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History + Culture
12 Must-Visit Historical Sites Around the World
If you’ll travel far and wide to be awed by a UNESCO World Heritage site, make sure you have these major attractions on your list.
March 07, 2024 08:22 AM
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Casey Hatfield-Chiotti
River Cruises
The New River Cruise Ships and Sailings We’re Most Excited About This Year
The world’s newest river cruise ships are delivering passengers to beautiful destinations in Europe, Asia, and South America in style. And they’re leaving less of a footprint, too.
January 22, 2024 02:33 PM
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Nicole Edenedo
Longreads
The Silk Weavers of Varanasi
In India’s holiest city, an ancient community of handloom weavers faces an electrically powered future.
February 23, 2023 12:39 PM
History + Culture
The Girl Wrestlers of Varanasi, India, Are Changing the Rules of the Game
Inspired by a Bollywood film, young girls and women in northern India are taking up “kushti”—an ancient form of wrestling traditionally only practiced by men.
March 15, 2022 06:41 PM
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Eileen McDougall
Travel for Good
These Visionaries Are Helping to Protect the Planet for Tomorrow’s Travelers
As travelers, we roam this planet in search of its most beautiful corners. But most of us don’t know about the people who are working tirelessly to ensure those places don’t vanish.
July 25, 2019 10:46 AM
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Jennifer Flowers
Restaurants + Cafés
An Intimate Street Food Tour Is the Best Way to Get an Authentic Taste of Delhi
Even the most intrepid and independent travelers benefit from a guide now and then.
June 21, 2019 01:43 PM
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Ashlea Halpern
Travel Tales
In Queens, the American Dream Is a Technicolor Celebration
Anya von Bremzen dives deep into one of the most ethnically diverse places on Earth—New York City’s borough of Queens.
January 31, 2019 05:22 PM
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Anya von Bremzen
Cities We Love
Finding a New Perspective on Adventure in Oaxaca
A couple returns to the Mexican city where they lived in their youth to see how it—and they—have changed.
February 13, 2017 01:05 PM
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Eric Puchner
Art + Culture
This Instagrammer Got a Behind-the-Scenes Tour of India’s Textile Industry
Esther Huynh spent three weeks photographing tradition, culture, and color in India— and she got paid to do it(!).
January 13, 2017 11:44 AM
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Sarah Buder
History + Culture
5 Things You May Not Know About the Taj Mahal
Even placards and guidebooks don’t reveal everything about the most-visited tourist spot in India
February 17, 2016 06:35 PM
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Kiran Mehta
Health + Wellness
Embracing the Cycle of Life in India’s Holiest City
When a traveler faces grief in Varanasi, his perspective on life and death goes up in smoke.
May 09, 2014 08:19 PM
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David Farley
River Cruises
Five Reasons to See India From the Ganges
Or, proof that one of the best ways to see India is by cruise.
December 01, 2015 09:58 PM
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Jennifer Flowers
In the Magazine
6 Great AFAR Reads for Your Holiday Travels
Longer pieces that will inspire major wanderlust.
November 30, 2015 04:06 PM
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Danielle Walsh
Solo Travel
A Table for One, Please: How Solo Travel Can Be Serendipitous
A solo traveler shares why loneliness is an essential part of traveling alone.
May 07, 2015 01:09 PM
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Macy Morris
History + Culture
Lourdes: A Pilgrimage to France’s Holy Waters
Can a skeptic get beyond the kitsch and find the true miracle of Lourdes?
June 17, 2014 07:53 PM
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Edward Readicker-Henderson
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