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The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 20, 2013 
Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
Streetcars, Desired
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 18, 2013 
Streetcars are sometimes typecast as old-fashioned conveyances, but they’re making encore appearances in cities around the world.
Along with watches and chocolate, cheese is one of Switzerland’s great treasures, and raclette—both a semifirm cheese and a stick-to-your-ribs dish—is an Alpine gem that remains little known outside this country’s borders.
Two millennia ago, gladiators, prostitutes, and politicians—Julius Caesar, for one—rubbed shoulders in a red-light district adjacent to the Forum and Colosseum. Now it’s a zone where something new is always opening, Italians gather for animated conversations outside overflowing wine bars, and young women in stilettos pick their way through cobblestoned streets.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 13, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
On the Trail in America
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 11, 2013 
A scout’s salute to four great hiking and biking trails across the United States, and a look at how one of them is expanding.
Oh, the Places Nat Geo Goes
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 11, 2013 
When you work at National Geographic, one of the first questions people ask is if you get to travel. The answer is often “yes.” That’s why we asked folks on our travel team to share their favorite passport stamps and stories with our Intelligent Travel readers. Check out where we’ve been and what it’s taught us along the way, then share your own!
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 6, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog each Wednesday for our Travel Lately roundup.
With the recession behind it, Dubai is back to building opulent hotels and reigniting its reputation as a Las Vegas of the Middle East. But step away from its Guinness World Record-winning skyscrapers, and you’ll find a multicultural emirate with a centuries-old maritime history.
The Road to Discovering Your Roots
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 4, 2013 
Fueled in part by TV shows such as Who Do You Think You Are? in which celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Spike Lee discover their ancestral heritage, interest in roots travel has taken off in the past decade. Here are some tips to get you started tracing your own family tree.
Samantha Bee on Travel
Posted by Intelligent Travel on March 1, 2013 
As the most senior correspondent on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee scours the globe for hypocrisies to satire. No matter her target—from a clueless interviewee to the state of feminism—the sharp-tongued comedienne shoots from the hip. Here’s some insight into that brilliant brain of hers when it comes to travel.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 27, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories with #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.
Lima’s Bohemian Rhapsody
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 26, 2013 
Around the turn of the century, a salon society emerged in Barranco, an intimate seaside enclave southeast of Peru’s capital city center. As those bright young things gradually moved on, they left behind an architectural kaleidoscope that artists and musicians transformed into a unique cultural olio. By the 1970s, the Barranco scene was on the wane, but, happily, it’s experiencing a resurgence: “When people in Lima look for something fun, artistic, or bohemian, they end up here.”
The Stay List: Ireland’s Green Scene
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 25, 2013 
Ireland’s notoriously “soft” weather makes the fields gloriously golden, but it also makes the ground soggy for would-be campers looking to experience nature. Leave it to Irish ingenuity and hospitality to adapt the camping experience with refined yurts, pods, and safari tents outfitted with duvet-covered beds, antique furniture, and woodstoves.
There are some amazing events on tap all over the world, all the time. Here’s a taste of what you can see and do in March…
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 20, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.
The Place: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 18, 2013 
Two years ago, a series of massive earthquakes shook Christchurch, New Zealand, to its spine, folding its central business district into a cordoned-off red zone. But even as the historic gateway to the South Island readies for a years-long rebuild, a spirit of innovation is rising out of the rubble to shake things up for good.
The best thing about the digital age is dialogue. We’re not here to tell you what we think you need to know; we’re here to start a conversation. Some of the best conversations spring up around controversial topics — and a recent post about the world’s best chocolatiers has provided a jumping-off point for just that.
India’s Taj Mahal, fashioned from marble and heartbreak, was built by Mogul emperor Shah Jahan as a tomb for his beloved consort, Empress Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth. Sorrow was never so beautiful.
Here are a few interesting facts about the architectural masterpiece.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 13, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.
The World’s New ‘Water Parks’
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 11, 2013 
Less than three percent. That’s the portion of the world’s oceans now set aside for conservation — a small safety net that ecologists are working to increase. Joining a wave of new marine reserves, Australia recently designated 382,000 square miles in the Coral Sea to preserve an area of fish-haloed seamounts, turtle nesting areas, and…
In the land of the free and the home of the brave, nothing tickles the taste buds quite like barbecue. BBQ capitals like Kansas City and Memphis are well represented on our list, but America’s love affair with smoked meat is quite clearly a national preoccupation.
The Radar: Travel Lately
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 6, 2013 
The Radar: The top travel news, stories, trends, and ideas from across the web. Got Radar? Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories from the web #NGTRadar. Check back on the blog on Wednesdays for our Travel Lately roundup.
Happy 100th, Grand Central!
Posted by Intelligent Travel on February 1, 2013 
New York City’s temple of transportation marks 100 years on February 2nd.
Did you know Grand Central has a whispering gallery? Read on for more fun facts about this busy beaux arts icon.
Event-o-Rama: 12 Must-Dos in February
Posted by Intelligent Travel on January 31, 2013 
There are some amazing events on tap all over the world, all the time. Here’s a taste of what you can see and do in February.
