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Blog postYou know those places you want to selfishly keep hidden and all to yourself? You know the ones with cerulean waters that put picture-perfect postcards to shame and overwater bungalows giving off dreamy Maldivian vibes, but with far fewer zeros in the price tag? Yep, those ones. This is Bacalar—the off-the-grid local hotspot and sleepy-town people are slowly waking up to. Word’s getting out about the “Maldives of Mexico” and this wanderlust-y destination that lives up to every bit of its name
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Blog postWith its intense winters, fish-filled freshwaters, and rugged coastline outlining an abundance of green, it’s no surprise many of the three million Scandinavian immigrants who arrived in the United States decided to settle on the index finger of a peninsula in what is now called Door County, Wisconsin.
This place had serious appeal to Scandinavian immigrants, as it looked and felt a lot like home.
And today, it tastes a lot like Scandinavia, too.
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Blog postThe story of Skara Brae starts long after its end and—as is befitting such a curiosity—with a storm.
In 1850, Scotland was battered by a horrific and fatal storm. By the time it was over, 200 people had died. But when the tempest subsided, something unusual and ancient had emerged from the earth on the coast of mainland Orkney.
The force of the high tides and strong winds had stripped away part of a knoll and unveiled the ruins of several small, roofless houses close to the shor -
Blog postLets get ready to mangia!
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Blog postThese thrilling travelogues will take you on a thrilling journey around the world.
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Blog postLakeview Lounge, Edgewater, Colorado–It’s 8 a.m., and the sun crests over the Denver skyline, sending piercing beams over Sloan’s Lake just across the main drag. It’s the kind of fantastic sunlight you never want to drive into, especially on the highway. Certain death. But it’s okay right now. It’s a welcoming sight, as is the scene of elders sitting at the bar, some quaffing beer from the bottle, others sipping whiskey and coffee, and no iced-water in sight.
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Blog postThese deserted spaces around the world each offer a glimpse into the past and a story of their own.
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Blog postLike many aspects of Cameroonian life, its literature is often viewed as something that was once great, rather than an ongoing project that is still evolving. The popular joke is that if you want to hide something from a Cameroonian, put it in a book. Quiz the average adult on the street about the best books they’ve read and familiar names ring out: Mongo Beti, Mbella Sone Dipoko, Linus T. Asong, Ferdinand Oyono, Imbolo Mbue, Calixthe Beyala, and Patrice Nganang.
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Blog postThe soft tang of sourdough carbonates on my tongue as buttery wafts of walnut bread softens its fizz. It’s 6 a.m. in Kostas’ office.
“I can’t smell the bakery,” he tells me.
I assume he’s shopping for laughs, but the Greek baker’s face is straight as he separates bodies of dough. This bakery is his home in every sense. It’s where he loses himself in hours of kneading, with no tugs of wanting to be somewhere else, but it’s also the ground floor to his family’s flat. Upstairs, lic -
Blog postFor your consideration, Paul Hollywood?
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Blog postLets take a trip down memory lane and live vicariously through these outrageous getaways.
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Blog postCapirotada, the Mexican bread pudding and Lenten favorite, drips with Catholic symbolism. But what about its connections to Passover, the Moors, and Ancient Rome?
Today’s capirotada is a grandma dish that’s made as much for its nostalgia factor as it is for its taste. Its core ingredients are layers of bread, sweetened syrup, and salty cheese. From there, the hotly-contested variety of fruits, nuts, and even sprinkles used depends on your abuela’s coveted recipe and your family’s regio -
Blog postSt. Lucia, a small Caribbean island of roughly 184,000, is one of few countries to boast of two Nobel Prize winners and a Pulitzer Prize winner. John Compton, the country’s most renowned politician, became St. Lucia’s first prime minister following its independence in 1979. Now as a James Beard award-winning chef, Nina Compton furthers her dad’s rich legacy, instilling great pride in her native country as one of the rising Black culinary voices and restaurateurs in America. And her journey be
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Blog postThe first thing you notice as you enter the village of Portmeirion is the explosion of color: clusters of pastel-hued cottages with turquoise shutters that hug the cliff sides, tall towers, and domes, peeping out from the higgledy-piggledy, terracotta rooftops. A trip down the hill takes you to the grand, central piazza, surrounded by stately Italianate architecture and a crumbling 17th-century colonnade that overlooks a pristine, landscaped lawn with pockets of vibrant flowers, palm trees, a
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Blog postWalking into the old Florida-style building known as Hunt’s Seafood and Oyster Bar, the first thing you see is an aluminum-covered bar with a young man grinning as he shucks oysters at preternatural speed. His name is Honor Allen and he is just 26 years old but has already captured three consecutive Florida Seafood Festival and U.S. Oyster Festival titles as the fastest oyster shucker around, an entry requirement for the International Oyster Cup. Allen is a Panama City native steeped in oyste
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Blog postThe 14th day of each month to dedicated to celebrating relationships with themed dates, gifts, and foods.
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Blog postSummer "fun in the sun" is contingent on a place to cool off.
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Blog postEach one of these swoon-worthy hotels sets its own fairytale scene.
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Blog postThere’s nothing more summer in New York City than leaving New York City. When the city gets hot and bustling with tourists, New Yorkers get going. While the Hamptons have always been a mainstay of NYC summer-culture, traveling upstate for a nice, relaxed weekend at a much more reasonable price point has become a popular alternative.
While knowing someone with a quaint cabin and host-like personality would be nice, the reality is that we can’t all have a friend with a second property up -
Blog postWinding our way along Catarata de Oro (“trail of gold”) in the high-valley jungle of northern Costa Rica, our guide and naturalist, Alan, stops to pluck a small green leaf off a moringa tree. Known here as a “miracle plant” due to its various health properties like reducing inflammation and improving energy levels, I didn’t come here looking for a miracle, but after almost a full year spent in varying degrees of quarantine and sheltering in place, a miracle couldn’t hurt.
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Blog postEditor’s Note: Most of these images are from weddings before the coronavirus pandemic and do not reflect Walt Disney World’s current social distancing and health and safety protocols.
For Disney fans, Walt Disney World is the place to celebrate milestones. As soon as you check into a Disney hotel, you’re asked if you’re celebrating something because there’s a free button for everything, from birthdays to your first park visit. But one of the most coveted is the purple “Happily Ever Af -
Blog postTriple checking that you have enough face masks and hand sanitizer, as well as the possibility of encountering careless people at your destination, are just a couple of the things that contribute to mid-pandemic travel anxiety. What many of us have come to find while trying to enjoy a relaxing getaway these days is that pandemic-induced stress often takes away from the overall vacation experience.
Americans are well-acquainted with anxiety, as 2020 data from the Anxiety & Depressio -
Blog postWhere travel editors are going after a year of not traveling.
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Blog postOver the last two centuries, travelers—domestic and international alike—have been drawn to England’s Lake District. This mountainous region in the north of the country is known for its rugged landscape of its wilderness. It’s become a place for visitors to get back in touch with nature and immerse themselves in the sprawling beauty of the fields, mountains, and—of course—the lakes.
Its splendor makes its status as a popular English destination seem almost inevitable. Although it was ex -
Blog postI have to admit that I was nervous when my girlfriend Luna, a self-described enthusiastic gambler, recently brought up the idea of visiting a casino. Aware of my hesitation, she encouraged me to accompany her as she tried her luck at a couple of casinos in California’s Coachella Valley, just a two-hour drive away. Although I was filled with trepidation, my curiosity reigned and I agreed to join her. But a nagging question remained–by gambling during a pandemic, were we really just rolling the
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Blog postIts about time for some sun in the queer-friendly sand.
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Blog postDiscover the mysteries of these intriguing secret cities.
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Blog postFor months afterward, school administrators made a great effort to find the appropriate strategy to reopen schools as soon as possible. You see, much of Spain’s economy is geared toward tourism. Therefore, families staying at home for extended periods have proved to be detrimental to the economy.
Nearly 84 million people visited Spain in 2019, with British tourists surpassing the 18 million mark each year from 2017 until 2019. With the closure of borders, virtually all tourism ca -
Blog postDo you know how many paid-time-off (PTO) days go untouched every year? A lot, I’ll tell you that much (albeit 2020 was difficult for everyone but billionaires). In 2018, one study determined the answer was 768 million vacation days, which equals $65.5 billion in benefits that were just….wasted. For when we are able to wade back into those travel waters, consider the below companies, who encourage (and, in some cases, even financially compensate) their workers for traveling far and wide.
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Blog postSnaking through its manic traffic and unsightly buildings standing there like rude stamps of a Russian invasion, I arrived at the gates of Murad Khane, Kabul’s old city, only to be turned away.
Traveling to Afghanistan was perhaps one of my most impulsive decisions. I did not know what to expect from this war-torn country. I refused to Google it because I didn’t want to read anything that might give me cold feet. But Afghanistan is rarely ever out of the news and a week before I -
Blog postMove over, D.C., the best cherry blossom festival is in Macon, Georgia. More than the blush-colored trees, the entire town is bathed in pink. Here’s why you should visit Macon for all things cherry blossom-related.
With more than 90 times as many cherry trees as Washington D.C., Georgia’s southern town of Macon might just be the best spot for any cherry tree fan to visit. Macon boasts about 350,000 cherry trees, compared to just about 3,750 in the nation’s capital. In fact, there are m -
Blog postWhy buy a dessert when you can pour hours into making one?
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Blog postMy international travel wish-list is long and reflects the eclectic interests of a travel writer: I want to see Alaska, the exquisite Islamic architecture of Esfahan and Lahore, trek to Upper Dolpo in Nepal and along Japan’s Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage Trail, drive up to the Daintree Rainforest in Far North Queensland…and that’s just a start.
The COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to my globetrotting, as it did to many other people. I had to cancel trips to Australia, Nepal, and Singapore, all to -
Blog postThese beautiful but little-known islands could be your next getaway.
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Blog postWhen I left central London in February 2020 for six months of traveling around Indonesia, I didn’t quite anticipate spending those entire six months (and more) on one tiny, remote island in the Lombok Strait with 40 other ex-pats as company.
Gili Trawangan, a famed party island that’s a two-hour speed boat away from Bali, was one of the first Indonesian islands to close its border at the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic. From March 2020, Gili T, as it’s colloquially known, became -
Blog postWe know vacation is on the mind, so we’re finding you the best deals for your first post-pandemic getaway. We know you’re probably a bit tired of exploring every nook and cranny of your hometown, so why not opt for a stunningly serene (and completely refundable) trip to Greece? And there are few places more serene in Greece than Pyrgos.
In Pyrgos, on the bucketlist island of Santorini, you’ll be able can explore seemingly endless mountains of whitewashed homes with roofs as blue as the -
Blog postTo paraphrase Talking Heads, *dont* take me to the river, *dont* drop me in the water.
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Blog postGrab a book (or photo) at these unique Little Free Libraries.
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Blog postFor the past year, you’ve been buying truckloads of toilet paper, hoarding paper towels, and stocking up on canned goods for the apocalypse. And if you were smart, you did all of that using a rewards credit card that accrues thousands and thousands of airline miles.
If you are, in fact, one of the smart ones who plays with cards to earn points for those long-haul flights overseas, there’s a new company that wants to help you spend them—and spend them very wisely.
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Blog postNo guests have checked into the Sheraton Phoenix since March of last year, but the hotel hasn’t sat idle. When travel paused in 2020 due to COVID, the 1,003-room tower seized the chance to speed up renovations that signal a change not just for the Phoenix property, but for the Sheraton brand as we know it.
Now, the bandages are finally coming off.
“I feel like I get to let people in on a secret,” Jon Erickson, the hotel’s Director of Sales & Marketing, says from inside the -
Blog postEveryone and their cousins have visited Amsterdam, so be the first to discover The Hagues many superlative adventures.
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Blog postHow to do a long stay the right way.
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Blog postActually, we traveled pretty well last year thanks to these movies.
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Blog postIt’s been a year since the Tokyo 2020 Olympics were postponed because of the pandemic. Speculations were rife that the games will get canceled in 2021 due to COVID-19 variants and new surges in infections. But the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee is all set to begin the summer Olympics as scheduled on July 23-August 8 and Paralympics on August 24-September 5.
The committee has released a playbook with guidelines on safety, but maintaining a bubble with more than 11,000 athletes from
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