Cartagena

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Juliet's House, Verona. The Casa de Giulietta throngs with tourists eager to have their 'Romeo, Romeo' moment on its fabled balcony.

Ultimate sights

The world's most romantic places

Come over weak-kneed and misty-eyed at the planet's best places to fall in love. From Lonely Planet's new book, 1000 Ultimate Sights, out now.

South America

Hot times in old towns

Bogota rushes, Cartagena reclines, yet both Colombia's mountain-hugged capital and her beachside city of sun make for a heady combination, writes Andrew Taylor.

Colombia

Where heat prevails and hammocks rule

Steve McKenna It's love at first site for this long, narrow, arching strip of soft, white, mainly empty sand.

Colombia

Beauty's dirty little secret

After a dip in volcano mud, Shaney Hudson feels a little less over the hill.

Map of Cartagena

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Travel News

More travellers taking a trip they'd rather forget

NATALIE O'BRIEN | Four Australian travellers a day are arrested for crimes around the world and statistics show a jump of almost 50 per cent from previous years.

'Family row' sparks UK plane emergency

25 May | Fighter jets were scrambled to escort a Pakistan International Airlines plane to a London airport following a row between family members on board.

JANE REDDY | Should one tire of Bosphorus views while at the new Istanbul Shangri-La, there's always the lobby with its dome-shaped atrium illuminated by natural light and a Bohemian crystal chandelier that "rains" for nearly two storeys to gaze upon.