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TRO Travelgram: April 18

04-18-2013

 

Thursday, April 18
Destinations
Forget Paris. This is the French city you should visit this year 
Marseilles has long had a bad reputation. It is France's grittiest, most multicultural city, just a small step away from the chaos of North Africa's bustling capitals. It is a fascinating microcosm of the Mediterranean, having been established by the ancient Greeks and later settled by everyone from the Romans to the Visigoths and finally the French... Globe and Mail

Destination: Baltmore 
Once gritty and industrialized, Baltimore has shed its down-at-the-heels character and transformed into a gleaming tourist magnet with world-class attractions... IndependentTraveler.com

He's got Armenia under his skin, and we get a guidebook
Matthew Karanian took a summer off, headed for the rustic land of his ancestors, and soon found that Armenia was rearranging his life... LA Times

Tours and Activities
America's Best Doughnuts 
Nothing beats a doughnut, whether they're glazed, jelly-filled or dressed up in crushed Oreos or a crunchy strip of bacon... The Huffington Post

Strolling in Paris, With Menus in Mind
Using Notre Dame as a starting point, Mark Bittman goes looking for restaurants that are worth the walk. Here are his four winners (and three runners-up)... New York Times

Cruise
Cruise Itineraries Released for New Ship Quantum of the Seas
Royal Caribbean Cruises has released itineraries for its feature-laden, soon-to-launch new ship, Quantum of the Seas...CruiseCritic.com

New Cruise Terminal in Sydney Welcomes First Ship
Sydney's new White Bay Cruise Terminal officially opens this Friday (Apr. 19) after a successful turnaround of its first arrival, P&O Cruises Australia's Pacific Pearl, on Monday... CruiseCritic.com

Another Carnival cruise ship loses power at sea
The power outage on the 2,056-passenger Carnival Ecstasy occurred late Wednesday and only lasted for about 12 minutes...USA Today

Transportation
Most popular economy seat
Research reveals which seats on a jumbo jet are the most sought-after... Sydney Morning Herald 

Bad week to fly through O'Hare; cancellations near 2,000
More than 1,400 flights have been canceled since Wednesday at Chicago O'Hare, which has been hammered by a persistently stormy weather pattern... USA Today

Lodging
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