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Books
Our Favorite Independent Bookstores in California
From iconic venues like City Lights in San Francisco to community gathering spots for food-obsessed readers, this list covers some of our top bookstores in the state.
October 15, 2020 03:11 PM
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Staff
Hotels
Our Most Memorable Hotel Stays of 2025: a Former Convent, a Cliffside Retreat, an Over-the-Top Penthouse Suite
Afar editors share the 2025 hotel stays they didn’t want to leave—and would happily return to.
December 22, 2025 01:48 PM
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Jennifer Flowers
COVID + Travel
The Doctor Will Be With You . . . in 3 Hours
After a three-hour wait and a broken video chat sent me scrambling to book a COVID-19 test abroad, BinaxNOW’s COVID at-home test appears to be back to normal.
August 9, 2021 07:02 PM
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Lyndsey Matthews
AFAR Advisor
Travel Agency Obsession: Essentialist
How this agency uses a network of editors to keep travelers happy.
January 16, 2020 12:27 PM
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Annie Fitzsimmons
AFAR Travelers’ Awards
The World’s Best Trips and Destinations: AFAR Travelers’ Awards 2019
Where are you dreaming of going next year? AFAR readers cast more than 100,000 votes to weigh in on their favorite global destinations and the best companies to take them.
January 23, 2019 10:20 AM
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Sara Button
Trending News
A London Bar Will Pay You to Travel the World and Drink Gin
The London-based bar group, Mr. Fogg’s, has teamed with Bombay Sapphire to send gin-lovers on an adventure around the world.
August 21, 2018 04:48 PM
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Sarah Buder
Food + Drink
Japan’s First Woman Soy Sauce Sommelier Is Here to Help Save Tradition
Keiko Kuroshima is one of just three soy sauce sommeliers in Japan.
March 18, 2021 02:39 PM
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Katherine LaGrave
Hotels
Airbnb Enters the Hotel Business (Sort Of)
This Japanese town could be your next Airbnb host.
February 15, 2017 08:28 PM
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Jennifer Flowers
Bars + Nightlife
A Chef’s Epic Eating (and Relaxing) Tour of Japan
The mastermind chef behind San Francisco hotspot Lazy Bear shares highlights of his recent trip to Tokyo, Kyoto, and the Japanese countryside.
July 18, 2016 03:16 PM
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Danielle Walsh
AFAR Advisor
Women in Travel: Three Successful CEOs on How They Do It
Working in travel can be a dream job, but the challenges never stop, especially when you’re leading a company. I talked to three trailblazing women CEOs about how they get it done.
October 31, 2019 08:14 AM
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Annie Fitzsimmons
Cities We Love
How (and Where) to Get off the Beaten Path in Bangkok
Head to these under-the-radar neighborhoods in the Thai capital (before everyone else does).
August 2, 2017 08:57 PM
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Ashlea Halpern
Cities We Love
A Shopper’s Guide to Orchard Street, New York City
This street—once known for pushcarts and just-arrived immigrants—offers a rich taste of NYC culture for art lovers in search of the next big thing and those simply in the market for a steel-boned corset.
September 10, 2020 02:43 PM
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Ann Shields
Hotels We Love
The 19 Best Hotels in the World for Stargazing
Sleep under the world’s darkest, clearest skies across six continents at one of these 19 dark sky zone hotels.
March 12, 2026 01:57 PM
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Megan Eaves
Epic Trips
Still Down for Wheels Up: The Trips We’re Booking When Coronavirus Is in the Rearview
COVID-19 may have grounded us for now, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped being travelers.
March 26, 2020 12:01 PM
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Maggie Fuller
Air Travel News
Boeing’s Hypersonic Passenger Jet Could Take You From New York to London in Two Hours
At speeds of Mach 5—or 3,800 miles per hour—transatlantic flights would take just two hours instead of the current seven.
June 29, 2018 12:25 PM
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Lyndsey Matthews
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