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Whenever I think of Belgium, I recall digging into a dish of mussels while seated on a sunny square in Brussels, in the shadow of a lacy medieval spire. My waiter bragged: “In Belgium, we eat as hearty as the Germans and as fine as the French.

MONTREAL — In Montreal each spring, an epic bicycle festival demonstrates how 25,000 people can let the good times roll without bumping into each other too much.

A new Canadian tourism strategy is designed to boost international visits to sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ during non-peak seasons by more than a million people and get visitors to see the country beyond sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½â€™s biggest cities.

The measles cases on Vancouver Island are partially the result of unvaccinated Canadians bringing the illness back from recent trips abroad.

While much of Italy’s appeal is rooted in its relaxed pace and old-world feel, Milan — the nation’s second city and financial capital — offers just the opposite.

As with so many travellers, my images of Germany — cute villages, dirndls and lederhosen and fairy-tale castles — are from southern Bavaria, in the foothills of the Alps.

Along the western Mediterranean coast, two easygoing — and easy-to-enjoy — beach towns stand like sister cities on each side of the Franco-Spanish border.

Last summer, I was at a family wedding where a guest told a story that caught my attention. It was about a trip to Disneyland his family and the groom’s had taken when the groom was about eight.

Pilgrimage to Southern Hebrides island captures spirit of single-malt whisky

Back in the day, the best backpackers could expect from a hostel was a rock-hard bunk bed, a grimy shared bathroom, and, with luck, checking out with all their belongings intact.