From nudist resorts in Mexico to sea-scented villages in Ireland and the bohemian scene in Buenos Aires, these are the top 10 stories, as viewed by readers, in 2008 from the New York Times Travel section.
Get a listing of great vacations that don’t require the terrifying conversion of dollars into euros.
Delays. Packed planes. Frayed tempers. You think it’s tough being an airline passenger these days? Try being a flight attendant.
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The Frugal Traveler heads to the Big Island and Kauai, seeking that ever-elusive bargain vacation in paradise.
Upscale hotels and resorts have begun to see the economic potential in the no-clothes crowd.
Still Exist?
While adapting to new wealth, this is a country still trying to preserve its proud cultural heritage.
From Lisbon to Libya, an interactive graphic of the travel hot spots for 2008.
Drawn by low prices and Paris-like elegance, legions of foreign artists are transforming Buenos Aires into a hothouse of cool.
Trying to see the city that never sleeps on a budget of $250 a day, with stops at a famously louche hotel and a pay-what-you-can museum.
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of Paris
The city has hundreds of gardens, many of them out-of-the-way corners of tranquil beauty.
