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David, a tour guide with Unseen Tours, leads a group of three women on a walking tour. They are standing in front of a London bridge.

S3, E4: At This London Tour Company, Formerly Unhoused People Are Your Guides

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we meet the tour company that’s uniting travel and homelessness.

February 07, 2024 12:54 PM

Head to the beaches of Bartolome Island in the Galapagos to see hermit crabs, blue-footed boobies, and other creatures.

S3, E2: Where, and Why, to Cruise in 2024

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, cruise expert Fran Golden shares her favorite itineraries for 2024, what’s new in the world of sustainable cruising, and the right cruise for every traveler.

January 23, 2024 01:03 PM

10 Ways to Keep Your Airline Miles from Expiring

Unpacked, the Podcast

S3, E6: How to Budget for Travel, No Matter Your Income

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we get tips on money, budgeting, and traveling well from travel and personal finance podcaster Danielle Desir Corbett.

February 20, 2024 02:43 PM

Travel Tales

S4, E5: It’s Time to Taste Lagos

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, cookbook author Yewande Komolafe journeys to Lagos, Nigeria, the city where she was born for food, family, and a new sense of self.

October 31, 2023 01:29 PM

The 17th-century Fountain of Four Dolphins in Aix-en-Provence

Travel Tales

S4, E7: How to Eat Your Way Along France’s Finest Food Trail

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, the food-obsessed host of the podcast eats, drinks, and shops along the 400-mile Vallée de la Gastronomie.

November 13, 2023 11:05 PM

Travel Tales

S4, E9: Life Lessons From a Dutch Art Movement

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, AFAR contributing writer Chris Colin travels to the Netherlands in search of the art movement that sought to heal the world through geometry.

November 28, 2023 01:14 PM

Ryan Knighton, a blind surfer, is guided along the beach in Hanalei Bay, by Johnny, a local surf instructor.

Travel Tales

S4, E8: A Blind Surfer Takes on Kauai’s Legendary Waves

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, Ryan Knighton—a blind surfer who’s never surfed outside his Canadian bay—heads for the big waves of Kaua‘i.

November 20, 2023 12:30 PM

Two people embracing near the harbor of Mumbai.

Travel Tales

S4, E3: The Ghosts of Mumbai

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, a traveler in Mumbai asks: How does a place change when the person who defined it for you is now gone?

October 17, 2023 02:08 PM

Europe’s Most Overlooked Region Is Ready for Its Close-Up

Travel Tales

S4, E4: A Walk on the Slovenian Side

On this week’s episode of Travel Tales by AFAR, writer Peggy Orenstein drinks brandy on a mountaintop, eats her weight in potatoes and cheese—and faces down her inner overachiever.

October 23, 2023 07:11 PM

Why Winter Is a Great Time to Visit Yosemite

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E34: It’s Time to Plan Your Winter Travels—Here’s How.

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, the three members of AFAR’s mighty destination team tackle all things winter travel.

September 26, 2023 11:41 AM

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E32: Why Maps Are More Important Than Ever

In this episode of Unpacked, we look at how and why maps are made—and the power they have to shape a more equitable world.

September 12, 2023 12:59 PM

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E15: Comedian Youngmi Mayer on Identity, Trauma, and Making Hard Travel Funny

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we talk with comedian Youngmi Mayer.

May 16, 2023 12:54 PM

A tall, stone Viking statue in Gamli, Manitoba

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E9: North America’s Iceland

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, journalist Liz Beatty—host of the North Americana podcast—explores the Viking hearts of New Icelanders, from Gimli, Manitoba to Mountain, North Dakota.

April 04, 2023 03:24 PM

Spring 2023

Read articles from this print issue of Afar Magazine.

April 20, 2022 01:23 PM

Andy Warhol was one of the many notable regulars of the Hotel Chelsea.

Unpacked, the Podcast

S2, E12: Ghosts, Celebs, and Rock ’n’ Roll: A History of NYC’s Hotel Chelsea

In this week’s episode of Unpacked by AFAR, we’re debuting “If These Walls Could Talk,” which shares the secrets behind iconic hotels, beginning with New York City’s legendary Hotel Chelsea.

April 25, 2023 07:41 PM

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