The Radar: Travel Lately

The Radar – the best of the travel blogosphere – is a regular feature on Intelligent Travel every Wednesday.

You can play, too. Follow us on Twitter @NatGeoTraveler and tag your favorite travel stories #NGTRadar to help us find the crème de la crème on the Web.

Here’s this week’s:

• You may have never have heard of Tra Que (a short bicycle ride from Hoi An in Vietnam), but you might want to visit after reading this description: “peaceful oasis where herbs grow in neat rows and where farmers work the land by hand.” @thatbackpacker
• What’s it like to spend the day at the Indianapolis 500, the “greatest spectacle in racing”? Read this blog post from Bohemian Trails to find out. @BohemianTrails
• Transylvania may be famous for inspiring the vampire craze, but this oft-overlooked region in central Romania has another claim to fame: as a case study in how globalization is changing eastern Europe. @EuropeUpClose
• The Dominican Republic may be known for all-inclusive resorts, but it also has some of the most pristine natural areas in the Caribbean. Exhibit A: Los Haitises National Park. @JohnnyJet
• Do you dream of flying to Italy and wending your way around the famous boot from one town to the next? Here are 25 ways to get an ultra-local experience while you’re there. (Our favorite? Harvesting truffles in Umbria.) @TheCultureist

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