Monday, March 10, 2008

We challenged photographer Ian Gittler to capture glimpses of unexpected, everyday life in Paris—and found ourselves falling in love with the city all over again. Check out a slide show with his fresh impressions and images. read more

• Interactive Map: Musee de L'Orangerie
• Face-Lift: Hall of Mirrors at Versailles
• Cultural Etiquette: Parisian Bistro Behavior
• Europe, Day 4: Paris to Provins

If baseball is a religion, then Yankee Stadium is its grand cathedral. But with its destruction imminent, and a new stadium slated to open in 2009, now's your last chance to soak up the 85-year-old stadium's history. There's no better way to do so than to take the Yankee Stadium tour. Check out our slide show and read a first-person account. read more

• Spring Training: Q&A With Baseball Expert Chris Epting
• Trivia Quiz: Think You Know New York?
• This Just In: Are NYC Prices Scaring You Away (47 Comments)

Airlines lower fares on different routes every day without advertising the price cuts. A fare could be $400 today, $98 tomorrow, and then $500 the next day. Enter the folks at Airfarewatchdog.com. In a new feature, the site lets you choose your city-to-city routes or departure cites and how often you'd like to be alerted via email to fare changes. It's the only airfares website that tracks all airlines, including Southwest, as well as promo code fares. read post

• Should Airlines Cancel Near-Empty Flights?
• Denver International Airport Is Censoring the Web
• Sleep With the Fishes: Underwater Hotels

For Budget Travel's 10th anniversary issue, we asked readers to submit their all-time best travel photographs for our cover image. The response was incredible—nearly 1,500 of you sent in pictures documenting trips all over the globe. Now we need your help selecting the shot that will grace our June 2008 cover. vote now

Dream Trips: The Amazon Rain Forest This is Mother Nature at her most primeval—jungle so lush that it's impenetrable in places, and animals you've only ever come across at a zoo…. Video: The BT Minute on Touring Movie Studios L.A. is the perfect place to see how movies are made—find out how…. Tips for Driving in Europe We asked representatives of several rental-car companies about little-known rules and conventions that visitors should know before hitting the road.

A $300 per couple early-bird discount brings the cost of a seven-night cruise through the Douro River Valley, plus a two-night hotel stay in Lisbon and guided tours at many local attractions along the route, to $1,749 per person. why it's a deal

• Slide Show: Is the Alentejo the Next Tuscany?
• A Guide to European River Cruises
• Top Shopping: Lisbon's Chiado District
• Trip Coach: Spain, Portugal, and the Azores

Known as the Island of Swallows, this isle off Mexico's Yucatán coast counts more than 30 world-class dive sites within the rainbow-hued reefs that ring its shores. This package covers five nights' accommodations, tank dives, unlimited shore diving, and transfers, from $619. why it's a deal

• The Easy, Breezy Riviera Maya
• 25 Reasons We Love Oaxaca
• Veracruz: A Quest for Mexican Vanilla
• Discount Airlines in Mexico

Tim Leffel, coauthor of Traveler's Tool Kit: Mexico and Central America, answers your questions on Tuesday, March 11, at noon (ET).
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