Jamie Ditaranto
Freelance Travel Writer and Photographer at Freelance
Barcelona-based travel writer and guidebook author for @lonelyplanet Words in: @natgeotravel @cntraveler @travelleisure @forbes @atlasobscura
Articles
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6 days ago |
islands.com | Jamie Ditaranto
One of the biggest issues travelers have to be cautious about is pickpocketing. Especially in Europe, where phone and wallet snatchers are prevalent in major tourist destinations like Italy, France, and Spain, you are often inundated with warnings to guard your belongings when walking into crowded areas and should never leave your phone sitting out on a table where it could be easily grabbed. This has become a sad reality for many travelers in Europe, but some countries are safer than others.
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1 week ago |
islands.com | Jamie Ditaranto
If you can't tell the difference between a shooting star and an airplane, you might be in Jackson Hole. Located in Grand Teton National Park, Jackson Hole Airport (JAC) is the only airport inside a national park, and in April 2025, it became the first airport to be officially recognized as an Urban Night Sky Place.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Jamie Ditaranto
1 hour agoFugitive who escaped custody at SEA Airport arrested in SeattleSEATTLE — A man who escaped custody at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and had been on the run ever since is now in the King County jail. Sedric …9 hours agoColorado prosecutors say no one will be charged in hit-and-run despite finding carGreg Johnson walks with a limp, part of the aftereffects of what happened to him the morning of June 18, 2022. An avid bicyclist, he was en route to …
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2 weeks ago |
lonelyplanet.com | Jamie Ditaranto
Summertime on the East Coast calls for a getaway to cool down by the Atlantic and embrace all the kitsch and charms of life by the sea. Imagine wide sandy beaches, flashy boardwalks emanating nostalgia, the smell of fried foods and Maine lobster swimming in a pool of butter on your plate. Here are some of the best beach towns on the East Coast where you can find all this with a side of history. 1.
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2 weeks ago |
islands.com | Jamie Ditaranto
In Barcelona, tourists can stay very busy marveling at modernist masterpieces like Gaudí's Parc Güell and the soon-to-be-finished Sagrada Familia Basilica, but in the history of the Catalan capital, these are relatively new developments. If you want to get to the deepest layer of the city's history, you're going to have to go back over 2,000 years to the founding of Barcino, the original Roman settlement that started it all.
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