with a short stop in Iquique; there …
June 4, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around California
One of the easiest ways to visit Death Valley is to fly into Las Vegas, rent a car with four-wheel drive and head due west 250 kilometers to the …
June 4, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Africa
Virunga National Park may be more easily accessed from neighboring Rwanda. It is quite difficult to travel around the Democratic Republic of …
June 1, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around southern Utah
To get to Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, fly into either Salt Lake City, Utah, or Las Vegas, Nev. By vehicle, the monument can be …
June 1, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around India
Shillong is connected to the rest of India by regular flights from Kolkata (Calcutta) that fly into Gopinath Bordoloi Airport in Guwahati, …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Utah
Moab is well worth the effort required to get there. Direct daily flights to Moab’s tiny Canyonlands Field airport are offered through Great …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Florida
The Florida Keys are a popular year-round vacation destination. There are only two seasons: the dry season, from November through May, and the …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Spain
Two airports serve Tenerife, which is a 2.5-hour plane ride away from Spain’s capital, Madrid. Most inter-island flights, plus those from …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around New Mexico
White Sands National Monument is located in south-central New Mexico. To get there, fly into Albuquerque or El Paso, rent a car and drive 360 …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Wyoming
To drive all or part of this loop, fly into Cheyenne and rent a car. You can also fly into Denver, 160 kilometers south of Cheyenne. The loop …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around Croatia
Most visitors to the Bay of Kotor arrive via cruise ship or an all-day excursion from Dubrovnik, Croatia. These options usually leave only a few …
May 24, 2018
Getting There and Getting Around France
Most flights to France from the U.S. land in Paris. If you are heading directly to Provence, you can fly from Paris to Marseille-Provence …
May 1, 2018
Getting there and getting around Idaho
If you’re interested in a trip down the Main Salmon, you have two options: put a trip together yourself, or hire a professional outfitter to take …
April 9, 2018
Getting there and getting around Oman
Oman’s main gateway is Muscat International Airport (MCT), which offers service to most major Middle Eastern and European cities. There are no …
March 23, 2018
Getting there and getting around the Causses
Toulouse is the best gateway to the Causses region. Toulouse-Blagnac Airport hosts plenty of flights to connecting cities in Europe, but no …
September 18, 2017
Getting there and getting around Flagstaff, Arizona
“Flagstaff is a two- to three-hour drive from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) and a four-hour drive from McCarran …
August 22, 2017
Getting there and getting around Patagonia
There are many ways to get to Patagonia. I would have preferred to get there by following Charles Darwin’s route, aboard a replica of H.M.S. …
August 16, 2017
Getting there and getting around Bolivia's Antiplano
“Bolivia’s main gateway, El Alto International Airport (LPB), is located 13 kilometers southwest of the country’s capital, La Paz. It hosts …
July 18, 2017
Getting there and getting around Austria's Salzkammergut
“Salzburg boasts Austria’s second-busiest airport, with nonstop flights to cities throughout Europe and connecting flights to a number of North …
June 22, 2017
Getting there and getting around Grand Junction, Colorado
Grand Junction is a 4.5-hour drive from major airports in both Denver and Salt Lake City. The smaller but more convenient Grand Junction Regional …
March 24, 2017
Getting there and getting around Easter Island
“Easter Island has just one gateway, tiny Mataveri International Airport (IPC), to which only one airline, the Chilean carrier LATAM, offers …