Condé Nast Traveler US Magazine - January - February 2024

In this issue

BEYOND BOUNDS
In winter, Alaska’s backcountry is a wonderland of fresh powder, glacial caves, and friendly locals.

THE MIRACLE OF THE MARQUESAS
It isn’t easy to reach this far-flung corner of French Polynesia, but the rewards to the intrepid traveler are bountiful..

OPEN ARMS

In Marrakech, new hoteliers and entrepreneurs can't wait to welcome travelers back

3 mins

Building Change

On a pristine stretch of Mexico's southwestern coast, anew developmentis grounded in community and creativity

2 mins

SOUL REVIVAL

The entrepreneur and activist DJ Johnson shares where he finds inspiration—and catches a tune—in his hometown

2 mins

Keep Moving

The hottest amenity in hotels these days? Anything to keep you fit

2 mins

The Life Aquatic

Louis Vuitton used Italy's Lake Maggiore as the inspiration and stage-for its latest cruise collection

1 min

Shifting Tides

Ponant’s new Seto Inland Sea journey brings travelers to a version of Japan that had previously been nearly impossible to access

4 mins

Trace Elements

In Lisbon and southern Portugal, Sarah Khan seeks out a palimpsest of the region's rich Islamic history

4 mins

Blue Mountain Revival

After weathering years of relentless fires and biblical floods, the rugged region outside of Sydney has been reborn, with a booming food scene and new ways to/access nature

2 mins

the gold list

Our 30th annual Gold List of the world's greatest hotels and cruises captures nearly a year's worth of work. This collection represents hundreds of hours of researching, scouting, and impassioned debating by our team of editors in seven cities across the globe. But more than that, it reflects our ongoing love affair with the places where we stay, which often become our gateways to entire destinations. Read on to inspire your next trip.

10+ mins

beyond bounds

After falling for AIaska in the summertime, David Amsden returns to ski its soft-powder snow, explore melting ice shelves, and learn what the locals have always known the 49th state is truly amazing in winter

10 mins

Everywhere I turn in Athens, my past rises up to meet me.

That café was once a pastry shop where our babysitter would buy us treats when I lived here as a child-pain au chocolat for my brother, lemon-filled doughnut for me. We moved to the US when I was seven, but I've returned to Greece nearly every summer since I was 14. This square is where I scored scalped tickets to the 2004 Olympics. That church is where I lit candles every year on my annual trip, in hope or gratitude: Let me do well on that exam, find a job, get pregnant.

8 mins

THE MIRACLE OF THE MARQUESAS

In this remote French Polynesian archipelago, the volcanic peaks are jagged and foreboding, the surf pounds ferociously, and the trade winds never stop howlingall qualities that, for Peter Heller, make it irresistible

8 mins

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