Travel

'I Travel With The Observer'
Send us a photo with someone holding the Observer's Travel section.

Share Your Best Travel Photos
The Observer is looking for your finest travel photos -- great views, exotic locations, interesting people.

Virginia weekend sheds light on Washington

On his death in 1799, one of George Washington's former generals eulogized him as "first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow countrymen."

Georgia's Azalea Storytelling Festival? Now there's a tale...

By Mary Ann Anderson | McClatchy-Tribune News Service | February 8, 2012

Once upon a time in a village called LaGrange in a kingdom called Georgia, there was a storytelling festival named after a beautiful flower called an azalea.

Unwind at N.C.'s Umstead

By Jan Schroder | Travelgirl | February 10, 2012

Our first surprise, and introduction to the resort's emphasis on preserving nature, was learning we were eligible for free valet parking because we drove a hybrid car.

3 top tubs

By Rachel Jacoby | www.Oyster.com | February 10, 2012

Grand Luxxe in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Grand Luxxe is the most posh of a group of Mayan timeshare resorts in the Puerto Vallarta area.

Brussels: Feast your upscale eyes on truffles, oysters and more

By Jim Ruane | Bloomberg News | February 9, 2012

Brussels is for foodies. Fine restaurants abound for all tastes and budgets, and new ones keep opening.

House agrees: 60 wild horses aren't enough

BY CAITLIN BAKER | E-mail | February 8, 2012

The U.S. House has unanimously passed a bill that would allow a bigger herd of free-roaming Corolla horses in Currituck County in an effort to create more genetic diversity in the herd.

Wild horses along the N.C. coast | 02.07.12

SPONSORED GALLERY - TownOfPawleysIsland.com

Enjoy Pawleys Island!

Pawleys Island, 25 miles south of Myrtle Beach, is known for for its shoeless, carefree, laid-back lifestyle, Click through this slideshow to see what’s in store for you and visit TownOfPawleysIsland.com for more.

Explore Charleston with early spring trip

Charleston, S.C. is like no other city in the Carolinas – port city, beacon for history buffs and poster child for gracious living.

Interactive: A guide to the King memorial

This interactive guide will help you experience the many features that are part of the four-acre Martin Luther King, Jr. memorial in Washington, D.C.

MLK Memorial on the National Mall

John Bordsen»

Tee off with Jamaican history

Carolina Beaches»

Harley-Davidson rally date change actually an extension

There has been some confusion in the wake of the announcement about Myrtle Beach Harley-Davidson’s intentions to hold its Spring Cruisin’ the Coast motorcycle rally later in May.