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Art + Culture

A Guide to Mumbai’s Outdoor Markets

How to navigate the local shopping bazaars of Mumbai.

May 10, 2016 04:53 PM

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Claire Volkman

Hotels

8 Ultra-Insane Resort Perks

When resorts compete, who wins? You do.

April 25, 2017 01:13 PM

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Diana Spechler

History + Culture

The Four Main Cultures of Curaçao

Curaçao is one of the most diverse islands in the Caribbean

January 20, 2016 02:44 PM

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Will McGough

Food + Drink

The Secrets of China’s Most Remarkable Noodles

For a true taste of traditional la mian, trace the hand-pulled noodles back to the streets of Lanzhou.

June 20, 2018 06:19 PM

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Jarrett Wrisley

Hotels

10 Hotels Offering Over-the-Top Experiences for Royal Wedding Fanatics

Didn’t make the guest list? (We didn’t either.) You can still get in on the fun with these royal wedding weekend hotel packages in the U.S. and the U.K.

April 11, 2018 04:25 PM

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Lindsay Lambert

Hotels

4 Apps Changing the Way You Stay

These concepts are altering the guest experience as we know it.

July 14, 2016 07:32 PM

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Nicoletta Richardson

Travel Vanguard

Vanguard 2017: Ruben Caldwell, Leigh Salem, Brian Smith, and Jou-Yie Chou, Partners at Studio Tack

The innovative team designs lodgings that tell their own stories and resonate with a creative-class clientele.

September 12, 2017 08:00 PM

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Jennifer Flowers

Epic Trips

A Good Travel Buddy Is Hard to Find

Novelist Jacqueline Winspear clicked with Corinne on their very first training day as flight attendants. Once they started traveling together, their friendship really took off.

July 25, 2019 09:06 PM

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Jacqueline Winspear

Travel Insiders

World’s Coolest Travel Jobs: What It’s Like to Be a Cruise Ship Captain

We chat with the first American female captain of a megaship and learn how she started out, what it’s like to live on a cruise ship, and the most interesting day she’s ever had at sea.

April 4, 2018 01:25 PM

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Ashlea Halpern

Travel Insiders

Meet Michael Holtz of the AFAR Travel Advisory Council

Talking travel with one of our well-connected specialists.

May 17, 2017 12:11 PM

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Kate Appleton

Books

Required Reading: 29 New Books for Every Type of Traveler

From a history of the German punk movement to an illustrated, kid-friendly guide to the world’s greatest mountain, there’s a book on this list for each adventurer in your life.

October 10, 2018 04:43 PM

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Aislyn Greene

Fall 2022

25 Days, 9 Countries, 1,959 Miles: Seeing Europe by Train

For one British writer left adrift by Brexit, a cross-continental train trip might be the best way to reconnect with her European neighbors.

October 13, 2022 06:59 PM

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Emma John

Food + Drink

Why Singapore’s Hawker Stalls Should Be the Next Stop on Your Travel List

Is one of the world’s greatest street food traditions at risk of disappearing? AFAR deputy editor Jennifer Flowers talks to Singaporean food expert KF Seetoh to find out.

July 10, 2019 03:55 PM

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Jennifer Flowers

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Driving in Europe

Road Trips

What You Need to Know Before Driving in Europe

The tips, tricks, and rules you need to learn before your next European road trip.

March 8, 2019 03:24 PM

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Chris Ciolli

Trains

You Can Still Flag Down a Train in Alaska’s Backcountry

A day trip on the Hurricane Turn Train near Denali National Park gives one writer a peek at what it’s like to live unplugged and off the grid in the Alaskan backcountry.

December 11, 2018 06:56 PM

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Erin Gifford

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