Travel

Travel Information Sites
Particular Places
New York City in Particular
Spiritual Travel in Particular
Languages
Air Fare etc. Search
Maps & Location Finders
Time, Weather, Money, & Other Converters

Travel Information Sites

About.com Travel: http://www.about.com/travel/
Art of Travel: How to See the World (John Gregory): http://www.artoftravel.com/
BootsnAll Travel: Resource for the Independent Traveller (Chris J. Heidrich): http://www.bootsnall.com/
Come Back Alive (Robert Young Pelton): http://www.comebackalive.com/
Concierge (formerly Epicurious Travel): http://www.concierge.com/
Elderhostel: http://www.elderhostel.org/
Eurotrotter: http://www.trotty.com/
Fodor's: http://www.fodors.com/
Frommer's: http://www.frommers.com/
Hotel Chatter: http://www.hotelchatter.com/
iExplore - Adventure Travel and World Travel: http://www.iexplore.com/
IgoUgo (Tony Cheng): http://www.igougo.com/
InfoHub Specialty Travel Guide: http://www.infohub.com/
Literary Traveler (Francis and Linda McGovern): http://www.literarytraveler.com/
Lonely Planet: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/
The Man in Seact 61 [Train Travel] (Mark Smith): http://www.seat61.com/
National Geographic Destination Guide [U.S. and Canada]: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/destinations/
Planet Eye: http://www.planeteye.com/
Photo.net Travel (Philip Greenspun): http://photo.net/travel/
Pick a Trail [backpacking]: http://www.pickatrail.com/
Portals to the World (Library of Congress): http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/portals.html
Professional Travel Guide: Travel Planning Resource: http://professionaltravelguide.com/
Rough Guides: http://www.roughguides.com/
Shaw Guides [Learning Vacations]: http://www.shawguides.com/
Time Out: http://www.timeout.com/
Travel Adventures: http://www.traveladventures.org/
Travel Blogs: http://www.travelblog.org/
Travel Document Systems (Visa Services): http://www.traveldocs.com/
Travel Information [source for brochures, etc.]: http://www.TravelInformation.com/
Trip Advisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/
Virtual Tourist: http://www.virtualtourist.com/
The World Factbook (CIA): https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

Particular Places

Cities Guide: http://www.economist.com/cities/
Derelict London (Paul Talling): http://www.derelictlondon.com/
Europe Through the Back Door (Rick Steves): http://www.ricksteves.com/home.htm
Ghost Town Gallery (Daniel Ter-Nedden and Carola Schibli): http://www.ghosttowngallery.com/
The Paris Pages / Les Pages de Paris: http://www.paris.org/parisfull.html
Le Passage to India (Ripan Dhawan): http://www.lepassagetoindia.com/
Places Online: http://www.placesonline.org/
Roadside America: Online guide to offbeat tourist attractions: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/
Stone Pages: A megalithic guide (Paola Arosio and Diego Meozzi): http://www.stonepages.com/
UNESCO World Heritage Sites: http://whc.unesco.org/
U.S. National Forests: http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/main.htm
A Visit to Nepal (Scott A. Yost) [1995]: http://www.vic.com/nepal/
Wild Texas: http://www.wildtexas.com/

New York City in Particular

©Central Park: http://www.centralparknyc.org/
©New York (Didier Forray): http://www.cnewyork.net/
Ask a New Yorker (Kennedy Moore): http://www.askanewyorker.com/
Brooklyn.com: http://www.brooklyn.com/
Central Park: http://www.centralpark.com/
City Lore: http://www.citylore.org/
Dot City: Dorothy Parker's New York: http://www.dorothyparker.com/
Easy New York City: http://www.easynewyorkcity.com/
Forgotten New York (Kevin Walsh): http://www.forgotten-ny.com/
HopStop: Directions: New York: http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork
Manhattan Address Locator (Greg Costikyan): http://www.manhattanaddress.com/
Manhattan User's Guide (Charlie Suisman): http://manhattanusersguide.com/
Mr. Beller's Neighborhood (Tom Beller): http://www.mrbellersneighborhood.com/
New York: A-Z (Ernest Stone) [photos]: http://www.photoarts.com/gallery/stone/a-zmain.html
New York Changing (Douglas Levere): http://www.nychanging.com/
New York CitySearch (incorporating New York Sidewalk): http://newyork.citysearch.com/
New York City: The Official NYC Web Site: http://home.nyc.gov/portal/index.jsp?pageID=nyc_home
New York City Map (Marketa Bankova) [virtual guide]: http://www.nycmap.com/macindex.html
New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority: http://www.mta.info/
New York City Reference (Clay Irving): http://www.panix.com/clay/nyc/
New York City Signs (Walter Grutchfield): http://www.14to42.net/
New York City Vacation Packages: http://www.nyctrip.com/
New York City Walk (Caleb Smith): http://www.newyorkcitywalk.com/
NewYork.com: http://www.newyork.com/
New York [Magazine] Metro Guide: http://nymag.com/
New York Public Library: http://www.nypl.org/
New York Subway Org (David Pirmann): http://www.nycsubway.org/
New York Today (NY Times): http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/new-york/new-york-city/overview.html]
The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/
NewYorkology (Amy Langfield): http://www.newyorkology.com/index.php
NYC Arts Online: http://www.nyc-arts.org/
NYC & Co. [official tourism site]: http://nycvisit.com/
NY See [video cams, etc.]: http://local.alkemis.com/
Paper [alternative news]: http://www.papermag.com/
NY.com [formerly Paperless Guide to NYC]: http://www.ny.com/
The Photographic Journey of Philip Buehler [NYC Modern Ruins, etc.]: http://modern-ruins.com/buehler/
The Village Voice: http://www.villagevoice.com/
Virtual New York: http://www.virtualnyc.info/
Virtual New York Tour (Taher Baderkhan): http://www.virtualnyctour.com/

Spiritual Travel in Particular

Earthwise Journeys: http://home.teleport.com/~earthwyz/
Global Volunteers: http://www.globalvolunteers.org/
Goddess Conversations: http://www.goddessconversations.com/
A Journey of Discovery (Gayle Lawrence): http://www.ajourneyofdiscovery.com/
Power Places Tours and Conferences: http://www.powerplaces.com/
Sacred Destinations (Holly Hayes): http://www.sacred-destinations.com/
Sacred Journeys for Women (Alaura O'Dell): http://www.sacredjourneys.com/
Shamanic Journeys (Nicki Scully): http://www.shamanicjourneys.com/

Air Fare etc. Search

Booking Buddy: http://www.bookingbuddy.com/
EasyJet [45 routes between 17 key European cities]: http://www.easyjet.com/
Expedia: http://www.expedia.com/
Hotline: http://www.hotline.com/
Kayak: http://www.kayak.com/
Mobissimo: http://www.mobissimo.com/
Orbitz: http://www.orbitz.com/
Reserve America [campgrounds]: http://www.reserveamerica.com/
Sidestep: http://www.sidestep.com/
Travelocity: http://www.travelocity.com/

Languages

Babelfish [formerly Alta Vista Translation Service for Web Pages]: http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Applied Language Solutions Free Translation [text, email, Website]: http://www.appliedlanguage.com/free_translation.shtml
Foreign Languages for Travelers: http://www.travlang.com/languages/
Free Translation: http://www.freetranslation.com/
From Language to Language: http://www.langtolang.com/
I Love Languages [formerly The Human Language Page] (Tyler Jones): http://www.ilovelanguages.com/
Learning Languages: http://LearningLanguages.net/
Windows Live Translator: http://www.windowslivetranslator.com/Default.aspx
Your Dictionary [multiple languages]: http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Maps and Location Finders

Atlas Query (Astrodienst Zurich): http://www.astro.com/cgi/aq.cgi?lang=e
EarthCam: http://www.earthcam.com/
Geo-Spatial Data (US Department of Transportation): http://www.bts.gov/publications/north_american_transportation_atlas_data/
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/
Globe Explorer (Sun): http://www.globexplorer.com/
Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/
Government Publications and Maps: Maps: http://www.library.northwestern.edu/map/
Map Machine [National Geographic and ESRI]: http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine
MapQuest: http://www.mapquest.com/
MapsOnUs: http://www.mapsonus.com/
National Atlas of the United States (USGS): http://www-atlas.usgs.gov/
Subway Mavigator: http://www.subwaynavigator.com/
TerraServer [U.S. aerial images]: http://terraserver-usa.com/
Tiger Mapping Service (U.S. Census Bureau): http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/
Visible Earth (NASA): http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Live Search Maps [formerly MapBlast, Mappoint, MSN Maps]: http://maps.live.com/
World Maps and Atlases: http://www.mapsarea.com/
World Sunlight Map: http://www.die.net/earth/
Xerox PARC Map Viewer: http://www2.parc.com/istl/projects/mapdocs/
Yahoo! Maps: http://maps.yahoo.com/

Time, Weather, Money, & Other Converters

Time

Earth Calendar: http://www.earthcalendar.net
The Official US Time: http://www.time.gov/
Time and Date [with utilities like calendar generator]: http://www.timeanddate.com/
Time Service Department (US Naval Observatory): http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/time.html
Time Ticker: http://www.timeticker.com/main.htm
Time Zone Converter: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc
What Time Is It?: http://www.whattimeisit.com/
World Time Server: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/

Weather

Intellicast Weather: http://www.intellicast.com/
Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/
Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/

Money

Exchange Rates: http://www.x-rates.com/
Oanda: The Currency Site: http://www.oanda.com/
Universal Currency Converter (Xenon Labs): http://www.xe.com/ucc/

Conversions

Online Conversion [length]: http://www.onlineconversion.com/length_common.htm
Online Conversion [temperature]: http://www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm

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Last modified on December 17, 2008 by Kay Keys (kay@kaykeys.net)