Valerie Stimac is the author of "Dark Skies: A Practical Guide to Astrotourism," published by Lonely Planet and released in September 2019. While the availability of space travel currently comes with ...

The northern Italian city of Genoa has made it onto Lonely Planet's list of the best cities for 2025. Photo: Getty Images The trend travel guide “Lonely Planet” has once again recommended dozens of ...

Good news for stranded travelers--or anyone willing to risk a European vacation in the future. Normally $9.99 apiece, these apps are free until tomorrow. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books ...

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LONDON (AP) -- The Lonely Planet guide started out in 1973 on the kitchen table of Tony and Maureen Wheeler, who turned their adventures traveling on the cheap into a publishing empire— a backpacker ...

If Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull volcano dumped liquid hot magma on your travel plans, Lonely Planet has some good news for you. For a short time, the popular travel guide is offering 13 of its city ...

Lonely Planet has unveiled its top destinations and experiences for the coming year with the release of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2026. In Lonely Planet’s new guide, the team of travel experts ...

PHILADELPHIA — For better or worse, Philadelphians, get ready for more tourists at your favorite restaurants, historic sites and tailgates because the City of Brotherly Love was just named one of the ...

Next year, it may be worth a visit to El Salvador, Lake Baikal or Cork, with these destinations featuring in a new Lonely Planet travel guide for the top places to go to in 2010. The “Best in Travel ...

Last year, a media-shy billionaire bought the flailing Lonely Planet travel-guide empire, then shocked observers by hiring an unknown 24-year-old former wedding photographer to save it. Charles Bethea ...

One day, we’ll get used to this. But not yet. Last year, the city got giddy when The New York Times recommended its readers spend the third of the 52 weekends they will presumably go globetrotting in ...