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A Local’s Guide to São Paulo’s Higienópolis Neighborhood

As tourists gaze up at Michelangelo’s dome in St. Peter’s Basilica, many have no idea that one of Vatican City’s most compelling historic sites is directly beneath their feet: the Vatican Necropolis, also known as the scavi (excavations). This multilevel subterranean area tells the story of Vatican Hill’s ancient Roman suburban beginnings. Take a walk through a 1st-century C.E. necropolis (once a cemetery and mausoleum), 5th-century Christian burial area, the Vatican grottoes, and the original 4th-century church foundation walls.

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Mallorca: Spanish Style Beyond the Beach

The 921-meter long Valens Aqueducts - a prominent landmark in Istanbul’s Fatih district - played a vital role in supplying water to the people of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. The Roman Emperor, Valens ordered the construction of the aqueduct in late 4th century AD to feed water from the hills beyond Istanbul to hundreds of underground cisterns inside the city, including the famous Basilica Cistern located opposite the Hagia Sophia. The best place to view the towering stone aqueduct today is where it crosses the busy Ataturk Boulevard near the Mosque of Şehzade. The boulevard is the main thoroughfare between Taksim Square and the Aksaray neighborhood.

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A visit to a few landmarks in this ever-changing city can lend a new understanding of what makes it tick.

Copenhagen sets the standard for livable cities. And it all starts on two wheels.

AFAR chose a destination at random and sent chef Daniel Patterson with 24 hours’ notice to a mountaintop Colombian metropolis that’s breaking free of its past.

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There May Be a Cocoa Shortage by 2020—but Here’s How Travelers Can Help

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