Visas
The Office of Visa Services provides information on visa requirements for travelers to the United States who wish to visit, work or study for a temporary period.
Resources
Traveling to the U.S.
Planning a trip to the U.S. ?
The Embassy does not provide tourist information to the public. In case you need specific information, you can go to your local tourist agency or a public library, or visit the following website http://www.office-tourisme-usa.com/
There is a great deal of useful U.S. travel information on the Internet, and a preliminary excursion in cyberspace will serve you well when you are already to begin your journey in the real world.
Travel and Tourism Sites for the 50 States and U.S. Territories
Transportation / Getting Around
Accomodation
- All-Hotels: One of the largest online hotel reservation companies. It offers every kind of lodging including B & B's, discount motel and luxury 5-star accomodation all over the world.
Alternative accomodation can be found at:
Campgrounds & Trailer parks:
- Kampgrounds of America
- Go Camping America
- Woodwalls Campground Guide
- CampNet America: Includes links to a wealth of outdoors attractions and a useful U.S./Canada Public Parks Locator Map.
Vacation on a dude or guest ranch:
Things To Do
- Musea: Virtual Library with museum listings by name, state, type, etc. (courtesy of Oakland Museum of California)
- National Parks Service: All the information you are looking for about visiting the National Parks (courtesy of National Park Service)
- Ticketmaster: Ticket reservations for sports, arts, music and family events.
- World Heritage Sites in the U.S. (courtesy of National Park Service)
Disabled Travelers
For information on barrier-free vacations, accessible air travel, transportation and destinations start with the Disability Travel and Recreation Resources (courtesy of Jim Lubin)
How are is/ How much is / What's the weather/ Where is?...
- How far is it...? Calculates the distance between 2 places around the globe (courtesy of Indo)
- How much is...? Currency converter (courtesy of Oanda)
- What's the Weather today in...? (courtesy of the Weather Channel)
- What time is it in ... ? (courtesy of WorldTime).
- Where in the U.S. is ... ? (courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau).
ON THE WEB
DiscoverAmerica.com: A portal to all the major U.S. travel websites. Just enter what you're looking for. You can narrow your results down to a specific region, state, or city.
The Virtual Tourist: Offers travel information for every state.
Maps.com: From driving directions to USA and world maps
Rough Guide: The well-known travel guide
Electronic Journal
A monthly electronic journal available in multiple languages about U.S. foreign affairs and U.S. society and culture.
Snapshot USA, June 2006
See you in the U.S., September 2005