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Where to Travel Next

We Took Hundreds of Trips in 2025, and These Are the Places We Would Go Back to in a Heartbeat

Afar’s team roamed wide in 2025. These were our favorite spots from a year of exploring.

December 19, 2025 01:11 PM

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Nicholas DeRenzo

A Hotel Has Opened at Versailles—and It’s Everything You Could Hope For

Hotels

There’s a Luxury Hotel on the Grounds of Versailles—and There Are Still Rooms Available During the Olympics

Live out your Marie Antoinette dreams with an overnight stay in the ornate 17th-century palace.

April 25, 2024 03:05 PM

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Michelle Baran

people walking on street during daytime in Osaka Japan, with signs in Japanese. Some of the storefronts have giant sculptures of animals as their signs, like a chicken or a turtle. A TV tower is visible at the end of the street

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Where to Go in Winter

Why You Should Go to Charleston This Winter

As the weather cools off, Charleston’s art, food, and music scenes heat up.

November 8, 2018 02:09 PM

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Lyndsey Matthews

Destination Spotlight

The Best Places to Eat, Stay, and Adventure in Vail, Colorado

There’s a lot more to Vail than just its ski (and après) scene.

December 15, 2022 08:01 PM

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Bailey Berg

Air Travel News

Delta’s New $4 Billion Terminal at LaGuardia to Open June 4

Once maligned, New York’s LGA airport looks better than ever.

June 2, 2022 06:12 PM

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Barbara Peterson

Art + Culture

How to Discover the Side of Jackson Hole Few Visitors See

Thriving art, music, and food scenes have transformed Jackson, Wyoming, from a ski town in the winter and national park gateway in the summer into a year-round destination in its own right.

June 21, 2019 02:25 PM

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Lyndsey Matthews

National Parks

7 Underrated Utah Parks and Monuments for Avoiding the Crowds

There is plenty of natural beauty to be found outside Utah’s “Mighty 5” national parks, and most visitors miss it.

September 17, 2023 10:26 AM

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Erin Van Rheenen

UNESCO World Heritage

UNESCO Adds 33 New Sites to Its 2021 World Heritage List

The latest additions—from Europe’s great spa towns to a nearly 100-year-old railway in Iran—are definitely worthy of a detour or even planning your next trip around.

July 30, 2021 03:04 PM

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Pat Tompkins

Family Travel

Not Just for Kids: Theme Parks and Museums We’re Obsessing Over

As Disneyland announces its reopening, we round up the museums, exhibits, and theme parks we would plan a trip around.

March 23, 2021 02:48 PM

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Staff

Travel Inspiration

The Best Things to Do in Arizona

Rugged beauties like the Grand Canyon and the red rocks of Sedona entice travelers, but high-end resorts and top culinary options make this vast western state worthy of many return visits.

January 14, 2020 05:28 PM

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Stacey McKenna

An exotic cactus garden on top of the medieval village of Eze in the south of France, French Riviera.

Where to Travel Next

These 8 Desert Gardens Feel Like a Small Dose of Summer Year-Round

From a sprawling botanical museum in Arizona to a cliffside succulent sanctuary in France, these gardens prove the desert is anything but desolate.

January 5, 2026 11:11 AM

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James Oliver Cury

Art + Culture

How Locals Explore Southwest Florida’s Rich Culture and Past

What historic and artistic experiences does The Beaches of Fort Myers & Sanibel have to offer? We asked the people who live there.

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Ocean Cruises

The Case for Sailing the Middle East, One of the Most Underrated Cruise Destinations

AFAR’s special cruise correspondent recently cruised from Aqaba in Jordan to Athens on the newly launched superyacht “Emerald Azzurra.”

May 24, 2022 09:34 PM

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Fran Golden

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