When Copenhagen’s Tivoli Gardens opens for the season in the spring of 2010, its ornate gates will swing wide for the 168th time, providing, as from Tivoli’s first days, “a magical place for recreation and fresh air.”

That is how Tivoli’s creator, Georg Carstensen, a publisher of periodicals, described what he had in mind when he approached King Christian VIII to ask for permission to realize his dream. He topped off his proposal by mentioning that “when the people are amusing...

Dear Globetrotter:

Welcome to the 407th issue of your monthly overseas travel magazine. We present, among other things, a mix of reader-written firsthand accounts and news items, such as the following.

Three airlines that misinterpreted Transportation Security Administration rules and kept dozens of passengers cooped up on a plane in Rochester, Minnesota, for almost six hours — in violation of a law prohibiting unfair and deceptive practices in air transportation — have been...

by Sandra Scott

Dubai is considered an expensive destination, but it doesn’t have to be. My husband, John, and I visited Dubai in January ’09, and our favorite evening turned out to be our least expensive.

After wandering through the spice souk with its aromatic smells, we hopped on board an abra, handed the boatman one dirham (27¢) and crossed Dubai Creek. Abras are flat-bottomed water taxis that ferry people across the creek.

We strolled along the waterfront promenade...