Posts Tagged "Europe"
Posted on May 15, 2008 in Community Highlights
The red carpet meets the sea in Cannes this month, but the town has a lot to offer besides movie screens. Here’s your quintessential Cannes checklist, providing plenty of ways to fill your days until the sun goes down and the stars come out... Continue reading Party Like a Star at the Cannes Film Festival
Posted on March 27, 2008 in Features
Food & Wine called him one of the "hottest chefs alive," part of a generation of restauranteurs as "glamorous as rock stars" (with the foodie groupies to prove it). Gianfranco Vissani lives up to his reputation: playful, romantic, and expressive... Continue reading Gianfranco Vissani: Italy's Rock-Star Chef
Posted on March 25, 2008 in Features
Lidia Bastianich, the matriarch of both Italian-American cooking and a wildly successful foodie family, spoke with IgoUgo about where to find her favorite Italy. Like her favorite foods, it all depends on the season... Continue reading Discover Italy with Lidia Bastianich
Posted on March 21, 2008 in Features
Deirdre Heekin and Caleb Barber went to Tuscany to start a dance company, but they ended up with the seeds for a successful osteria in Vermont, too. The husband-and-wife team explain how (and where!) to find your own passion for food... Continue reading Pane e Salute: Bringing Tuscany to Vermont
Posted on November 6, 2007 in IgoUgo Picks
With the dollar’s dismal exchange value and the stratospheric rise of the British pound, Europe seems a bit far away these days. Luckily, IgoUgo members have put their money on 10 budget-friendly places where European travel is still within reach... Continue reading IgoUgo’s Top 10 Affordable European Cities
Posted on October 5, 2007 in Community Highlights
As you bid auf Wiedersehen to Oktoberfest this weekend, reminisce with one IgoUgo member’s dispatch from Munich. The ambitious traveler went, saw, danced, and reported back before the last stein was served... Continue reading Farewell, Oktoberfest: A Report from Munich
Posted on October 4, 2007 in Community Highlights
Forget April in Paris—it’s all hype and hordes of tourists. Visit in October, IgoUgo’s Paris veterans say, when an all-night party and an urban grape harvest show up springtime, big time... Continue reading Party Like a Parisian: Nuit Blanche & Harvest Wine
Posted on October 3, 2007 in Features
On a week-long trip to Croatia in August, IgoUgo Editorial Director Cameron Siewert faced her worst travel fear: the death of her camera. With a little help from her travel companions, she made a full recovery—and returned to show and tell... Continue reading Postcard from Croatia: Stolen Snapshots
Posted on September 24, 2007 in Community Highlights
Nothing says September like Oktoberfest! As many IgoUgo members can tell you, this three-week celebration is a great chance to see some authentic German traditions—and drink some delicious German beer... Continue reading Cheers to 185 More Years, Oktoberfest
Posted on August 20, 2007 in Community Highlights
It started 60 years ago as “a platform for the flowering of the human spirit,” and today, the Edinburgh International Festival is as vibrant as ever. IgoUgo members offer up some useful intel on the Festival and its Fringe... Continue reading Edinburgh International Festival: Fringe Benefits
Posted on July 9, 2007 in Community Highlights
IgoUgo reviews with titles like “Carsickness Attacks!” and “Disappointment” may not normally leave us cheering, but we still feel like celebrating every grueling chapter of one member’s marathon climb for charity, all in honor of a fellow IgoUgoer... Continue reading Update: Stomping Out Sickness
Posted on May 31, 2007 in Travel News
While London may have a reputation as a stodgy financial capital, it sheds that façade—and more—in June... Continue reading I See London
Posted on May 2, 2007 in Community Highlights
Travelers have been tearing into Eastern Europe since the call to “tear down this wall” prevailed. But its medieval beauty and mysterious charm were never more magnetic than they are now, when US dollars aren’t going the distance further west... Continue reading Europe's Other Half
Posted on April 3, 2007 in Community Highlights
Some of the areas that best highlight the strength of the IgoUgo community are our Message Boards, and one recent exchange stands out as indicative of the bonds that tie our members together beyond travel... Continue reading Stomping Out Sickness
Posted on February 28, 2007 in Travel News
According to the folks at visitlondon.com, the parting of winter clouds in their capital city ushers in prime tourist season. To celebrate the coming of spring, they’re offering the chance to win one of three London vacation packages... Continue reading London A Go-Go