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Pilgrimage to Southern Hebrides island captures spirit of single-malt whisky

Back in the day, the best backpackers could expect from a hostel was a rock-hard bunk bed, a grimy shared bathroom, and, with luck, checking out with all their belongings intact.

Back in the summer of 1969, I took my first trip to Europe. My father, a piano importer, brought me to Vienna’s Bösendorfer piano factory. Together, my dad and I watched the world’s finest pianos being built by hand, in hundreds of meticulous steps.

MEXICO CITY — Maps, renderings and charts paper the walls of a government conference room. They lay out in detail the plans for a rail line that could be Mexico’s biggest infrastructure project in a century.

About 4,000 reservations have been made for the new Prince of Whales’ three-hour tours beginning May 1 from Telegraph Cove Resort on northern 91Ô­´´ Island.

Glasgow, astride the River Clyde, is a surprising city — and Scotland’s most underrated destination.

A howling wind swirls overhead as waves crash from all directions onto this rocky islet in the Bay of Biscay in northern Spain’s Basque Country. Dark clouds are foreboding and heavy with the impending rain.

Shopping in Europe can be fun, but don’t let it overwhelm your trip.

Smartly situated Lyon — just south of Burgundy, north of Provence, east of the Alps and centred on a peninsula at the convergence of two major rivers — has long been a major cultural hub.

Itinerary and tips for an 85-kilometre trek along the Sooke Hills Wilderness Trail and the Cowichan Valley Trail