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When you are contemplating a vacation in Austria for the whole family, the easiest way to describe what you’ll encounter is that the country is like a big dessert. The landscape with the snow covered peaks looks like a sundae with plenty of whipped… read full article

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Easter Peeps Photo Contest

Visit Intelligent Travel and enter the "Peeps in Places" Photo Challenge by sending a picture of one or more Easter peeps in your own neighborhood or your favorite travel destination. You have until Monday, April 13th to submit your sweetest, funniest photo of… read full article

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• Travel Gayzette tweets about Helsinki improving its image to attract more gay tourists

• Intelligent Travel won the Lonely Planet award for Best Consumer Travel Blog

• Travel Editor cites an inspiring travel quote from Austrian philosopher Marin Buber

• VisitBritain gives some family trip ideas for Easter holidays 2009

• Tripcrazed shows pictures

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Business Travel in Turkey

A Luxury Travel Blog announces the opening of a new convention center at the luxury hotel Swissôtel Izmir, Turkey.

Copenhagen Insider Tips

Planning a trip to Copenhagen, Denmark? On BrilliantTips.com, travel industry… read full article

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The capital of the Alsace region of France, Strasbourg is situated along the banks of the Rhine River along the German border. The French and Germans have swapped the city a couple of times.

From the German border and into the glorious… read full article

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Hamburg, Germany is a big city with a marine culture and a lot of sightseeing.

Sometimes it’s not pretty easy go on vacation in a big city with a family and especially with a dog. You don’t want to let your dog at home or put your pet in an… read full article

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Europe is one of the great destinations of the world. It’s a great place to see awesome festivals, particularly if you love food and exploring culture through it, commonly known as a foodie.

• Merano Wine Festival, Italy

Like Italian food? Be sure to check out the Merano Wine… read full article

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Germany has more theme parks than any other country in Europe with 20 hair-raising ways to spend a day, according to Theme Park Vision. France comes second with 11 parks followed by the UK, which reportedly has ten.

Here are three… read full article

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Located two hours south of Rome is the romantic city of Naples, southern Italy’s largest city as well.

The city is oftentimes referred to as the world’s largest open-air museum in that there is an abundance of historical structures, monuments, opera houses, and theaters. Whatever your… read full article

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Marseille, France is a bustling metropolis of over a million inhabitants. Not only is it France’s second largest city now, having passed Lyon in the mid-1990’s for second place, but it is also the country’s busiest port of entry. It is considered the… read full article

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Today check out our 5 most popular family travel articles since the Venere Travel Blog has been online:

• Dublin for kids

Planning a family trip to Ireland? In this travel blog post, Beth lists the 5 best kids attractions in Dublin including Imaginosity, The Ark, Phoenix Park, the… read full article

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Despite the fact that Istanbul is not overly kid-friendly in terms of parks and/or playgrounds, most children love the exotic hecticness and strangeness of the city.

The city center of Istanbul is usually very crowded, with erratic traffic that cause you to exercise great caution when crossing the roads… read full article

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The Loire Valley provides the visitor with a haven of scenic attractions, historical castles, and unprecedented scenery unlike anywhere else in France and quite possibly all of Western Europe.

It is referred to as the "Garden of France" and for good reason. This is nothing… read full article

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Madeira is a small group of islands in the northern Atlantic Ocean and is one of the autonomous regions of Portugal. Of the several islands and islets there are only two, the Madeira island and the Porto Santo Island, which are inhabitable. Its climate, with… read full article

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Genoa, Italy, is an ideal location to spend a day as a family.

While the small shadowed streets house many quaint and reasonably priced restaurants (because of its history as a port town, many restaurants offer delicious, local seafood dishes) and shops, it is not this that is… read full article

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