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word of mouth • The people, places, and ideas we’re talking about right now
You Heard It Here First
Outside Influencers • Young Montreal chefs are drawing on their multicultural heritage to reinvent the local food scene at new restaurants in some of the city’s oldest districts
Let the Games Begin • Even if you can’t make it to the Tokyo Olympics this July, you can get into the competitive spirit now at properties around the world.
South Africa’s Best-Kept Secret • Capetonians know that winter is when to visit the nearby Winelands
The Real Rome • Via di Santa Cecilia is everything great about the city on one street
A Palace to Call Home • Ten years in the making, the Oberoi Marrakech finally opens its doors
Jaipur Black Book • The creative director of the Italian jewelry brand on India’s Pink City, where she goes to hunt down the brightest gems
why we travel • The experiences that change how we see the world
The Rise of the Un-hoteliers • A new kind of accidental entrepreneur is creating some of the most wonderful, whimsical places to stay. By Steve King
Against the Tides • For the magazine debut of our Women Who Travel brand, we asked mother-and-daughter writers Erica Jong and Molly Jong-Fast to reflect on their decades-long love affair with Venice
Conversations Among the Canals
Where Community Comes First
Lodges That Lift Up • A fresh conservation model is spreading across the globe
Creativity at the Center • These hotels have made it their mission to reinvigorate traditional crafts and support local artists
In Praise of a Pioneer • After nearly a decade, Canada’s Fogo Island Inn is still championing its neighbors
On the Horizon • Four new properties that reflect and give back to the destinations they showcase
The 2020 Top Travel Specialists • Each year we assemble our definitive list of the finest travel experts in the world. These are the pros who whip up life-changing experiences with military precision (in a few cases, they are actual former uniformed officers), and who always have the answers to questions most travelers don’t even know to ask—which is why we rely enormously on their insights when reporting stories from around the world. To dismiss them as mere vacation planners would be selling them short: They are the architects of travelers’ dreams, able to transform the way each of us sees the world with a single itinerary.
In Living Color • In Guatemala, where mighty Mayan ruins and smoking volcanoes shoot up through sweeps of jungle, a rise in locally minded eco-retreats and arts collectives is creating a fresh style of Central American sophistication
DOING GUATEMALA
let’s hear it new for york • There are many reasons to call it the greatest city on Earth. We’ve compiled a few by enlisting a group of true-blue New Yorkers—people whose lives and livelihoods make their hometown the tough, crazy, beautiful, diverse, fun place it is—to share their favorite spots across the five boroughs, from museums to music halls, pizza to park benches. The results? The most authentic guide you could ever hope for
NEW ADDITIONS TO THE CITY
AN EDITOR’S PERFECT DAY Upper East Side
AN EDITOR’S PERFECT DAY The Bronx
AN EDITOR’S PERFECT DAY West Village
AN EDITOR’S PERFECT DAY...