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

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

  The country?s small bottlers make sublime whiskeys. And you?ll never find them at home.

  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.

  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.

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

  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.

  Sometimes the most interesting artifacts from the space age may be found in a museum near you.

  International buyers will account for slightly over half the purchases in business jets over the next five years, according to Honeywell Aerospace.

  The Frugal Traveler lives the Mumbai high life on a budget, and with a conscience.