With my intense travel schedule, I savor detours where I put away the schedule and notes and simply enjoy the moment. | Rick Steves says one of Europe’s best detours is a visit to a public bath or spa ...

Southern Germany is dotted with spa towns boasting spring-fed baths with purportedly therapeutic mineral water. Another one of my favorites is in the Bavarian valley town of Schwangau, where the Royal ...

From Moroccan palaces to alpine lodges, there are plenty of luxury hotel spa options on offer. Take your pick, sit back, and ...

Michael Baden, a pathologist who was hired by Jeffrey Epstein's family to observe his official autopsy findings, has sparked a controversy by alleging that the death could have been a homicide.

Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, is world-renowned for its historic thermal baths, with the Széchenyi Thermal Bath complex standing as one of the largest and most iconic in Europe. Surrounded by ...

A not-for-profit scheme is using thermal imaging technology to help people save money on energy bills and lower their carbon emissions. The project, run by Cold Homes Energy Efficiency Survey Experts ...

When I first arrived at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, its turquoise blue lake and snow-covered mountain tops took my breath away. This is a view worth flying for. This was, perhaps, the most ...

BUDAPEST -- After a week aboard the Viking Gullveig on the Danube and eating our way through German and Austrian Christmas markets, we had arrived in the Paris of the East: Budapest. Here, I broke off ...

Ancient ruins displayed at Colosseo-Fori Imperiali, a new subway station near the Colosseum in Rome Filippo Monteforte / AFP via Getty Images Tourists heading to Rome’s Colosseum by subway can now get ...

In Budapest, political disputes and aging infrastructure have led to cascading problems, and prolonged closings, at several of the city’s beloved baths. Two of the Art Nouveau pools at Gellért ...

For anyone who feels a bit daunted by Germany’s textile-free saunas, maybe some white wine is the trick to loosening up. I recently tested that theory at Südpfalz Therme in Bad Bergzabern, a charming ...

Rondo Energy hopes hot bricks could help clean up manufacturing. Rondo Energy just turned on what it says is the world’s largest thermal battery, an energy storage system that can take in electricity ...