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Two hundred and 50 years ago, Bath was the Hollywood of Britain. Today, this former trendsetter of Georgian England invites you to take a 90-minute train ride from London west and sample its ...

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Asking a laundromat attendant to tranfer your clothes into the dryer is one way to still go sightseeing while doing laundry. Be sure to tip them.

(In this exclusive excerpt from Rick Steves’ “On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer,” ...