- 6 January 2009 2:21PM
Snow has closed the Eiffel Tower
Winter storms have blanketed much of France with snow. The Eiffel Tower's closed, and many flights out of Charles de Gaulle Airport have been cancelled. Stuck in Paris? Try sipping a chocolat chaud in a nearby café.
- 6 January 2009 12:02PM
The Middle East - should you cancel your plans?
With unrest flaring up in the Gaza Strip, you may be getting antsy about travel to the region. What are things really like on the ground for visitors? The Thorn Tree community - including residents of Israel & the Palestinian Territories - give their opinion on the situation for budget travellers, whether or not to take kids to the region, how to behave at border crossings and what you might expect if you go to the West Bank.
- 5 January 2009 3:14PM
Dominican Republic - make your Caribbean dreams come true
Longing for a post-party recharge in the Caribbean but think it's pie in the sky? Grab yourself a slice of the Dominican Republic; its affordable beachfront resorts resorts make for lazy, lo-fi lounging. Inland, relax even more at the Euro-centric Península de Samaná or the mountain retreats of Jarabacoa.
- 2 January 2009 4:10PM
Revving up for travel in 2009
The fireworks have disappeared, so now it's time to set your sights on Lonely Planet's top 10 sparkling cities of 2009. Which ones swish your tail?
Antwerp - buy up designer threads, drink up designer gin
Beirut - swing through jazz clubs, documentary film festivals and bright futures
Chicago - get your public art, molecular gastronomy and architecture thrills
Glasgow - it's all about Clyde River living, Robbie Burns and King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Lisbon - slide on in to this transformed seaside city oozing culture with a side of grit
Mexico City - boredom is not an option in the 'Manhattan of Latin America'
São Paulo - fasten your seatbelt for a warp-speed city of skyscrapers and pounding beats
Shanghai - shop among the blooming buildings and ancient backstreets for up-to-the-second cachet
Warsaw - visit Eastern Europe's latest hotspot, where derelict buildings morph into galleries and cafés
Zürich - play deceptively sedate by day, proudly party-heavy by night
- 31 December 2008 10:51AM
Seven prime spots to celebrate New Year's Eve
Sydney - for a fireworks spectacular over the Harbour Bridge
Barcelona - to eat the traditional 12 grapes with each stroke of midnight, then head out to the cava bars
New York City - to skip the full tourist cheese at Times Square and take in a samba party in Soho
Cape Town - for laidback beachside bar-hopping
Otavalo, Ecuador - for boys in drag and political effigies
Maui - to celebrate twice in one day (by hopping a plane over the International Date Line and back)
Tokyo - to ignore the whole thing: it's mainly a quiet family day
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