Travel Briefs

On the Caribbean island of Dominica from May 1 to Sept. 31, guests who book at least seven nights at the Rosalie Bay Resort (Rosalie, Dominica; call, toll-free in the US, 800/831-9249, www.rosaliebay.com) for the “Sea Turtle Experience” are guaranteed to see a leatherback, green or hawkbill sea turtle nesting or hatching. More than 100 sea turtles lay eggs on the resort’s beach during nesting season. Guests are given wake-up calls to witness them coming ashore to bury eggs, which occurs at...

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A self-guided tour of Copenhagen locations from the Oscar-nominated movie “The Danish Girl,” with map, can be found on Denmark’s tourism website at www.visitdenmark.com/denmark/tour-danish-girl-locations. Sites include Børsen (the stock exchange building), the Royal Theater, Charlottenborg Palace, the Marble Church and the Fiolstræde Library at Copenhagen University.

In northern Italy, the 7-hour, small-group tour “Land of Motors” begins in Bologna and stops first at the Ducati Museum and factory (ducati.com), where the history of Ducati motorcycle racing (1946 to the present) is on display. The group then visits the Lamborghini factory (www. lamborghini.com), the Ferrari Museum (http://museomaranello.ferrari.com), next to Ferrari’s test track, and the Ferrari factory. Available Tuesdays only. €248 (near $270) includes lunch plus pickup from a hotel in...

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Starting every year on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese lunar calendar (June 9 in 2016, May 30 in 2017), 3-day Dragon Boat festivals have been held throughout China for over 2,000 years. The festivals get their name from the dragon-shaped boats that are raced by teams of men hoping to bring a bountiful harvest and happy life to the people of their villages by winning. Races can be seen all along the Yangtze River and in Hong Kong and Macau. Zongzi, pyramid-shaped glutinous...

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Visitors to Stockholm, Sweden, can take a rooftop tour with Takvandring (Stora Gråmunkegra˘nd 12-14, 111 28 Stockholm, Sweden; phone +46 08 22 30 05, www.takvandring.com). The one-hour, 15-minute tour takes climbers along the roofs of Stockholm 142 feet above the streets, across catwalks and up ladders, led by an English-speaking guide. A rooftop tour costs SEK595 (near $70) and must be booked online in advance. Safety gear is provided. Persons weighing over 264 pounds or with a history of...

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In order to combat terrorism, European Union (EU) nations have agreed to collect information from air passengers, including each person’s name and address plus credit card details. The information, known as the Passenger Name Record, will be gathered from passengers on all flights into, out of and between EU countries. 

Originally proposed in 2007 but shelved over privacy concerns, the agreement was partly motivated by the Nov. 13 terrorist attacks in Paris.

From June 1 through Sept. 18, 2016, Brazil is offering US and Canadian travelers visa-free entry  for stays of up to 90 days to encourage attendance at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 5-21. Having tickets to Olympic events is not necessary to take advantage of the offer. Normally, a tourist visa for Brazil costs a US citizen $160 and can take up to 60 days to process. 

On Dec. 15, Kuwait Airways ended the New York (JFK)-to-London (Heathrow) leg of its Kuwait City-New York-London-Kuwait City circuit rather than allow Israeli citizens to board its aircraft. The airline’s JFK-Heathrow flight often was cheaper than flights of other airlines.

On Oct. 29, after investigating a 2013 incident in which an Israeli citizen was unable to purchase a ticket from the airline online, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) notified Kuwait Airways that the carrier...

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