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With just 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent the award-winning author to Andorra, a tiny country with seriously massive mountains. Here’s what happened when she arrived and was told by locals that it’d be dangerous for her to hike.

A skateboarder explores the world, on four wheels.

China’s Contemporary Art Garden

Beauty Safari: Behind the Lens with Photographer Jessica Antola

What’s the connection between the Indonesian island and this counterculture festival?

Love architecture? Then you’ll want to know about these hotels.

A traveler journeys to the heart of Grasse, where jasmine grows and memories linger.

AFAR sent writer Leslie Jamison to the Indian Ocean island nation with just 24 hours’ notice. Arriving with no preparation and no plan, she caught a ride to the war-torn north to find out what kind of traveler she truly is.

There are thousands of traditional Japanese inns with hot springs across Japan. This hot spring lodge is part of a decade-old Japanese pastime.

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

From the mountains of Iran and the backstreets of Yogyakarta to war-torn Addis Ababa and a hillside roost in Taiwan, this is the riveting story of a wanderer whose thirst for travel was never-ending.

Connect with the great outdoors without having to rough it out.

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent Scott Hocker on a spontaneous journey to Croatia.

Just outside Paris, a secret world has offered city dwellers an escape for centuries. In the charming towns along the Marne River, generations of revelers come together to eat, drink, dance, and enjoy the season.