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Spanish culture has long embraced the midday nap. But why do they do it? And do they still? Here’s what travelers need to know.

Once a holding cell for kidnapped Africans, the island’s House of Slaves is today a UNESCO World Heritage site—and the site of healing and atonement.

AFAR chatted with local bookstore owner and cultural ambassador Kristin White on Bermuda pride, the island’s emerging art scene, and yes, her favorite beach.

These Juneteenth events in Galveston, Baltimore, Chicago, San Francisco, and Tulsa commemorate freedom while highlighting Black history and culture.

Locals from four U.S. host cities share their tips for finding festivities beyond official celebrations.

Avoid the crowds in one of the world’s most popular deserts with these Indigenous cooking classes, canoe trips, and sound healing sessions.

When planning your next trip, don’t miss these exciting openings from New York and Boston to Italy and Montenegro, slated to open throughout 2021.

Explore some of the places that shaped America’s most memorable writers on this Golden State pilgrimage.

From practicing yoga in Sri Lanka to soaking in hot springs in Banff National Park, here’s where to treat your mind, body, and soul kindly.

After numerous visits to Napa Valley with her kids, one Bay Area writer is convinced that the region is as much for families as it is for foodies and wine lovers.

When you’re ready to press pause on the theme parks, these laid-back Florida beaches near Orlando make for an ideal day away.

By guarding wildlife and patrolling against poachers instead of doing household chores, the Maasai women in “Team Lioness” are breaking down barriers.

The southwest corner of Denmark’s Jutland peninsula offers the country’s only two-Michelin-star restaurant outside of Copenhagen and a UNESCO-listed national park. But most travelers would struggle to find it on a map.

Cruise icy fjords and track pumas in Chile’s Magallanes region.

Charleston’s enduring taste for the hard stuff—evident both in posh hotel bars along Upper King Street and low-down dives on the harbor—can be traced all the way back to its colonial days.