Credit: Photo Illustration by Mariah Tyler; Source: Getty Images If you're heading out on a vacation, odds are, whipping up a snack for the airport is the last thing on your mind. Ensuring you've packed the right clothes, completed the proper travel forms, and checked into your flight are usually…
There's something special about desert towns. Be it their otherworldly landscapes, arid climate, mystical vibes, or unique flora and fauna, these destinations offer an escape unlike any other. Even better, they have modern amenities, but you can still get away from it all for a bit of solitude. Thankfully, there…
Credit: Courtesy of Airbnb Interested in time travel? Then this regal castle in Italy may just be the place, because guests staying here will feel transported right back to medieval times. And best of all? You can rent this castle on Airbnb for less than you may think — to…
Credit: John McCloskey Jr. Hudson River Rail Excursions' rides from New York City to Albany, in glamorous 1940s vintage rail cars, return in June. But if you want to experience this train trip along the Hudson River, you'll have to act fast since last year's inaugural tickets sold out in…
Six days a week, Addolorata "Dora" Marzovilla walks the short distance from her Manhattan apartment in Midtown East to her newly opened eponymous restaurant, Nonna Dora's Pasta Bar. Once there, she makes fresh pasta for five hours a day using recipes and techniques she first learned 78 years ago. At…
Credit: Courtesy of Village historique de Val-Jalbert About 100 years ago, Val-Jalbert, Canada was a distinctly modern town. Residents had running water and electricity 25 years before the rest of Quebec. But very little has changed since those days. Credit: Courtesy of Village historique de Val-Jalbert Today, the Quebec town…
Credit: Courtesy of Bocas Bali Bocas Bali, a luxury private island resort in Panama, wants to elevate your beach experience — and they mean that literally. In April, the resort, which opened its doors in September 2021, announced the completion of its overwater beach. According to the hotel, it's the first…
Credit: Getty Images If you're not exactly in a hurry to get to your destination, but don't want to drive yourself there, one of the best travel options is to hop aboard your nearest Amtrak train. A train ride will allow you to take a little time and meander through…
Nevis Peak, an active volcano that rises 3,232 feet above the Caribbean. | Credit: Hiral Gosalia/Getty Images The best meal of my life happened halfway up a volcano. My wife and I were on our honeymoon, enjoying an Olympian view of the calm, silvery Caribbean from the leeward side of…
Credit: Sylvain Sonnet/Getty Images Pink stucco buildings, striped awnings, wrought iron balconies, and tall palm trees, their fronds creating shadows that move with the morning breeze — that's my view as I sip a cappuccino at a French café. It's quiet, and voices are low. But the night before on…