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 Transportation
Find airline, car rental listings, and general transportation information.

 Destinations
Travel by Country

 Sightseeing
Explore museums online, plus entertainment, local city tours.

 Publications
Guidebooks, magazines, and newspapers

 Planning and Packing
Tourist information offices and other travel organizations.

 Health & Safety
Travel health advisories and medical informtion.




Transportation

Sightseeing

Time Out - London's weekly listing guide. Info. on what to do in London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris & Prague

London Walking Tours "London Walks was the first - and is the best - of the walking tours" Fodor's Great Britain

London Underground: News about London's subways and other British travel info.

Scala Reale: Walking and bicycle tours in Rome.

Fodors-Worldview Europe City Highlights - calendar of cultural events for the major cities of Europe

 

 

Planning and Packing

Boots and All - "BootsnAll.com is a web-based travel publisher and an online community for independent travelers. Officially, our mission statement is "to cultivate an organic community that encourages independent travel." This is also as close to corporate jargon as we get.

BootsnAll was founded in 1999, and is entirely home-grown. We have no investment capital, flashy offices, or Lexus pool of company cars. We started small, and we grow by building reputation and by building relationships. In essence, BootsnAll is four guys in a garage, who love travel and want to help travelers meet one another and, through travel, enhance their lives. "

The Travel Guide - The Travel Guide is a comprehensive travel guide of information to airline, airport, cruise, hotel, hostel, bed & breakfast, resort, car rental, frequent flyer program, currency exchange, accommodation, & travel related services.

The Green Travel Network: Environmentally sound travel worldwide

Embassies and Consulates Worldwide

Foreign Entry Requirements: U.S. State Department listings of visa requirements for American citizens for every country in the world.

T@P's On-Line Currency Converter

The Currency $ite: Currency conversions for most countries.

Tourism Offices Worldwide

International Telephone Codes

TravLang: Foreign Language for Travelers. Translations of key words and phrases with sound clips.

World Travel Guide On-line- destination information for more than 220 countries & dedicated sections on services (e.g. hotels, airlines)

 

Destinations

Austria
Austrian National Tourist Office

Belgium
Belgian Tourist Office

Czech Republic
Czech Center: Sponsored by the Czech Tourist Authority in New York

Denmark
Please see "Scandinavia."

Finland
Please see "Scandinavia."

France

About.com French is a terrific & thorough resource guide to France. Travel, language, culture, and more.

French Government Tourist Office
French Travel Gallery: A private website with in-depth coverage of France.

Germany
German Office of Tourism

Great Britain

Travel Britain TRAVELBRITAIN.COM is one of the top search engine and directories targeted at both the UK domestic surfer and travelers from around the world who wish to visit the UK.

Visit Britain: The official website of the British Tourist Authority.

UKWebstart: A UK family friendly Directory with 70,000 hand picked links.

This is London: The "Evening Standard" newspaper's culture listings. Includes news and entertainment, city maps, a kids' guide, and more.

UK Directory - UK-based holidays; travel agents; guides to UK towns, cities & tourist attractions

Brits in the States -- An online directory of everything that is British in the US, providing resources for British expats to stay in touch with home, and send gifts to their friends and families back in the UK.  Read the latest British news headlines, find links to food, shopping and gifts online, find a British pub near to you, book your flight back to the UK, read the sports news, get embassy info, and much more.

Travelgate --Travelgate is a directory or gateway for finding travel information. It classifies over 2,000 websites to do with travel and tourism for the British market.

Greece
Greek Cyberspace: Private site with general info on Greece including travel and news.
Matt Barrett's Travel Guide to Greece: Good comprehensive information once you sift through the veiled advertisements. Greek island synopsis, Athens guide, getting around, finding the best Ouzo, etc

Holland
Official Holland Tourism Site

Ireland
Ireland: The official website of the Irish Tourist Board.

Italy
Italian Government Travel Office
Italian Railways Timetables: Train, bus, and ferry schedules for Italy.
Your Way to Florence: Great information on Florence, including museum and church opening hours, companies offering day trips, an interactive map, special events, and transportation info.
More Italy than Ever: Sponsored by the Italian National Tourism Board.

Israel
Discover Israel Inside Guide - Travel information for Israel. Provides background and resource information, including listings of accommodations, restaurants, and other travel services.

Luxembourg
Luxembourg National Tourist Office

Netherlands
Welcome to Holland: Netherlands Board of Tourism.

Norway
Please see "Scandinavia."

Poland
Polish National Tourist Office

Portugal
Investment, Trade, and Tourism of Portugal: Portuguese business and tourism information.

Scandinavia
Scandinavia: Tourist, cultural, and business information for Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland.
Visit Denmark: Sponsored by the Danish Tourism Board.
Freetown Christiania: This suburb of Copenhagen has been a haven for Denmark's hippie crowd for more than 25 years.
Finland: Sponsored by the Finland Tourist Board
Norwegian Tourist Board: Detailed information about travel in Norway.
Norwegian Coastal Steamer: The legendary "hurtigrute" boats sail daily from Bergen to the far north.
Kystriksveien: The Coastal Route: Info for motorists in northern Norway.
Telemarkskanalen: Tourist Information for Norway's Telemark region.
Sweden: Sponsored by the Swedish Travel and Tourism Council

South Africa
Southern Africa Tourism Site

Spain
Spain: The Tourist Office of Spain's official website.
Cyberspain: More info on Spanish culture and tradition.

Sweden
Please see "Scandinavia."

Switzerland
Switzerland Tourism: The Swiss National Tourism Office.
IMT Travelbase: More info on tourism in Switzerland.
Gimmelwald: Our favorite back door village in the Swiss Alps has its own website now! Walter's Hotel Mittaghorn is not listed here, but when his place is full, check out this site for alternative accommodations, as well as activities, the history of the region, and more.

Russia
Moscow Guide: Moscow government's official tourist site. Includes online bookings for the Bolshoi Ballet.
St. Petersburg Web: General information on St. Pete, including links to the city's hostels and media organizations.
Friends and Partners: Promoting friendship and understanding between Russians and Americans.
Russian Embassy: News and travel info including visa application forms from the embassy in Washington, D.C.

 

The Baltics and the rest of the former Soviet Union
In Your Pocket: Guides to Vilnius, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Riga, Tallinn, Kaliningrad, and Minsk.
Baltic Links: Lots of links to sites about the Baltics.
The Baltics Worldwide: News and information about the Baltic states.

Turkey
Republic of Turkey Homepage: News and information from the Turkish Embassy in Washington, D.C.
Cappadocia: The story of central Turkey's legendary "Fairy chimneys."

 

Middle East
Tour Egypt: The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism.
Israel Tourist Guide: The Israeli Ministry of Tourism.

Publications

GNN Travel Resource Center - virtual travel guides for many countries; book reviews; traveller's tales + some commercial sites inc. publishers, Fodor's & Mountain Travel

Adventurous Traveler Bookstore- comprehensive source of books, maps & videos

Rough Guides- travel & music guides

Rough Guides/HotWired- complete texts of a number of Rough Guides + interactive forums

Lonely Planet Publications - travel guides + Thorn Tree bulletin board

AJR Newslink: Links to newspapers all over the world.

National Geographic Traveler: Online previews of feature stories, expanded calendar of events, State Department warnings, "Destinations on Demand," bulletin boards.

Rick Steves: Visit Rick's guidebook library.

Let's Go: Shoestring budget travel. Written by Harvard University students.

 

 

Health & Safety

Centers for Disease Control: Travel Health Advisories

U.S. State Department Travel Warnings and Consular Information Sheets

Travel Health Online: Country health summaries and travel medicine providers worldwide.

Highway to Health: Commercial site offering medical assistance to overseas travelers. Hospital and pharmacy locations, and an online drug translation index.



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