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  • This property is closed due to damage caused by Hurricane Irma.

    Tucked behind towering palms and white sandy beaches, this hotel is White Bay’s best-kept secret. The cottages here are either beachfront or garden view, and come with both an indoor and outdoor (enclosed) shower. Shoes optional!
  • The elemental drama of Santorini’s volcanic landscape draws more than 2 million visitors every year. For more than 3,500 years, this mineral-rich terroir has also produced outstanding wines. There are around 50 indigenous grapes (notably the bone-dry assyrtiko, key for producing the amber, caramel vinsanto). The vines are coiled around the grapes like baskets to protect them from the fierce sunlight and meltemi winds. Santorini Wine Trails offers personalized, small-group wine tours run by an enthusiastic and erudite enologist, Iliana Sidiropoulou. Ask her to take you to Domaine Sigalas, where award-winning vintages are paired with superb snacks; to Gaia, located in an old tomato-canning factory on Monolithos beach; and to the Venetsanos winery, whose rooftop wine bar seems to float above the port of Athinios.
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    Anguilla’s most social beach is full of local flavor. From visiting boats to residents who flock here for the best island-style bar-and-nightlife atmosphere—home to Johnno’s, Elvis’ Beach Bar, and the Pumphouse—there’s never a dull moment on Sandy Ground’s long, soft strand. The water here is calm, making it an ideal stretch of sand for families as well. Sandy Ground is also the site of Anguilla’s August Monday, the most important day of the summer carnival season, when the entire country seems to be in the same location to celebrate J’ouvert: some folks on the beach, some on boats blasting music. By 1 p.m., the August Monday sailboat race kicks off—the first round of qualifying for the final carnival boat race at week’s end.
  • Bastian St, Fort Nagar, Fort Kochi, Kochi, Kerala 682001, India
    While Cochin’s St. Francis Church managed to survive through the different conquests of the city, its Roman Catholic cathedral was not as fortunate. Construction of the earliest church on the site began in 1505 and it was elevated to a cathedral in 1555. The Dutch spared it (along with St. Francis Church), but when the British assumed control of Cochin, they demolished the building. The current basilica, built in a Gothic style, was consecrated in 1905. It stands as a remarkable reminder of the persistence of Christianity (if not individual buildings dedicated to it) in Kerala, where, unusually for India, nearly one-fifth of the population is Christian.

  • Via Pietro Bonanno
    Mount Pellegrino, which towers over the coast between Palermo and the beach of Mondello, is a popular day excursion from Palermo. The panoramic view from the top is breathtaking. And while you’re up there you can visit the sanctuary of Santa Rosalia, who is believed to have saved Palermo from a plague in the 1600s. She lived in a cave on the mountain until her death around 1160, and more than four centuries later hunters found remains that were thought to be hers. The plague in Palermo ended, it was believed, because her bones were finally given a proper Christian burial. This shrine was built around her cave to protect the site, and Santa Rosalia was named the patron saint of Palermo.
  • Diego Noboa y Arteta, Escalon 444 Cerro Santa Ana
    At the northern end of the Malecón sits Cerro Santa Ana, the site where early settlers first established the city of Guayaquil. This area is today home to the neighborhood Barrio Las Peñas, known for its vividly colored houses that rise up the hill, bisected by a double-wide staircase lined with restaurants, bars and galleries. The summit has panoramic views across the city and up and down the river. To ascend even higher, climb to the top of the 18.5-meter (60-foot) blue-and-white lighthouse, built in 2001.

  • 1788 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, USA
    As part of one of the world’s 35 biodiversity hot spots, San Diego and its environs are home to more species than many regions of similar size. To learn more, head to the Natural History Museum’s permanent Coast to Cactus in Southern California exhibition, where you can immerse yourself in large, 3-D models of the area’s unique habitats, like mountain forests and coastal sage zones. You can even climb into a multimedia-equipped Airstream trailer that comes alive with the sounds of desert critters at night, or crawl through a mudflat to see the animals that call it home. While at the museum, be sure to also check out the Cerutti Mastodon exhibit, which tells the story of the paleontologists who, in the 1990s, excavated fossils from a site in San Diego that suggest humans were in North America 115,000 years earlier than previously imagined. The show includes evidence like a mastodon tusk and rocks that scientists believe were once used to break bones.
  • Cra. 12 #9-70, Santa Fé de Antioquia, Santafé de Antioquia, Antioquia, Colombia
    Located about an hour from Medellín, Santa Fe merits a detour for its lovely, well-preserved colonial architecture. The town was Antioquia province’s capital before Medellín, from 1584 until 1826, and time seems to have stopped here amid cobblestoned streets and whitewashed structures. Horseback tours lead to nearby waterfalls and the Cauca River.
  • Piazza Lorenzo Ghiberti, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
    Who knew grocery shopping could be so photogenic? In summer, you’ll be tempted to photograph the piles of tomatoes; in winter, the tangles of greens. Wander around to get a sense of what is in season and what you will find on local menus at lunch and dinner. Rows of stalls sell meat, salami, fresh fish, pasta, cheese, and bread. If all that food makes you hungry, look for the Trattoria del Rocco inside the market, a diner that serves lunch created from produce sold on-site. The early bird gets the worm here: Everything is swept up and closed down by early afternoon.
  • 12 Alvaro Obregon
    In downtown San José del Cabo, just behind the church and near the main square, is the gallery district, chockablock with more than a dozen storefronts full of paintings, photographs and sculptures on exhibit. Most of the work is for sale, and purchases can be packaged for shipment home. Expect lots of landscape paintings inspired by the local geography, many created by expats who moved to Los Cabos and now call the southern peninsula of Mexico home.
  • Carrer de l'Hospital, 23, 08770 Sant Sadurní d'Anoia, Barcelona, Spain
    Less than an hour from Barcelona’s city center, Sant Sadurní d’Anoia is the perfect day trip for wine aficionados, particularly fans of cava, the sparkling wine from Catalonia. Tour the grounds at multinational operations like Cordoníu and Freixenet, or sign up for a tasting at one of the smaller mom-and-pop operations. Most wineries have bottles for sale and larger operations can even ship a case home for you. Bus and bike tours are available.
  • On this episode of Unpacked, host Aislyn Greene ventures beyond London’s tourist crowds with travel journalist Lottie Gross to uncover England’s rebellious cities, underground adventures, and the authentic local culture most travelers never see.
  • The extraordinary tastes and flavors of Vietnam, found everywhere from the chaotic stalls of the night markets to the hushed dining rooms of luxury hotels, plucked from skewers and slurped from bowls, have a way of imparting an immediate connection to the country’s culture. Discover Vietnam by biting into a just-made spring roll, tasting fiery noodles, seeking the influence of French colonial cuisine in a sandwich bought on the street, or just contemplating the complex wonders of a humble country meal. You’ll remember all your first tastes here.
  • To hear the locals rave, you’ll never drink better coffee or eat a better burrito or share a more authentic pizza than you can here. San Francisco, for its relatively compact size, packs a culinary punch that larger cities never will.
  • While accommodations in southern Utah range from luxe lodgings and wellness resorts to glamping tents and rustic cabins, they all make use of their surroundings, pampering guests with stunning views and activities like hiking and horseback riding.