Rome is best appreciated via rapid mobility between medieval alleyways and airy piazzas, oozing marshes and sycamore-lined heights, crumbled antiquities and Baroque expanses.

  Australia?s second city is finally coming out on top, adding daring architecture, opening serious restaurants and galleries, and raising its stature in the fashion monde.

  Big fish are the big attraction for divers on the island nation of Palau, the Via Veneto of the underwater world.

  Visitors to this tasting room and shop can sample some of the most vibrantly flavored olive oils in the world.

  On the surface, ZaZa is all about decadence. But don?t let that fool you; it is also a very good hotel.

  On a sea-horse-shaped strip of land on Puget Sound the scenery varies, and so do the inhabitants.

  Barcelona is getting a new hotel in November that will help the city keep its Antoni Gaudí-inspired reputation for daring design.

  Chefs flock to a city where food is the star, produce is stellar and real estate is cheap.

  The travel pro answers reader-submitted questions on the euro, travel mistakes, why he likes to travel and which country he will never go to.

  Still waiting for that passport you applied for this summer? The State Department says it?s on its way.

  Want to make your next trip to New York unforgettable? It?s this simple: Elope.

  With a bohemian heritage going back to the 1920s, Potts Point is Sydney?s answer to Paris?s Left Bank or London?s Notting Hill.

  Domestic travel is so unpleasant I have given up flying from my base in Des Moines to anywhere that can be driven in one day. But I can?t drive to Africa.

  Expect absolutely full flights, making it next to impossible to quickly get on another flight if you are bumped, miss your flight or otherwise have to make new arrangements.