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The Slow Road - Rather than rush from Tokyo to Kyoto by train, as most visitors to Japan do, Tom Vanderbilt chose to bike - coasting down country roads, spying snow monkeys, and refueling with hearty bowls of soba
Rather than rush from Tokyo to Kyoto by train, as most visitors to Japan do, Tom Vanderbilt chose to bike - coasting down country roads, spying snow monkeys, and refueling with hearty bowls of soba. At the peak of the day's heat, I pulled into the tiny hamlet of Hirase, in Japan's Gifu Prefecture. I'd just climbed a twisting, waterfall-lined road several thousand feet through Hakusan National Park before descending into the shimmering fantasy landscape of Shirakawa-go, an almost Tolkien-esque village (and UNESCO World Heritage Site) comprising centuries-old farmhouses with peaked thatch roofs.
SHAILENE WOODLEY on FIJI
I was in Suva, the capital of Fiji, making a film, and our crew took over half of the Grand Pacific Hotel.
easy does it
Beyond the bubble of Queenstown, New Zealand's majestic Otago region offers the kinds of adventures you can truly appreciate only by slowing down
gather round
The secret ingredient in Philadelphia's lauded food scene? The empathy of the locals behind it
THE PAST IS PRESENT
Beguilingly complex Istanbul has done a lot of soul-searching in recent years. Lale Arikoglu digs into the city's modern identity - while tracing the roots of her own
Creation Story
Modern-day craftspeople are bringing back traditional Arabian arts in Jeddah's Old Town of Al-Balad
Continental Drift
For her first trip to Africa, aboard an HX Hurtigruten cruise ship, Sarah Greaves Gabbadon confronts her assumptions about what a homeland means
On the Rise
With new hotels, climbing routes, and biking trails, Colorado's low-key, high-elevation Western Slope is ripe for adventure
Bread of Life
Throughout Armenia, chefs and restaurateurs are celebrating the country's culinary heritage and history
SUN IS SHINING
Jamaican reggae singer Lila Iké shares a musical itinerary through Kingston
BUILT TO LAST
Fashion designer Phillip Lim assembles a dream trip to Sri Lanka around one of his architectural heroes and returns home full of fresh ideas
Motor City Makeover - Detroit is one of our Best Places to Go in North America in 2024.
A once abandoned train station, now given second life, is acenterpiece of Detroit's rebirth
FOR LOVE OF THE GAME
A new crop of understated camps in Botswana appeals to travelers seeking a no-frills wildlife experience
THE CITY OF LIGHT, DONE RIGHT
The dancer, choreographer, and model Salif Gueye on where to dine, shop, and disco in Paris
COLD COMFORT
North of Copenhagen, a wild and windy sweep of Danish coast has become an unlikely surf and lifestyle hub
HUNGRY HEARTS
Drawing on abundant ingredients and ancestral influences, restaurant menus across Guatemala are showcasing the country’s soul
On the Right Track
The return of Belmond's iconic Eastern & Oriental Express brings the romance of train travel to the wilds of Malaysia
Let the River Answer
On a rafting trip in Canada’s remote Northwest Territories, Jayme Moye discovers what’s beneath the surface of one of the world’s most pristine natural wonderlands
House of Heritage
At Louis Vuitton’s workshop and family home just outside Paris, meticulous craftsmanship is a way of life
Food for the Soul
On the latest of many trips to Thailand, Tom Parker Bowles delights in flavors that never cease to challenge and comfort him
ACTOR RASHIDA JONES on JAPAN
When I was in Kyoto filming my new show Sunny in 2022, I started a list of things that I wanted to remember once I didn't live there anymore.
around every corner
Wherever you turn in Palermo, the layered and chaotic capital of Sicily, secrets and stories await
NATIVE SOIL
Travel to Maui is still way down after last year's devastating wildfires. The locals want you back-as long as you're willing to engage in a new way of doing things that puts the health of the island above all else
on top of the world
In central Nepal a sumptuous new hotel provides a gateway to the austere and once forbidden kingdom of Mustang
ENDLESS SUMMER
During a week of campfires, perch prepared every which way, caught-in-time Main Streets, and enough wakeboarding wipeouts to last an eternity, Ashlea Halpern learns to love the Minnesota lake life
PAINT THE TOWN
In residential South Kolkata, enterprising young locals are turning brightly colored old estates, once doomed for demolition, into the city's latest hot spots
lost in time
On an epic, sun-soaked journey across southern Greece's Peloponnese, Antonia Quirke revels in her connection to the history and myths that swirl around its rugged shores
home is where you make it
On a road trip through Oman with her toddler son, Ashlea Halpern ponders what it means to be a parent in the wake of her father's death
still lazy after all these years
Decades after a boyhood of easygoing afternoons in Washington State's San Juan Islands, Jesse Ashlock returns with his own children to rediscover this bucolic corner of America where time almost seems to stand still
the 2024 hot list WHERE to STAY, CRUISE & EAT NEXT
It's inevitable: Every spring when we pull together the Hot List, our annual collection of the world's best new hotels, restaurants, and cruise ships, a staffer remarks that this latest iteration has got to be the best one ever. After a year's worth of traveling the globe-to stay the night at a converted farmhouse in the middle of an olive grove outside Marrakech or sail aboard a beloved cruise line's inaugural Antarctic voyage-it's easy to see why we get attached.