Travel

Despite what the 1942 film "Casablanca" asserts, the real Moroccan city sits prominently on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

KOH SAMUI, Thailand — Mike White, the creator of the HBO series “The White Lotus,” was in Thailand searching for the perfect place to film the show’s third season. His journey had led him to the island of Koh Samui and into the open-air lobby of the Four Seasons Resort, overlooking lush mountains, glimmering ocean and $9,000-a-night villas. The hotel‘s general manager, Jasjit Singh Assi, was ...

Set on Morocco's southern coastline, the historic city of Essaouira offers travelers a feel for the past and sunset views that can't be beat.

As a year of travel that was marked largely by overtourism protests in Barcelona, Spain; Oaxaca, Mexico; and Venice, Italy, draws to a close, the appeal of offbeat vacations continues to grow.

The calendar still says 2024, but a new year has already arrived for oysters.

As the author Mark Twain once wrote, “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."

As snow blankets the Colorado mountains, outdoor enthusiasts have a unique opportunity: the winter hut trip. Whether you’re a skier or a snowshoer, a hut trip offers an excellent opportunity to connect with nature while exploring the rugged beauty of the state’s wilderness and enjoying the warmth and camaraderie of a cozy mountain hut. From the towering peaks of the San Juan Mountains to the ...

Many, if not most, of us are curious about our ancestors. Our trek to Morgantown, WV, was because a pair of sisters desired to investigate their roots.

Canada’s British Columbia is studded with 17,000 miles of coastline and 40,000 islands dispersed across its waters, many of them enchanting destinations on their own. Vancouver, the largest city of the province, serves as a gateway to the region, which is home to a host of marine life like Steller sea lions, sea otters and Pacific octopuses.

From the Morgan Library & Museum to the traveling Great Elephant Migration exhibit, New York boasts a host of permanent and temporary cultural treasures.

Deep within the seemingly endless saw-grass marshes of the Florida Everglades, I found myself standing on an unexpected speck of dry land on a bright spring day. The boat ride to this spot had fully exposed my tour group to the blustery wind and midday sun, and the island, by contrast, felt lush and welcoming, ringed by trees that cast shadows and tempered the gusts and insulated us from the elements beyond.

At the tip of Long Island, past the mansions that F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about, sits the village of Montauk, New York.

Whether located on the Oregon Coast, the southernmost tip of Portugal or the tip of Long Island, lighthouses are both scenic and a relic of the past.

On a clear spring day, my mother and I hiked an unmarked spur trail to Subway Cave, in Boynton Canyon, near Sedona, Arizona. As we scrambled up a cliff to the cave’s opening, we heard a little boy ask his father, “Do you think moons could be spaceships? We’re always finding more of them.” I turned to my mom, who looked at me with wide eyes. “That kid gets it,” she said, impressed.

November is here and -- oh wow, man! -- we’re experiencing some flashbacks.

With its Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, and an impressive art museum, the Ohio city on Lake Erie has its own unique charms.

My family was about halfway through a 280-mile, eight-day bike tour around Denmark this summer when we stopped at a coastal hamlet with a sheltered dock, a line of vacation homes and a small, seaweed-strewn beach.

The air is crisp, and the leaves are bursting into vivid hues. Maybe you’re planning a road trip to admire the beauty. But getting your fill of fall foliage from behind the wheel can turn into an awkward juggle between admiring the vistas and navigating traffic. If you hop on a train, you can give the scenery your full attention and view some sights you just can’t see from the highway. Here are five great American train rides that offer day trips for peak-autumn panoramas.

I spent my second day in Iceland in a hotel on the outskirts of Reykjavik, trying resolutely to knit. Gathered around a coffee table with me were Ragga Sjöfn Jóhannsdóttir, my instructor, and my friend Lindis Sloan, both experienced knitters who fluidly worked the yarn with barely a glance at their hands.