Getting away from the crowds and exploring a city from a different vista can add an extra angle to your trip. Hotel bars can have eye watering prices, but Jo Fitzsimons shares 10 bars that have views worth blowing the budget for.
We love learning at BootsnAll, and we know you do, too - so here are our favorite "how to" articles from 2011, with tips about everything from extreme road-tripping to RTW travel to clothing-optional resorts.
Can't make it to Munich for Oktoberfest? Katja Grathwohl tells you where else in the world you can find these celebrations of German music, food, culture, and beer.
Great architecture is both artistic and scientific, both beautiful and practical. Even more, architecture gives us cultural clues about a city's past, present and future.
Looking for the perfect spot to get down on one knee & propose to that special someone - but don't want to pick from the usual places? Vanita Pathman has some ideas for offbeat (but still wonderful) destinations you might want to consider.
It would be a mistake to judge Dubai by European standards. But surely this was the only place in the world where you could lie on the beach and ski down the slopes within half a day.