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Epic Trips

I Took My Two Year Old on a Global Trip—and Found the Music of This Country Life-Changing

One writer and her two-year-old boy were enchanted by the sounds of India.

April 30, 2025 05:47 PM

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Ashlea Halpern

COVID + Travel

How This Island Destination Became the Most Vaccinated Place in the U.S.

Puerto Rico has a higher vaccination rate than anywhere else in the country. How did the island territory get there?

November 10, 2021 02:32 PM

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Michelle Baran

Nestled in Napa Valley’s Carneros wine region, Carneros Resort and Spa offers a range of sustainability programs for guests to experience.

Travel for Good

11 Ways to Help Protect and Preserve California’s Most Famous Wine Region

From soil-to-bottle wines to organic spas, explore Napa Valley hotels and destinations that put sustainability first.

Sponsored by The Broadway Collection

A series of yellow, overwater cabins in Bocas Del Toro, Panam

Ocean Cruises

From Canada to the Caribbean, These Are the Best Cruises That Sail Out of Florida

More cruises depart from Florida than from anywhere else in the world. These are our top picks.

April 9, 2025 06:55 AM

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Fran Golden

Beer, Wine, + Spirits

How Chile’s Oldest Grape Became the Unlikely Star of a Natural Wine Movement

In a leafy valley between the Andes and the coastal range, Chile’s ancient vines are producing the country’s freshest natural wines.

June 5, 2019 05:53 PM

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Alice Feiring

History + Culture

See Mexico’s Sacred “New Fire” Ceremony Through an Indigenous Photographer’s Eyes

Photographer Joanna García Cherán shares a glimpse of the ancient fire lighting ritual, which has been practiced by her indigenous Purépecha community since the pre-Hispanic period.

February 14, 2020 10:40 AM

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Sarah Buder

Expedition Cruises

The Ultimate Guide to Polar Cruising

Should you go to the Arctic or Antarctica, and with Lindblad Expeditions or Hurtigruten? What are the polar packing essentials? We break it all down for you.

May 6, 2019 07:36 PM

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Ramsey Qubein

Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) and Portia (Haley Lu Richardson) chat with White Lotus concierge Valentina (Sabrina Impacciatore).

Art + Culture

5 White Lotus Filming Locations You Can Visit in Sicily

What makes a good vacation? The second season of “The White Lotus” says murder, mystery, and a beautiful hotel in Taormina.

February 17, 2023 11:19 AM

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Mae Hamilton

Outdoor Adventure

A Road Trip Through Jordan’s Most Fascinating Sites

Take a road trip through Jordan’s ancient sites and daily life with this route from Amman to the lowest point on Earth.

May 26, 2022 04:12 PM

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Kristin Braswell

20 Tourist Attractions Travel Editors Actually Love Visiting

Travel Tips + Etiquette

17 Tourist Attractions That Travel Editors Actually Love Visiting

AFAR is all about traveling deeper, but our editors also love these classic tourist attractions. Here’s why we think you should visit them, too. Yes, even Times Square.

December 15, 2023 09:30 AM

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Nicholas DeRenzo

Four statues (a pair of men and a pair of women) painted white in a fence-lined park in New York City

LGBTQ Travel

Where to Find Meaningful LGBTQ Monuments Around the World

Public memorials honoring figures from the LGBTQ community say a lot about a city’s culture and serve as a reminder that coming out can be its own heroic milestone.

June 3, 2024 05:59 PM

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Kelsy Chauvin

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Where to Travel Next

You Haven’t Seen the Northern Lights Until You’ve Seen Them From a Hot Tub

These are the best spas to get your aurora borealis on.

March 21, 2025 03:54 PM

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Nicholas DeRenzo

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