Archive for Category: "Culture"
Travel Tip: Free Entrance Days
When it comes to finding new experiences, the key word is often, “free!” So why not take advantage of activities that usually come with a price tag? Every May there’s an event called Public Gardens Day. That means you get free entry to botanical gardens, arboretums and even some zoos that normally charge an entrance [...]
Voluntourism Spotlight: Visit London this Summer with Winant Clayton
In this week’s Voluntourism Spotlight, find out how to spend the summer in London, where there are more ways to give back beyond just preparing for the Olympics. Check back every Wednesday for more voluntourism opportunities and tune into Peter Greenberg Worldwide Radio on Saturday for more information. The Olympics is making London one of [...]
The Caribbean: Like a Local & Peter’s Top 5 Island Travel Tips
Peter Greenberg and Michelin’s Like a Local guidebooks have just gone on sale. To pick up your copy, check out the travel section of your local bookstore or click here to order online. And if you’re in Chicago tomorrow, head to O’Hare where Peter will be signing all five of his Like a Local guides. [...]
Behind the Scenes of the Earth Day Dallas Festival 2012
This year, Earth Day marks the 42nd anniversary of an environmental movement that started in 1970. Earth Day is all about increasing awareness worldwide and enhancing our appreciation of our natural environment. To celebrate and increase awareness here at Peter Greenberg Worldwide, Travel Contributor Natasha Tadros interviewed Trammel Crow, the founder of the Earth Day [...]
The Top 5 Green Events for Earth Day 2012
This weekend marks the 42nd Anniversary of Earth Day and across the country there are green activities for every type. Lily J. Kosner rounds out this weekend’s top opportunities. Check back tomorrow for more Earth Day coverage and tune into Peter’s Twitter and Facebook pages on Sunday where he’ll be counting down out his top [...]
Travel Tip: Free Public Arts Programs
If you think performing-arts companies offer only prohibitively expensive engagements, think again. Just look at the wide range of free programs that are available to the public. Sure, Lincoln Center in New York City is home to some of the most well-respected — and expensive — cultural performances. We’re talking upwards of hundreds of dollars [...]
Slideshow: A Foodie’s Tour Through Kyoto, Japan
Attention to detail and coaxing the best out of ingredients are hallmarks of Japanese cooking. Americans take pride in eating naturally and locally, something the Japanese have pursued for generations. Traveling foodie, David Latt, takes us along with him in Kyoto as he has lunch at a Zen monastery, explores the Diamaru food court, dines [...]
Savvy Souvenirs: Shopping in Amsterdam
What’s the best way to take a little piece of Amsterdam home with you? Travel correspondent Alyssa Caverley’s Savvy Souvenirs report takes you beyond the obvious tulip bulbs and wooden clogs and let’s you in on an authentic piece of Dutch culture—Jenever or gin. Jenever is all over the Netherlands. For the best experience, go [...]
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