San Antonio, in Texas, is dotted with missions having more of them than any other city in the United States. But seeing all of them has been made difficult by having no linking between them.
Now that has altered and a new river walk will connect every one of the missions.

Readers will have heard of the Grand Canyon but Big Bend? This major nation park in Texas has a million acres of public land and is ideal for those who prefer a more active holiday. The area has a vast desert expanses, rocky canyons, craggy mountains forested with pine and oak juniper trees and, claims the local tourist board, has the bluest skies and crystal clear nights.

How long does it take to create a completely new tourism attraction? A couple of years? Five years? A decade? In Alabama in the US, They have achieved that in just under a year.

CD-Traveller tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now

Remember the weather yesterday? It’s going to be similar today. Cold. Which seems a very unfair way of introducing a destination that you only ever think of as cold – Alaska. Yet the US state has an appeal of its own that’s completely unlike any other part of the country.

One of the consistent complaints about travelling to the US is the length of time it takes to get through immigration control once you land there. If you can pass through the controls in Dublin and Shannon, why not at UK airports?

Condolences and prayers for Boston visitors and locals alike, from all at CD-Traveller

Irene Middleman Thomas discovers an unspoiled corner of Florida

America’s love affair with the automobile is being replaced by rail writes CD-Traveller’s managing editor, Adrian Lawes

Domestic and international travel doesn’t stop because of age

Adrian champions Chicago, America’s second city that’s the home of Barack Obama

Often overshadowed by its Central American neighbour, Costa Rica, Panama has plenty of beauty, culture, history, ecoadventures and romance of its own – without the tourist crowds. Irene Middleman Thomas shows us the way to go

City’s Tourism Industry generated $55.3 Billion in economic impact and employed 356,000 New Yorkers in the City’s hospitality sector across all five boroughs

The planet’s most powerful city is also one of the world’s quirkiest. Anna Maria Espsäter has the low-down

Every December thousands of visitors flock to 34th Street in Baltimore (Maryland) as it joyfully bursts to life with a Christmas light display extravagansa. Each of the houses in the block is decorated vibrantly representing the owner’s personality and style. There are no ‘Bah Humbug’ Scrooges on this street as every resident embraces the Christmas spirit to make their [...]

I am not talking about clothes, electronics goods or brand new notebooks and i-pads but destinations. We are used to sales on airlines and offers for 2-for-1 at restaurants but how often does a whole city have a sale?
New York does.

In the wake of Barack Obama’s re-election, there’s only one place to be this winter: Washington DC. Anna Maria Espsäter shows us the way to go

Most of us need a jolt of caffeine to get things firing. Wherever you find yourself waking up, here are the rules for ordering the perfect coffee

Ashley Gibbons, chief executive at The International Travel Writers Alliance, talks travel

Irene journeys to St. Augustine – aka America’s oldest city – and finds it to be very different from the rest of Florida

Robin Nowacki takes a sip of a long, cool Miami cocktail

We’ve all been to places that we considered a little dull. Or a bit boring. But would you announce the fact? Two villages thousands of miles apart have.

Travellers could face disappointment at the airport if the last time they applied for authorisation to journey to the States, it was free

Millions of travellers to the States could face disappointment at the airport

On the final day of our America week, we thought we’d share with you the lyrics to Land of Dreams – a themesong written and sung by Roseanne Cash, daughter of country music icon Johnny Cash, with the aim of inviting visitors to “discover this land, like never before”

Looking to escape rainy Britain, this summer? Consider California which has just kicked off its ‘summer of fun’

Last April we wrote a story about boudin, that sausage beloved by people in Louisiana and the deep south of the United States. Some readers wrote to see if we had a recipe. What a hunt we’ve had!

Want to blast away the blues? Go west to the Golden State, writes Kaye Holland