Coa valley and Duoro river bridge

Coa Valley rock art: 6 tips for super trips

We were lounging on our beds, contemplating a sunset walk, when my phone rang. Our tour guide Marco wondered if we’d got lost. Our tour was right now! Here are six tips for visiting the Coa Valley and its prehistoric rock art.

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lascaris war room with map hung on wall and table with position markers

Malta bombed my World War II ignorance

Secret tunnels, a pigeon war hero, a miraculous bomb, and an invasion bigger than D-Day. Small Malta is big on riveting stories from World War II that expanded my knowledge about the island nation’s key role in that conflict.

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World’s oldest library survived plague, plunder, floods and bombs

When you’re the oldest library in the entire world, you’re a survivor and, aside from your venerable books, you have a few stories of your own to tell. We heard some of those tales during an excellent guided tour of Biblioteca Capitolare in Verona, Italy.

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