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Destination Spotlight

Will the Real Guadalajara Please Stand Up?

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Wells Tower into the mazelike markets and Lucha Libre dens of Mexico’s notoriously misunderstood megalopolis.

August 9, 2016 11:56 AM
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Wells Tower
Water Sports

The Remote Beach Town of Your Dreams Exists in Canada

When you pull into the Pacific coast town of Tofino, you leave behind the Canada you thought you knew.

January 30, 2015 05:49 PM
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Eva Holland
Tuscany

Overview

May 17, 2018 11:02 AM
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Sandra Ramani
Arizona Travel Guide

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May 23, 2018 03:23 PM
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Joseph Cyr
History + Culture

Is Montenegro the Most Relaxed Country in the Balkans?

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent writer Cyndi Stivers, with 24 hours’ notice, to a young Balkan country where life happens at the café.

June 2, 2016 08:26 PM
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Cyndi Stivers
Abu Dhabi

Overview

May 23, 2018 11:21 AM
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Andrea Rip
Food + Drink

Inside India’s Street Food Paradise

Mumbai’s street snacks are all about fresh ingredients assembled on the spot.

October 19, 2011 07:40 PM
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Dan Packel
In the Magazine

A Creative Way to Find Calm in Kolkata’s Chaos

In India’s most contradictory city, artists and intellectuals improvise their way through the commotion.

September 6, 2013 04:42 PM
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Eric Weiner
People

Pico Iyer Shares His Secrets for Traveling Better and Relaxing More

Pico Iyer Shares His Secrets for Traveling Better and Relaxing More

July 23, 2015 04:19 PM
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Aislyn Greene
Houston

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May 24, 2018 10:36 AM
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Jessica Lymberopoulos
People

What It’s Really, Truly Like to Be a Travel Writer

There’s a bit of a disconnect between the public of image of the travel writer and the reality.

April 1, 2015 02:18 PM
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Matt Gross
Grand Canyon National Park

Overview

July 16, 2018 11:28 AM
Restaurants + Cafés

Why Is It So Hard to Find New Nordic Cuisine in Oslo?

Writer Alan Richman has won 16 James Beard Awards for his food writing and eaten in the world’s finest restaurants, but he’d never been to Norway⎯until AFAR sent him with 24 hours’ notice.

April 12, 2017 01:33 PM
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Alan Richman
Cities We Love

What It’s Like to Navigate Cairo’s Chaos as a Blind Traveler

AFAR chose a destination at random—by literally spinning a globe—and sent writer Ryan Knighton to Egypt’s sprawling capital with just 24 hours’ notice.

October 17, 2011 07:45 PM
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Ryan Knighton
Other

The Songlines of Sydney

The Songlines of Sydney

July 5, 2013 03:51 PM
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Malcolm Knox

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