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The text arrived at 2:47 a.m. — not that Marcus noticed at first. He was asleep in a charming hillside hotel in Lisbon, the kind of place with terracotta rooftops and a fado singer drifting up from the street below. He’d had a spectacular dinner, a little too much wine, and had connected his laptop to the hotel Wi-Fi before bed to send a quick note home.
By morning, his inbox held three fraud alerts …
A mere hour by road from Mexico City, the mystical town of Tepotzlan in the state of Morelos, is a perfect escape from the metropolis. City dwellers, tourists and spiritual seekers alike, head along the winding mountain roads, leaving the smog and chaos of the city behind.
An ancient town believed to be the birthplace of the serpent god, Quetzalcoatl, Tepotzlan is situated in a lush valley, overlooked by soaring jagged cliffs and an Aztec …
Tour guides often refer to El Salvador as “the country of 40 minutes.” Because it is the smallest country in Central America, flanked by Guatemala to the west and Honduras to the northwest, you can easily hike a volcano in the morning, grab lunch at the beach, and end your day with a zip-line canopy tour near the Guatemalan border.
Today, El Salvador boasts seventeen volcanoes, nine of which are active. There are also over …
Cape Cod begins with a curve on the map and a change in mood. One hour south of Boston, the city gives way to a 400-square-mile hook of dunes, harbours and cedar-shingled towns where life still moves to the pull of tide and season. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay, the peninsula gathers 15 distinct towns into one of New England’s most enduring coastal escapes.…
Somewhere between Iceland and Scotland, the Faroe Islands rise from the North Atlantic. Of the eighteen islands that make up this Danish autonomous territory, Vágar is the one most travelers encounter first, its airport the sole entry point for everyone arriving by air. Vágar happens to be among the most scenically dramatic islands in the archipelago, and its most famous attraction, a vast freshwater lake that appears to hover in mid-air above the ocean, is …
Stonehenge is perhaps the most instantly recognizable prehistoric structure on Earth. Its massive standing stones, arranged in concentric rings and crowned with horizontal lintels, have drawn pilgrims, scholars, romantics, and tourists for millennia. Yet despite centuries of inquiry, Stonehenge continues to resist complete understanding, a monument defined as much by what we do not know about it as by what we do.
The construction of Stonehenge was not a single event but a long process …
In the hierarchy of hotel service, no figure is more misunderstood, underutilized, or quietly indispensable than the concierge. Stand at the front desk of a great hotel and you may notice a discreet wooden podium to one side, presided over by a professionally dressed staff member whose purpose, to the uninitiated, seems vaguely ornamental. It is anything but. The concierge is the most powerful ally in the building, a local expert, a networker of extraordinary …
There is a particular kind of place in this world that doesn’t call out to you. It simply exists, waiting for the traveler who has finally learned that the most meaningful destinations are the ones that ask something of you in return. Kagawa is one of those places.
In the northeastern corner of Shikoku, facing the calm waters of the Seto Inland Sea, Japan’s smallest prefecture wears its scale lightly. You won’t find the breathless …
Sweden’s second city opens onto 2,000 islands, most of them car-free, all of them within reach of a tram ticket. On Sweden’s west coast, the city of Gothenburg gives way to water. Trams run to their final stops. Industrial docks thin into marinas. Then granite replaces asphalt.
Beyond the harbor lies an archipelago scattered along the Bohuslän coastline, more than 2,000 islands, islets, and skerries, many only minutes from the mainland. Unlike much of Europe’s …
Belfast had never been on my agenda, but it was the lure of the award-winning museum, Titanic Belfast, which initially captured my attention. I’m so glad it did, or I would never have discovered what a captivating city Belfast is. When I subsequently found out that it’s possible to take an easy day trip from the city to the natural wonder of the Giant’s Causeway, it clinched the deal.
Often overlooked by visitors who flock …
Inside the vibrant district of style, art, and food, expanding Miami’s travel landscape
In just over two decades, the Miami district of Wynwood has been making its own distinctive mark on the city’s wider landscape thanks to a growing arts and lifestyle presence here – and all inside what was once an unknown industrial and warehouse neighborhood. That transformation into a forward-thinking, creative, and small-business community includes a significant number of Afro-American and African-Caribbean entrepreneurs …
Some destinations define a category so completely that they become the default choice. But the familiar is not always the most rewarding. “Destination swapping” is the idea of trading an iconic, often over-visited place for an alternative that delivers the same core appeal, while offering something deeper, less crowded, or more surprising. For skiers, wine lovers, desert seekers, and beyond, the right swap doesn’t just replicate the experience; it expands it. The intention is not …
For decades, citizens of North America traveling to Europe have enjoyed a reasonably uncomplicated bureaucracy. Pack your bags, grab your passport, board your flight, and clear a quick immigration line. No pre-registration, no digital forms, no biometric scans. That era isn’t entirely over, but it is changing, and every North American with a European trip on the horizon needs to understand what’s coming.
The European Union has rolled out two sweeping new border management programs: …
There is an island off the coast of South Australia that operates by its own rules. No traffic lights. No public transport. No McDonald’s. What Kangaroo Island, Karta Pintingga to the Ngarrindjeri people, does have is one of the most concentrated wildlife encounters on the planet, a coastline that looks as though it were designed by a committee of romantics.. Roughly the same size as Bali and just nine miles off the South Australian coast, …
