Travel Briefs From Around the World

Posted: 7:34 pm, September 9, 2013 by Jeffrey Ely

If you don't want to sleep in the pipe, you can always go to the Sheep Festival. Every year, on the last Sunday of July, the sheep are brought down from the alpine pastures to Lake Daubensee at the Gemmipass. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT

Spend the night in a concrete pipe in Switzerland
Leukerbad, Switzerland (dpa) - Tourists looking for the ultimate no-frills overnight accommodation should try Leukerbad, where they can pay to sleep in concrete pipes in the Swiss canton of Wallis. Three 2.5-metre-diameter pipes on the Sportarena camping ground are furnished with wooden boards to sleep on in sleeping bags, plus a table and bench. An upgrade is on the way: Leukerbad tourism officials say electric lighting will soon be installed. Being Switzerland, even this is not quite cheap. An overnight stay costs 50 Swiss francs (about 40 euros/53 dollars) per person. [Sportarena](http://dpaq.de/CTclH)

The Millenium Bridge And Tate Modern - London, Uk. © Anna Watson / Axiom

Tate Modern to display Paul Klee
London (dpa) - The Tate Gallery of Modern Art in London will be showing the works of Paul Klee next month through the winter. The exhibition, which runs October 16-March 9, is the largest Klee showing in Great Britain in more than 10 years, according to the museum. “The EY Exhibition - Paul Klee: Making Visible” features drawings, watercolours and oil paintings from international collections. It looks back at three decades of creativity, starting in Munich in 1910, his work as a teacher at the Bauhaus in the 1920s and his late work. The exhibition is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm as well as Friday and Saturday until 10 p.m. [Tate Gallery](http://www.tate.org.uk)

Taking the train to the castles of Bellinzona
Bellinzona, Switzerland (dpa) - A road-train route recently opened connecting the three castles of Bellinzona in Switzerland. The

A freight train of the Deutsche Bahn Railways (DB) on the Gotthard railroad line in Bellinzona, Switzerland, pictured on April 2, 2007. The castle Castello di Montebello can be seen in the background. The Gotthard railroad line with the Gotthard tunnel with its length of 15 kilometers is the most important North-South-axis for transport, tourism and economy and connects Goeschenen in the North and Airolo in the South of the Gotthard massif. -photo: dpa/photoalliance

trackless train, which carries up to 36 passengers in its trailers, drives the circuit from 10 am to 7 pm between the Castelgrande, Castello Montebello and Sasso Corbaro castles. The three castles, which once defended the Ticino Valley, are badged as a UNESCO World Culture Heritage site. [Bellinzona Tourism](http://www.bellinzonaturismo.ch)

Qatar Airways increases free baggage allowances

Doha (dpa) - Qatar Airways has increased its free baggage allowance. Instead of the previous limit of 23 kilograms, Economy Class passengers have been able since September 1 to submit a piece of luggage weighing up to 30 kilograms. The permitted amount for business and first-class fliers increased by 10 kilograms, moving from 40 to now 50 kilograms, according to the airline.

Singapore Airlines expands routes to US
Frankfurt (dpa) - Singapore Airlines is expanding its co-operation with the US airline JetBlue Airways with numerous new connections. Flights leave from New York’s JFK Airport with stopovers heading to Washington, Jacksonville, Tampa, Sarasota, Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach, Orlando, Denver and Phoenix, according to the airline. In addition, destinations are being planned in the Caribbean region, such as Santiago and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and San Juan, Puerto Rico.