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Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas.

How to combine a visit to Southfork Ranch with JFK sites in Dallas

If you're short on time in Dallas but want to tick off two of the area’s most well-known attractions, a combo tour covering both Southfork Ranch and the JFK assassination landmarks is a practical way to do it. It offers a broad overview of Dallas’s…
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The Temple of Vesta in the Roman Forum, Rome.

Why a private tour of the Colosseum & Roman Forum is often the best choice

Rome’s ancient heart — the Colosseum, the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill — is one of the greatest historic sites on earth. But with crowds, heat, logistics, restrictions, and layers of history, things can blur together. A private tour sharpens the experience in ways that often…
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The Untouchable tour bus in Chicago.

Touring Chicago’s gangster heritage – from Prohibition to the Untouchables

A Chicago gangster tour can help piece together the city’s unwanted past – as can visits to the Valentine’s Day Massacre site and the Green Mill. Al Capone - the gangster known all over the world Dressed in his snazzy fedora and wide pin-stripes, Chicago…
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Pubs and poems | Edinburgh literary pub tour review

The Edinburgh Literary Pub Tour combines beers in historic Edinburgh pubs with stories about Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson. Poetry in the Beehive Inn, Grassmarket In the upstairs room of the Beehive Inn on Edinburgh’s Grassmarket, a gathered crowd sits utterly…
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How to get on the Harry Potter Studios Tour when tickets have sold out

How to get on the Harry Potter Studios Tour when tickets have sold out

Harry Potter Studios Tour tickets often sell out. But there is often next day availability on packaged tours from London to the Warner Bros Studio. Getting Harry Potter Studios Tour tickets, summarised. The Warner Bros Studio Tour is a 22 mile drive from London. Direct-booked…
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The Shanghai Tunnels – and the seedy history of Portland

On a walking tour of Portland, crime, corruption, vice and the infamous Shanghai Tunnels show off a different side to Oregon’s hipster city. To choose from a range of Portland walking tours, investigate the options here. Erickson’s Nine Bar Saloon “Men outnumbered women 16 to…
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A beach stop on a Rarotonga bike tour.

Exploring Rarotonga on a half day bike tour

Rarotonga in the Cook Islands may be small, but it packs in plenty of surprises – as a half day bike tour around the island shows. Cycling around Rarotonga The circular road around Rarotonga in the Cook Islands is largely flat, making it easy going…
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On the Into The Glacier tour in Iceland.

Into the Glacier, Iceland: Langjökull glacier tour review

Iceland’s Into the Glacier experience crosses the Langjökull glacier in a former rocket launcher, then heads through an extraordinary network of man-made ice tunnels. Into the Glacier tour details If self-driving, the Into the Glacier tour operates from Husafell in western Iceland. Tickets cost from…
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The Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Should I do a Grand Canyon day tour from Sedona?

The short answer No. Are you mad? The long answer The Grand Canyon and Sedona are almost undoubtedly the two most spectacular destinations in Arizona. It is also possible to do a day tour from Sedona to the Grand Canyon. The short-of-time may be tempted…
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The John Harvard statue on the Harvard University campus, Massachusetts.

Understanding Harvard: Legends and Campus Life

Harvard University, rich in tradition and legends, offers intriguing stories, campus rituals, and a notable town-gown rivalry in Cambridge.
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