Travel+Leisure US Magazine - December 2024/January 2025 (Double issue)

In this issue

DISCOVERIES
Mingle with boldfaced names in Montecito, California; stargaze from the South African desert; check out N.Y.C.’s hottest
hotels; and more.

EXPERIENCES: CULINARY SPECIAL
By the Glass
Wine and conversation flow on a slow tour of natural vineyards in northwestern Spain.

INTELLIGENT TRAVELER: THE CRUISE EDITION
A trip back in time in northwestern Australia; how to score the best cruise deals; seeing Alaska’s wild side by tugboat; and more.

A City Abuzz

In underappreciated Trieste, Taras Grescoe finds some of Italy's most storied-and spectacular-coffee shops.

4 mins

Of Land and Sea

Savoring French flavors on a gastronomic trail between Marseille and Dijon.

4 mins

Freshly Brewed

In the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa, Kendall Hunter discovers the powerful effects of the humble rooibos plant.

4 mins

The Sweet Spot

Just an hour south of Miami, Nora Walsh finds a candyland of tropical fruits ripe for picking.

3 mins

Oodles of Noodles

Slurping through a lantern-lit alley in Sapporo, Japan, where miso ramen was born

3 mins

DESTINATION OF THE YEAR Thailand

Full disclosure: I didn't like Bangkok at first. I didn't get it—the chaos, the traffic, the fact that everything was hard to find. But like all good love affairs, my relationship with Thailand—which deepened when I moved from Vietnam 12 years ago to work at Travel + Leisure Southeast Asia, where I'm now editor in chief—took time to blossom.

9 mins

FJORD FOCUS

Norway in December? Crazy-and crazy beautiful. Indulging a family wish, Akash Kapur discovers a world of icy enchantment.

9 mins

HAPPY MEAL

Many tascas, the no-frills dining spots in Lisbon, have vanished. But others, Austin Bush discovers, are being lovingly reinvented.

7 mins

SHORE LEAVE

Raw, wild, and mind-bendingly remote, yet peppered with world-class wineries and restaurants-Australia's South West Edge is a study in contrasts.

10+ mins

FAMILY-STYLE

Food writer MATT GOULDING couldn't wait to get back to the hushed omakase restaurants of Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. But would his young kids love the country-and its cuisine as much as he does?

10+ mins

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