Menorca, Spain
By Travelhoppers Staff
The horse rises straight up among the people, its black coat gleaming, and its front hooves sweep through the air above the hundred raised hands. In the Plaça des Born, the main square of the old part of Ciutadella. Historically, people reached out to touch the horse's chest, as it...
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Koh Lanta, Thailand
By Travelhoppers Staff
For now, to get to Koh Lanta, you must take a boat. At the Ban Hua Hin pier on the mainland of Krabi, cars, minivans, delivery trucks and, from time to time, a scooter with an entire family on it board a ferry with a flat deck and cross a...
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Isle of Skye
By Travelhoppers Staff
At Sligachan, under the Old Bridge, a woman in a rain jacket kneels on the rocks and dips her face into the river. Local legend says that if you keep your face in the water for seven seconds and then let it dry in the wind, you’ll gain timeless beauty,...
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Ireland’s Beara Peninsula
By Travelhoppers Staff
At the western end of Ireland's Beara Peninsula, a sturdy cable car extends out over Dursey Sound on a cable about 1,230 feet long and takes six passengers across one of the most powerful tidal races on the Irish coast. The journey lasts seven and a half minutes. Cork County...
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There are many nicknames for the city of San Francisco, including “The City.” There is “415” – the area code, “San Fran” – (don’t use this one), “Fog City” – self-explanatory, “Golden Gate City” – for the bridge, and even “Baghdad by the Bay” – with reference to the cosmopolitan…