http://travel.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html?partner=rss en-us Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:24:05 GMT http://graphics.nytimes.com/images/section/NytSectionHeader.gif http://travel.nytimes.com/pages/travel/index.html http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/travel/23hours.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/travel/23hours.html Fashionable boutiques and gourmet shops are making the city center feel like a neighborhood again, and not just a backdrop for a Space Needle snapshot. By MATTHEW PREUSCH Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:41:00 GMT Travel and Vacations Seattle (Wash) http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/travel/23weekend.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/23/travel/23weekend.html The public bus system may not have a tour guide or an upper deck, but you can plan your own route, score a window seat and see the sights the way New Yorkers do. By SETH KUGEL Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:12:21 GMT Travel and Vacations New York City Transit Systems Subways Buses Budgets and Budgeting http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/travel/escapes/21skyline.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/travel/escapes/21skyline.html Hiking in the winter, through the stripped and skeletal trees, can lead to brilliant vistas of city skylines that were cloaked by the greenery of summer. By DAVE CALDWELL Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:05:14 GMT Travel and Vacations Hiking http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/travel/escapes/21Rituals.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/travel/escapes/21Rituals.html Digital photography, which offers an alternative to the hassle of slides, has in part ended the tradition of gathering to view a post-vacation slide show. By GARY ANDREW POOLE Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:51:38 GMT Travel and Vacations Photography http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/arts/music/21rock.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/21/arts/music/21rock.html Hundreds of artifacts are being prepared for the opening on Tuesday of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex NYC, a $9 million branch of the Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland. By BEN SISARIO Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:49:45 GMT Museums Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Rock Music Halls of Fame SoHo (NYC) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/fashion/20chicago.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/fashion/20chicago.html With Barack Obama’s election, the city is basking in a moment of triumph that goes well beyond politics. By JEFF ZELENY Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:13:31 GMT Presidential Election of 2008 Chicago (Ill) Obama, Barack http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/the-proud-indians-of-chiapas/index.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/the-proud-indians-of-chiapas/index.html The Frugal Traveler, Matt Gross, witnesses the religious rituals of the Tzotzil Maya, then joins a family for a homemade Chiapanecan meal. By MATT GROSS Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:53:37 GMT Travel and Vacations Chiapas (Mexico) Budgets and Budgeting http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/business/18road.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/business/18road.html While major hotel companies are reeling from a drop in demand, many bargains can be had for those with the inclination and money to travel. By JOE SHARKEY Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:41:24 GMT Hotels and Motels Economic Conditions and Trends Travel and Vacations http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/frugal-mexico/index.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/14/frugal-mexico/index.html In Chiapas, a region of Mexico remote both in distance and culture, revolution smolders, natural beauty abounds, Indian ways flourish and prices are right. By MATT GROSS Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:48:42 GMT Travel and Vacations Chiapas (Mexico) Budgets and Budgeting http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16NextStop.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16NextStop.html A number of projects are readying this Soviet-era resort town on the Black Sea to play host to the 2014 Winter Games. By JOSHUA YAFFA Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:05:59 GMT Travel and Vacations Sochi (Russia) Olympic Games (2014) http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16pracyapta.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16pracyapta.html Ever wish you could get an e-mail alert when frequent-flier seats opened up on planes? Yapta.com is testing a new service that will do just that. By MICHELLE HIGGINS Mon, 17 Nov 2008 09:17:11 GMT Travel and Vacations Airlines and Airplanes Frequent Flier Programs http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16journeys.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16journeys.html Blending the rigors of adventure travel with the fastidiousness of stamp collecting, highpointers seek out the loftiest elevation of every state. By JANE MARGOLIES Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:50:30 GMT Travel and Vacations Hiking http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16readers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16readers.html Find top readers’ suggestions for where to stay, where to eat and what to do. Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:51:42 GMT Travel and Vacations Santa Fe (NM) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16globe.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16globe.html Want to see that Picasso show in Paris at the Grand Palais? Plan ahead. By ELAINE SCIOLINO Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:51:02 GMT Travel and Vacations Paris (France) Art Picasso, Pablo Grand Palais http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16Bite.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16Bite.html Get a seven-course seafood dinner of whatever delicious delicacies are caught that day at a traditional fishing shack on stilts. By ELISABETH ROBINSON Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:52:15 GMT Travel and Vacations Venice (Italy) Restaurants http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16COMmideast.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16COMmideast.html A new tour introduces participants to Israeli and Palestinian students, business owners, journalists and politicians while visiting historic sites. By HILARY HOWARD Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:20:29 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16DATEBOOK.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16DATEBOOK.html Events in Louisville, Toronto and New Orleans worth getting on a plane for. By HILARY HOWARD Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:38:59 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16letters-001.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16letters-001.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:49:04 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16letters-002.html?partner=rss&emc=rss http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/travel/16letters-002.html Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:48:24 GMT