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AFAR’s first-ever Travel Happiness survey asked: What is your happiest travel memory? We read about surrendering to a storm in Honduras, a photo shoot with orangutans, a family dinner in 14th-century French châteaus—and a parade of corgis.

Review of Eremtio, a silent retreat in Italy.

A mini guide to planning your big trip.

Photographer Samuel Zuder journeys to Tehran and beyond—and finds the hospitality not just warm but downright humbling.

Five Things You’ll Learn on Croatia’s Korčula Island

Women make up a majority of travelers and the lion’s share of the tourism workforce. As the travel industry rebuilds, it is time to put the so-called second sex first.

The island is unlike anyplace else in the Caribbean. You can feel it in the air—and taste it in its rum.

With 24 hours’ notice, AFAR sent writer Tom Rachman to Vienna where, on his quest to discover 
the soul of the Austrian capital, he 
stumbled upon the city’s 
darker side.

Deep-sea mappers. Activists. Record-setting climbers, podcasters, and polar explorers. All are changing the world—and the ways we think about travel.

This under-the-radar city will win you over faster than you can say “kilt.”

Where to eat and explore while staying in an 800-year-old village.

An AFAR writer recalls scenes of humanity and hope after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the capital.

When Will McGrath followed his wife, Ellen—a sociologist specializing in AIDS research—to Lesotho, he knew little about the African country. Less than a year later, he became Moshoeshoe.

What contracting Zika taught one traveler about traveling fearlessly

Our favorite longreads from the last decade.