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 Tracing and celebrating Irish ancestry easier than ever.Being Irish has always been a source of pride for its people, and with the Irish diaspora estimated at 70 million people worldwide (more than 13 times the population of the country itself), many are happy to boast at least a drop of Celtic blood running through their veins.
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 Five museums you must visit in AmsterdamFor several years visitors to Amsterdam lamented that all the museums were closed. This year it seems that museums offering outstanding experiences and starchitecture are opening or reopening at record speed. Once you're done smelling the flowers in Venlo, check out these five must do museums in the Dutch capital.
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 Mine to medal: Journey of an Olympic medal displayed at London showFrom mines in the United States and Mongolia to the necks of the world's most elite athletes, a display at the British Museum investigates the journey of the 4,700 Olympic medals to be handed out in London this summer.
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 Ireland has something for everyoneWhen the world's biggest Titanic attraction opens in Belfast on March 31, a new "must-see" destination will be added to the long list of Emerald Isle favourites that have been luring visitors for decades.
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 Beautiful, resilient Northern Ireland welcomes the worldNorthern Ireland is a place tinged with poignancy and mystery. A land of great beauty, it has seen its fair share of sorrows and strife. But like its people, it has a natural resilience and this year it is ready to celebrate some important anniversaries.
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 Ireland's B&Bs showcase the island's warm hospitalityPeople visit the Emerald Isle for many reasons, among them history, genealogy, golf and beer. But what brings visitors back is the Irish themselves, as friendly, easygoing and genuine a people as you’ll ever meet.
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 The new perks of first-class travelDuring a recent trip to Colorado, jewelry designer Alicia Mohr planned another vacation from an unusual spot - a hot tub at a Starwood hotel, where she is a platinum-level preferred customer.
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 London's big summer: Queen's Jubilee, OlympicsIn the pillared Queen's Gallery of Buckingham Palace, royal staffers unveil plans for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee - ranging from celebratory $78 porcelain teacups and saucers in the palace gift shop to a jaw-dropping 1,000-boat, 24-kilometre flotilla June 3 on the Thames.
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 Fascination with Titanic buoys Canadian tourismA century after its sinking the Titanic haunts the Canadian port where some 150 victims are buried, but has helped spur a tourist boom as it readies to commemorate the somber anniversary.
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 Chasing Irish spirits: The country's spiritual heritage is evident everywhereIreland has always held an otherworldly mystique for outsiders. When you're experiencing the dreamlike beauty of the valleys that rise skyward to mist-covered hills or drop off at craggy shores, those age-old tales of fairies, leprechauns and giants don’t seem so far-fetched. The Irish themselves may consider such folklore as best left to bedtime stories and souvenir shops, but the traditions of their pagan ancestors still persist in countless Christian rituals celebrated by an increasingly secular population.
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 Paris glitters with romance, history and possibilityParis is a city where possibilities are endless, expectations are high, and no one doubts that magic can happen.
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 Cruise lines' sales could suffer in the wake of Concordia sinkingThe cruise ship industry will likely ride a smaller-than-usual swell into its traditional early-year "wave season," when its sells more than a third of its 13 million passenger trips each year. It's hard to miss the reason, sticking up half submerged off the coast of western Italy.
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 Questions loom over Costa Concordia disasterWhy the cruise ship Costa Concordia capsized remains a mystery to world maritime and salvage experts two weeks after the tragedy that left 16 people dead and 16 still missing.
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 London's Big Ben is leaning, parliament sinking: reportsThe landmark clock tower containing Big Ben at Britain’s Palace of Westminster, is tilting, while media reports on Monday said the mother of all parliaments was slipping into the River Thames, raising fears over its future.
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 Costa Concordia mystery has the curious heading to GiglioAs confusion reigned over the course of events the night the Italian cruise ship sank, curious tourists and school children try to unravel the truth at the site of the wreck.
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 Do you need medical evacuation insurance when you travel?When Brad Catania went to Cancun in April 2010 with co-workers for a long-weekend retreat, the 35-year-old recruiter from Eagleville, Pennsylvania, expected a week of sun and surf interspersed with business.
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 Carnival checking security after Costa Concordia disasterU.S. cruise ship operator Carnival said Thursday it would carry out a "comprehensive audit and review" of all safety procedures in the wake of the deadly Costa Concordia accident in Italy.
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 Priests, farmers, lesbian truckers tweet for SwedenOfficials at Sweden’s tourism board agreed to hand over control of their @sweden Twitter feed in December to a different Swedish citizen each week.
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 Cruise ship survivors feared dying like on the TitanicThe capsize of an Italian liner turned a holiday into the cruise from hell, survivors said in reports Monday that told how they had feared for their lives or felt they were the cast of "Titanic."
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 Huge size of cruise liners a safety riskStricken luxury liner Costa Concordia may be big enough to house swimming pools and restaurants, but its very size might have complicated evacuation and rescue efforts, industry experts say.
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 Saving Santa's bones in ItalyAbout 925 years ago, a little city in the heel of Italy's boot was looking for a way to promote itself as a tourism destination and the town fathers decided that what they needed was an attraction.
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 Tips for giving the gift of travelGot a hard-to-buy for person on your list? How about giving them a vacation? Who doesn’t need that? But how to go about giving such a gift can be confusing. Here are some tips from Travelzoo’s Senior Editor Gabe Saglie.
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 Top 10 gifts for those who love travellingIn a world where people routinely live in one city and work in another, have family around the globe and can collect enough Air Miles from buying groceries and gas to fly to Florida, you’re bound to end up with at least one traveller on your Christmas list.
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 Pousadas of PortugalAs the porter led us to our hotel room, we passed through a hall covered in intricate tiles depicting life in Portugal in the 1700s. Above us was a magnificent wooden ceiling that had survived for 850 years. We continued down a majestic hall that once housed the monks' cells in this 12th century monastery and which is now home to the guest rooms.
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 48 hours in Oslo at Christmas timeOslo dresses up in white lights ahead of Christmas but keeps the spirit of the season partly under wraps as befits a reserved Nordic capital with a winter shroud of darkness and some of Europe's highest food and drink prices.
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