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Chris Warde-Jones for The New York Times Bulicame is one of the natural sulfur springs that dot the province of Viterbo, near Rome. They were discovered by the Romans in the fourth century B.C. By DAVID FARLEY "IT'S an inferno in here,” yelled a middle-aged woman as she plunged…

Erik Jacobs for The New York Times NOT SO HUMBLE Fried clams, big bellies bulging, at the Clam Box in Ipswich, Mass. By DAVID LEITE RECAPTURING a childhood memory is nearly impossible. Chasing after it in a black 1964 Thunderbird convertible with red interior certainly helps. The…

Ed Alcock for The New York Times In the summer, the Eiffel Tower is open until 12:45 a.m., and once an hour its own lights fire off. By ALISON SMALE LIKE many of the best things in life, this one came along by chance — though it had been hiding in plain sight. On a witheringly hot…

Kevin Moloney for The New York Times The church at Laguna Pueblo. By MARY DUENWALD IN October of 1852, a French clergyman saddles up a fine cream-colored mule and rides south out of Santa Fe. As the new Catholic bishop of the territory of New Mexico, he is embarking on his first…

Christinne Muschi for The New York Times Next year, Quebec City will celebrate the 400th anniversary of its founding by Samuel de Champlain. By MARIALISA CALTA WHEN the makers of the 2002 movie “Catch Me If You Can” were looking for a stand-in for France for a pivotal scene,…

Yannis Kolesidis for The New York Times POTENTIAL PLAYGROUND An arid region of Crete that is the proposed site of the Cavo Sidero resort development. By JOANNA KAKISSIS ONE of the Mediterranean’s prized stretches of virgin coast lies on the eastern tip of the Greek island of Crete…

Andrew Hancock for The New York Times Gary Bartlett's 1957 Jaguar is the only XKSS that has never been restored. By ROB SASS Pebble Beach, Calif. WHEN it came time to freshen up Michelangelo’s “David” a few years ago, a spirited debate broke out over which restoration…

Thomas FuchsBy MICHELLE HIGGINS FOR a vacation to Italy in June, Dominique Linchet had packed everything she thought her family of four would need when they arrived: toiletries, bathing suits, dental retainers. But when they stepped off their Alitalia flight in Rome, the suitcases they had…

Lou Urneck Nikos Tsanos, the writer’s guide to fly-fishing in Greece, casts on the Kalarritikos River in the mountains of Epirus, the northwest region of the country. By LOU URENECK MY search for trout fishing in Greece began on the slopes of the Taygetus Mountains of…

Claro Cortes IV/Reuters A billboard promotes the 2008 Summer Olympic Games. By AUSTIN CONSIDINE ALTHOUGH the 2008 Summer Olympics, being held in Beijing from Aug. 8 until Aug. 24, are still a full year away, making plans to attend the Games has already come down to a roulettelike gamble…