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Daily Women Travel Tips
In wide open countries with limited transportation, your best option may be to rent a vehicle.
Perched behind the wheel, the open road is at your mercy.
Drive for as long as you see fit and stop wherever you want.
Access places seldom seen by the common tourist. Continue
Modest hills embrace colorful fields through which curvy roads weave, lined with vivid green Cyprus trees. Dusk paints the sky into a never seen shade of purple-gray, while the dawn skies arrive cloaked in an orange-maroon hue before transforming to a clear blue.
Welcome to Tuscany.
Wherever you turn, a picture perfect scenery awaits. Not accidentally, this place is the backdrop in many a movie, painting, book and dream. To talk about it, one has to use superlatives and even then it is difficult to capture the essence. Continue
Drinking and driving isn’t really the problem is it? It’s more of a drinking then driving scenario that causes issues.
Say if you were to drive for a few hours, have some drinks, call it a night, then repeat the cycle, that would be perfectly acceptable, would it not? Maybe a little alcoholic, but still acceptable.
With that in mind, enjoy the scenic drives and the tasty spirits that come with a trip along the Route des Rhums.Continue
Located in the center of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is the truly epic Crater Rim Drive, which circumnavigates the Kilauea caldera and provides stunning views of rainforest, desert, volcanoes, steam vents, pit craters, underground lava tubes and much, much more.
All this in a short 11 mile (17km) drive.
The following lists major highlights along the Crater Rim Drive.
The road flies by under your wheels.
Your arm rests on the windowsill as your hand rolls up and down with the wind. Music plays on the car’s speakers while you drive endlessly towards the horizon.
A lengthy road trip with a scenic backdrop is an enjoyable experience. When visiting Jordan, substitute an extended bus trip for a drive along the famous King’s Highway.
When you hear a “Romantic European Getaway” what place comes to mind? Paris? Venice? Tuscany?
How about Germany? Once you have stopped laughing, read on… Continue
Speeds of over 200 miles per hour (325km) have been recorded at the ‘World Centre for Racing’ and even if a record isn’t set every day, the antics at the Dayton International Speedway are a petrol-head’s dream.
Amidst the sultry location of Dayton Beach in Florida the races at the speedway are televised and watched by millions around the world, yet what the big screen can’t deliver is the smell of rubber burning and palpable energy which makes a visit to Dayton incomparable.Continue
Maui’s coastal drive is like pure meditation. Pop mango in your mouth, fresh from a roadside stand, get ukulele music going on the radio, and embark on one of Hawaii’s great drives.
The route unravels along 52 sinuous miles (84 kilometers) of Maui’s eastern coast from Kahului to Hana and delivers black-sand beaches and azure ocean on one side and plunging waterfalls, limpid pools and bamboo jungle on the other. However, the highway has more than beauty: it is an impressive feat of engineering, dug out of Maui’s precipitous coastline by hand tools.Continue
The rich blue color is memorizing. Visitors often stand at the rim staring down upon the water like it’s a crystal ball that will reveal their destiny. Crater Lake is considered the cleanest lake on the planet and the deepest lake in the United States at 1,943 feet (592 meters) deep, hence its dramatic color.
The lake sits atop a 7,700 year old and 12,000 foot (3,600m) tall volcano that collapsed inward on itself. Over the years, rain and snow melt slowly formed the pristine water found at Crater Lake, which has no other inlets such as rivers or streams.
Volcanic activity has shaped other parts of the park such as Wizard Island, a popular sight near the southwest shore. The outer sides of the volcano are covered with forest and meadows make it an excellent home to animals and plants. Continue
It’s an underwater wonder world. Like being in a fishbowl of art, history and beauty. Weightless and careless you absorb the big blue world with wide eyes, taking in the peaceful harmony of this dancing, submerged world.
Quite simply, diving the Dalmatians is unforgettable.
Croatia has 1,200 scenic miles (1,800km) of Adriatic Sea coastline, bordered by Italy to the north and Montenegro in the south. It has more than 35 fantastically diverse dive sites, while licensed diving centers can be found on most islands and coastal cities throughout the country.
Fame, glitz, glamour, sand between your toes and the chance to walk on a 100-year-old promenade are all within driving distance of Los Angeles’ famous airport, LAX.
Welcome to where stars are born…Continue
America has some kick-ass drives.
Coast to coast, fans of the open road can find an unrivaled diversity of landscapes and spectacular settings.
Yet the best roads can’t be found in the lower 48…
For the wildest road trip one must go to last frontier of Alaska, a place hardly touched by man and full of nature’s eye candy. Continue
It’s time to polish your fine jewelery and pack your best attire because a scenic drive through The Hamptons is just what the doctor ordered.
Along the eastern portion eastern portion of Long Island, New York are a collection of towns, villages, and hamlets. The area is divided into two parts by the Great Peconic Bay. To the north, you have the aptly named North Fork area which offers a quieter and more relaxed feel. To the south you have, The Hamptons which draws a younger, more lively and famous crowd.
With Long Island spanning no more than 118 miles (190 km) wide, it’s an ideal place to rent a convertible and hit the road to see it all.
Italy is chalked full of famous and unforgettable journeys. Some of the most breathtaking routes in the world follow its fabled shores or through its storied lands. Yet none are more inspiring, more jaw dropping, than a motorcycle ride along the Amalfi Coast. Continue
La Dolce Vita was filmed in Rome yet nowhere in Italy is life more sweet than in Liguria. Renowned for its extraordinary landscapes, superlative food, and ease of life, Liguria is no less than a belle époque.
The only problem with coming here is knowing you have to leave…Continue
A shiny red Lexus whips around the California coastline, fully equipped with a bubbly blond behind the wheel… her golden locks sails in the breeze and breasts bounce at every bump.
But this isn’t a car commercial… it’s Monterey where the stunning coastline meets the renovated tourist town catering to the young, old and all walks of life.
Strategically located on the Monterey Bay (which is now a protected wildlife preserve), Monterey was a booming fishing and canning industry in the early 19th century.
A large number of fishing canneries lined Cannery Row which profited from rapid growth during WWI and WWII. However, overfishing was caused a devastating economic downturn in the area during the 1950s. Over the next couple decades most of the canneries burned to the ground or were torn down.
In the 1970s, Monterey began to regrow as a tourist area with new restaurants and accommodations opening. In 1984, the Monterey Bay Aquarium was founded which added to the tourist draw.
Today, 30,000 people live in Monterey year round which expands to a booming tourist industry from May to October when over 70,000 people flock to the area.
There’s a saying in Florida: the further north you go, the more southern you get.
Nowhere is this more true than Key West – the southernmost point in the continental United States – which serves up an oh-so-interesting blend of Cuban, Southern and uniquely Floridian culture. It’s a place where anyone – from beach bums to party animals to history buffs – can find plenty to keep them occupied.
Above all, Key West is known for its counter-culture. A flamboyant collection of fire jugglers, stilt walkers and musicians appear each sunset along Mallory Square, while “clothing optional” bars serve strong drinks along Duval Street (see a full list of bars in Key West here).
Families and historians alike will appreciate the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum and the Ernest Hemingway Home (open year round; admission includes 30 minute guided tour).
And let’s not forget desert: Key Lime pie, a sweet and tangy pie made from local limes, is not to be missed.
Sure, Key West is the biggest draw for most visitors, but the more northern keys (meaning “small islands”) are worth exploring, too. Below packs in the best the keys have to offer in five days…Continue
‘Let’s move here,’ had been uttered more than once in Vermont, the Green Mountain State.
Even if you’re not yet ready to pack up and move, a drive through Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom will certainly leave you temped.
In a rare stretch of US soil that has yet to see hefty development take over, Vermont promises the classic great outdoors complete with Lake Willoughby and Burke Mountain.
While popular for hiking, taking to the road by car can give you some of the best highlights of Vermont, a captivating part of the world. Continue
Have you ever wanted to sit behind the wheel of a sleek Lamborghini Aventador and test its speed all the way to 200 miles per hour (320kmh)?
Humans love to burn rubber and feel the velocity rush. However, in a world of safety and speed limits, that wish is muffled by most countries.
Yet there is one cherished place where speed demons can go to get their fix. The famed Autobahn in Germany, where the roads and laws were built for fast cars and the people who love to drive them. Continue
The Big Island is larger than all the other Hawaiian Islands combined and was the first Hawaii. To many, it’s still the real Hawaii with rich evidence of the mysterious Polynesians who landed more than a thousand years ago.
The best way to explore Big Island, which is the only Hawaiian island still volcanically active, is to take a road trip. Whip around the coast through varied landscape including lava desert and flows, jungle, farmland, warm beaches, cool highlands, and views of soaring mountains and plunging valleys. Continue
