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BACK TO THE LAND • For his next New York City restaurant, chef Daniel Humm heads to Greece and learns from the country’s millennia-old food traditions
BUILDING CULTURE • Two new museums, and another to come, are bolstering Abu Dhabi’s art and design scene
ROOM TO GROW • One of the world’s largest hotel groups has teamed up with René Redzepi to curb food waste and up the use of local produce
NATURAL HABITAT • Costa Rica’s Peninsula Papagayo has paved the way for a hotel boom—while still making good on its sustainability promises
CANADA COOL • With a bevy of quirky thrift stores and boutiques, Montreal has no shortage of vintage finds, local designs, and culinary souvenirs to bring home with you
Seeing Green • Across remote western Ireland, a new wave of innkeepers and creatives are redefining slow travel.
Sacred Waters • After a year of loss, Betsy Andrews returns to the deep calm and life-affrming natural beauty of California’s Channel Islands
A Taste of France • For the new season of her celebrated travel show, actor Eva Longoria pursues her passion for French cooking. Lale Arikoglu joins her on set in Burgundy
In the Slow Lane • A decade after a carefree backpacking trip, Chris Schalkx revisits Laos, this time with his five-year-old son
Wild Ride • On a bike adventure in Tanzania’s Singita Grumeti Reserve, Tom Vanderbilt gets close to the land and the stewards who protect it
What’s Next in Travel • To explain the latest globe-trotting trends in 2026, we tapped our network of trip designers and specialists who routinely pull off the most unique experiences our planet has to offer. From the new types of “cool-cations” to the growth of sports tourism, here’s what you need to know.
CLOSER ENCOUNTERS • These days, cruising is taking a holistic approach to immersive travel. That means smaller, more yacht-like vessels; accessing the previously inaccessible; and more deeply connecting with the locals in the places you’ll sail to. Going by ship is now truly the most engaging—and intimate—way to travel
NORTHERN HOSPITALITY • As Greenland becomes more accessible to travelers, tight-knit communities along its southern coast are sharing their traditions and ways of life with those who pass through.
SEA CHANGE • Sailing Oceania’s new Allura through the Adriatic, Erin Florio finds herself refreshingly far from the beaten path
RIVER OF DREAMS • Voyaging with Abercrombie & Kent through Peru’s Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve sets a new benchmark for exploring the Amazon.
Home Coming • Over the past few decades, lovely Louisville—not quite Southern, not exactly Midwestern—has morphed from a nice place to live into a singular city with revitalized neighborhoods and a vibrant food scene. Prodigal son Adam Sachs heads back
PAST LIVES • A cross section of histories and cultures, Cyprus is still making sense of its modern identity. Selina Denman reconnects with the complex isle that shaped her
Through THE LAYERS • In multicultural Paraty, on Brazil’s Costa Verde, artisans, chefs, and more preserve a culture inspired by those who have lived here over many centuries
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