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Sita with a Voice: Graphic Novel Takes on Indian Myth

On a trip with a young traveler in tow, a writer reflects on her first Venice adventure—and how it changed her life.

Wandering Restaurateur: Jay Thomson in France, San Francisco, and New York

Founder’s Note: Reflect, Refresh, Recharge

How creativity and commerce have transformed a city of business into the world’s newest art capital.

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent Jennifer Kahn on a spontaneous journey to Québec City.

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Marisa Meltzer with 24 hours’ notice to a land of cashmere goats, yak slippers, and near-naked wrestlers.

On a luxurious journey from Singapore to Bangkok, writer Chris Colin lifts the veil on the magic—and mystery—of rail travel.

Chefs and cowboys, chickens and mongooses, guitars and King Kong—they’ve all found new lives on Kauai, an island where the only constant is change.

After a string of personal losses, a writer heads to Tamil Nadu seeking solace from her sorrows. It takes two temples, a palm leaf astrologer, and the driver of a velour-lined taxi to make her feel whole again.

In a square mile of West Texas, Chris Colin finds family and traces his roots back to a wilder America.

Both South American countries claim the spirit as their own—but who’s right?

The destinations to visit in Cartagena, Colombia inspired by the memoir of Colombian magic realist author Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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An arctic voyage is a sensory experience unlike any other. At the southernmost tip of the world, everything feels ephemeral—but that’s the magic of it.