Flair in the air

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  • Flair in the air

    Flair in the air

    Our writer goes behind the scenes as a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant.

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  • Ancient, modern mix in Valencia

    Ancient, modern mix in Valencia

    In Valencia, the old and the new, the historic and futuristic blend seamlessly together.

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  • Exploring the architecture of Buffalo

    Exploring the architecture of Buffalo

    This New York city with a grand past and re-energizing downtown offers architecture buffs a lot to love.

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Travel Features

Share your fall color photography with Instagram

Fall is a visual season. Share your fall color photos through the popular iPhone app Instagram.

The best time for national parks

Lonely Planet guidebook authors picked October as the ‘best time to go’ for the most visited and best-known parks in the US and Canada.

A hike for the whole family

Escapes: Fun in the great outdoors with Virginia’s Kids in Parks TRACK trails.

In the saddle at a Virginia winery

Escapes enjoys leisurely rides and liquid rewards at Barrel Oak Winery.

A castle that never saw a king — or a pirate

Side Order: Exploring Pedro St. James Castle on Grand Cayman.

Top 10 Dominican Republic experiences

The geographically diverse country has much more to offer than beach resorts.

Ghouls and ghosts in Harpers Ferry

Escapes checks out the haunted offerings in the West Virginia town.

Escapes: An eagle-spotting train tour in West Virginia

Escapes takes an eagle-spotting train ride on West Virginia’s Potomac Eagle.

Amsterdam: Whatever floats your bus

Side Order: A new bus-boat tour of Amsterdam let’s you see the city both from the road and from the water.

The sequins of events: How my shirt flummoxed the TSA

What happens when you go through airport security wearing a shiny shirt?

It takes two: your guide to tango in Argentina

Tango is an integral part of Argentinian culture, so dust off those dancing shoes and get into the swing of it.

In the glow of the night

TRAVEL | Explore Puerto Rico’s Mosquito Bay, a haven for tiny organisms that create halos of light.

Fall Travel: Bluegrass odyssey

The author wanted to see the legacy of the late Bill Monroe that hadn’t been pinned behind museum glass.

Escapes: Digging into coal-mining country

LeRoy White leads tours into Exhibition Coal Mine in Beckley, W.Va., coal country’s tribute to the men of down below.

Travel Deals

Cliff Jumping. Whistler Blackcomb, Canada.

What’s the Deal?

Antarctic cruises, Delta flights to Europe, air-hotel package in the Bahamas and Costa Rica, and more.

WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO - MARCH 2011 A rough sea pounds the coast of Shete Boka national park at the western tip of Curaao island. Tourists can hike the area and explore rocky caves on March 19, 2011. (Photo by Meridith Kohut / Aurora Photos For The Washington Post)

This week’s travel bargains

The best travel bargains of the week on land, sea and in the air.

Women leave the water after a swim in the Mediterranean sea in Nice, France, in sunny weather with a morning temperature of 6 degrees Celsius,  43 degrees Fahrenheit, Dec 3, 2010.

Travel discounts

What’s the Deal? The week’s best travel bargains on land, sea and in the air.

Ireland, Dublin, Temple Bar, street at night (long exposure)

What’s the Deal?

The best travel bargains on land, sea and in the air.

WILLEMSTAD, CURACAO - MARCH 2011 Enrique Alvarez, 14, a tourist from Venezuela, swims at the Sea Aquarium beach in Curaao on March 20, 2011. (Photo by Meridith Kohut / Aurora Photos For The Washington Post)

Travel deals in Orlando and Luray

What’s the Deal? Travel bargains for the week on land, sea and in the air.

Escapes

HANDOUT IMAGE - Raymond Pool with waterfowl in the distance at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Delaware. (Photo by James Lee)

A refuge that’s strictly for the birds

Escapes: Bird-watching in Delaware’s Bombay Hook Nation Wildlife Refuge.

Bed Check

The Golden Plough Inn sits within Peddler's Village, a quaint community of shops and restaurants in Pennsylvania's Bucks County,

In rural Pa., an inn that’s part of a village

The Golden Plough Inn in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County is a village unto itself.

The Navigator

The growing problem of vacation rental scams

The growing problem of vacation rental scams

Vacationers can lose thousands of dollars and have no place to stay when they fall prey to online phishing.

Another tax on air travel?

Another tax on air travel?

The Navigator picks apart the Obama administration’s proposed new aviation tax.

Need a flight? Just Google it.

Need a flight? Just Google it.

Google Flight Search is the most controversial travel site to launch since Orbitz opened a decade ago.

The airline fee disclosure rules

The airline fee disclosure rules

The value of the new DOT rule requiring airlines to disclose fees for optional services on their Web sites.

‘Chat-down’ subjects speak up

The Navigator examines the TSA’s pilot behavior-detection program.

Travel galleries

Glamour in the skies

Lessons on grooming are taught along with CPR instruction at Virgin Atlantic’s steward and stewardess training facility.

Turkey’s land of rocks and respite

A Washington Post reporter’s retreat to a Turkish cave hotel.

Colors of fall

Leaves aren’t the only colorful features of fall scenery.

A Caribbean vacation for any traveler

Forts? Resorts? Tiny beach towns? The islands of the Caribbean have it all.

San Angelo’s eye-catching attractions

There’s more to this West Texas city than just the open sky.

Maremma: an Italian paradiso

Although resorts have sprung up in the area, Maremma is more rustic and untouched.

2011 travel photo contest winners

About 2,400 amateur shutterbugs answered our call for your best travel shots.

Top summer getaways

These destinations are close by and perfect for a weekend trip.

Meet me at Sesame Place

Reporter Andrea Sachs goes behind the scenes at Sesame Place amusement park.

‘Cool’ things to do at Glacier National Park

“Cool” things to do at Glacier National Park.

Cool ways to beat the heat

Three refuges from the heat: a water park, an underground cave and a windswept mountain.

In Istanbul, a calorie-laden tour of Turkish delights

Our restaurant critic tours the eateries of Istanbul.

Rockaway Beach makes waves

Rockaway Beach in Queens once again becomes “the playground of New York. ”

Drive-in movie theater lives on in western Virginia.

The Moonlite Theatre, one of a very few drive-in movie theaters.

Crafting tradition in Bali

With its abundance of culture and handmade goods, the island has much to offer.

Home on the range

At Bitterroot Ranch, the West ain’t some dog-and-pony show put on for tourists.