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Where New Yorkers Go for the Best Pizza
There are so many lists that promise to reveal the best pizza spots in New York City. But as someone who lives here, I usually roll my eyes at these roundups, wondering why anyone would continue to suggest a place that requires hours of waiting in line on the sidewalk. This is the pizza capital
What Travelers Need to Know About the Andes Hantavirus
The number of travelers potentially affected by a rare and deadly strain of an illness called hantavirus has continued to climb. The outbreak of the little known disease, which is typically passed from rodents to humans, began in mid-April on a Dutch-flagged expedition cruise ship, MV Hondius, which departed Ushuaia, Argentina, on April 1. Since
Returning to Laos: Old Haunts Seen with New Eyes
We could have flown, of course. There would be an orderly line at immigration and a taxi waiting to whisk us to the hotel. The whole trip would've taken roughly an hour, and we'd be poolside by noon. It would've spared us from a whole lot of my son's “Are we there yet?” whining. But
Where Was Sirāt Filmed? Morocco’s Desert and Mountain Locations
On Location peels back the curtain on some of your favorite films, television shows, and more. This time, we take a look at Sirāt. Spanish filmmaker Óliver Laxe first imagined Sirāt as a singular vision in 2011. “I started with this idea of making a film in the desert with trucks driving fast through the
Dishes We’d Travel Back in Time to Eat Again
Admit it. There are times when you wish you could get away from it all by moving to your own private island. Well, some...
Skip Ko Lipe: Overdevelopment Has Broken the Island
After 19 years, I finally went back to Ko Lipe, the Thai island I spent close to a month on in 2006. Back then, it was one of those super off-the-beaten-path destinations that few but the most intrepid travelers visited, where electricity only ran a few hours a day, basic bungalows right on the beach
Cruise from Budapest to the Danube Delta
Admit it. There are times when you wish you could get away from it all by moving to your own private island. Well, some...
World’s Tallest Buildings: Top 10 by Official Height
The tallest buildings in the world have always been symbols of human ambition, engineering feats that reshape city skylines, and expressions of what’s possible in the built environment. These towers trace a geography of 21st-century striving, stretching from East Asia to the Gulf and North America. Advances in high-strength concrete, wind-resistant structural systems, and high-speed
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Why Airline Tickets Keep Getting More Expensive
I’ve been traveling for close to twenty years. In that time, the airline industry has changed a lot. The use of points and miles has become widespread, round-the-world tickets have gone the way of the dodo, airlines have consolidated, and there has been an explosion of budget airlines. Over the last few years, the cost
28 Top Destinations to Celebrate Christmas Worldwide
From New York City to Edinburgh, these cities come alive during the holidays. Getty As holiday cheer spreads across the globe, it's natural to wonder—where’s the best place in the world to celebrate Christmas? And that's precisely the kind of curiosity we at Traveler love to indulge. Put the rest of your vacation days to
Spain’s Best Beaches: Balearics to the North Coast
As a country surrounded by water on three sides, it’s unsurprising that the best beaches in Spain encompass a delightful range. The famed rocky Mediterranean calas, or coves, of the Balearic Islands bear little resemblance to the wide sandy swaths of Andalusia or the fine volcanic-sand beaches of the Canary Islands. While the country has
Readers’ Choice: America’s Top Beaches
For the 38th edition of our Readers' Choice Awards, respondents from across the globe weighed in on all things travel—from hotels and resorts to cruises and spas, the friendliest cities to the foodiest. In total, a whopping 757,109 of you answered, and we heard you loud and clear. When it comes to the short list
Cap Ferret: Beyond the French Hamptons
I arrived on a windswept night, trundling down the peninsula via a single slither of road splitting a forest of pine trees, their scent drifting in through the car window. This is the smell I would later associate with Cap Ferret: fresh, natural, earthy and wild. Nearby Bordeaux is less than a couple of hours
The World’s Most Dangerous Airlines
Admit it. There are times when you wish you could get away from it all by moving to your own private island. Well, some...
