Whether you’re looking to get your boots muddy on the hiking trails that cross the Chugach Mountains, or enjoy fine dining while overlooking Cook Inlet, you’ll find it all in Anchorage, Alaska. The biggest city in America’s easternmost state offers plenty for you to do, see, taste and explore. Anchorage reveals different facets of its character […]
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Nicole Wittenberg, Woods Walker 7 (2023–2024), oil on canvas, 96 x 72″. Nicole Wittenberg has painted a variety of subjects over the last fifteen years, but two predominate: lush and lyrical landscapes, often of places where water meets land—generally unpopulated, but with an occasional figure glimpsed among the trees, as if to provide focus and
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Alaska is a bucket-list dream vacation for a reason, and Anchorage is the favored first port of call. Whether visiting during the city’s brief, mild summer or the frosty depths of winter, you’ll find rugged snowcapped mountains, epic views, iconic wildlife and eccentric locals. But a trip to Anchorage doesn’t come cheap. Costly flights and pricey excursions can put
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Nothing in the Valley of Mexico region quite compares to the awe-inspiring ancient city of Teotihuacán. This complex of majestic pyramids, 50km (32 miles) northeast of Mexico City, is home to one of the most significant archaeological sites in the Americas. Its imposing structures rival the famous ruins of Yucatán and Chiapas. The ancient city
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Journeying by train through the wilds of Alaska was not something I expected to add to my gratitude list any time soon. But it is a family adventure that will live in my memories as one of my life’s most fun, important and connective experiences. We have a family of four: Mom, Dad, Sister (9),
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There’s Italy – and then there’s Naples. No other city in the bel paese is as intense, complex and unapologetically bonkers as this heartbreakingly beautiful renegade. Older than Rome (it’s true!), Italy’s third-largest city serves up an embarrassment of riches – from ancient ruins and opulent palazzi to intoxicating street life and majestic panoramas. Advertisement Yet
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Few places in the world are as strongly associated with just one activity as Nepal, Asia’s undisputed hiking capital. Nepal’s best hiking trails cover everything from the trekker-thronged two-week trek to Everest Base Camp to remote hikes to arid valleys alive with Buddhist culture and shimmering glaciers and meltwater lakes in the east and west
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New York City is filled with endless adventures – but it’s that constant bustle that makes day trips away from the concrete jungle so necessary. Fortunately, there are plenty of options in every direction for those moments when you need to truly exhale. For a dose of culture, head north to Beacon for a sprawling
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Photographs courtesy of Lisa Carver. Day One All around me are short, shiny young Romans groping each other. The old ones engage in the more solitary pleasures of hawking loogies and eating out of greasy paper bags. I’m on my way to a dark retreat on a farm so high up in the mountains
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England packs a lot into a small area: quaint towns and villages, vibrant cities, idyllic countryside strewn with castles and other ancient sights, as well as wild landscapes and miles of glorious coastline. These five itineraries will help you build the perfect trip. Each one takes a week but you can spend longer at stops
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