Category: Travel
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The Best Beaches in Belize
With a coastline along the Caribbean Sea and more than a dozen offshore sandy islands, Belize has plenty of beaches to choose from. Lebawit Lily Girma shares her list of top spots for flip-flops in Belize.
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Pioneering Women: Margo Oberg, Surf Legend
Before women’s surfing became the popular sport it is today, Margo Oberg was in the water paving the way for generations of female surfers.
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The Ciudad Perdida Trek in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada
One of the most popular tourist activities in Colombia, the trek to Ciudad Perdida (Old City) is considered quite safe. Here's what you need to plan the trip.
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Lake Balaton Getaway: A One Week Travel Itinerary
Whether you like to party till you drop, appreciate nature, or crave cultured evenings sipping the region’s finest wines, you will find that Hungary’s Lake Balaton has something for everyone.
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Colombia’s Mythical Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona
A visit to the Parque Nacional Natural Isla Gorgona is an unforgettable one, no matter the time of year. Learn more about this prison island turned national park.
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Karlovy Vary’s Healing Springs and its Dos and Don’ts
Expert Tom Dirlis provides ten rules to reap the fullest effect of Karlovy Vary’s healing springs, which attract hundreds of thousands of visitors annually.
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New Mexico Trip Itinerary: A Week in the Wild West
Gunslingers, cattle rustlers, and Apache warriors made New Mexico a colorful, if violent, place in the 19th century, and relics of that frontier lifestyle are still visible everywhere.
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The Best of Vermont’s Green Mountains in One Week
Vermont's Green Mountains beckon picturesquely from the horizon, so our authors created this weeklong jaunt as a custom-made tour for the outdoors traveler.
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The Truth About Yellowstone’s Supervolcano
Volcanic activity is not a thing of the past in Yellowstone, but the reality is less terrifying than what you may have heard about on your Facebook feed. Read more to learn about whether or not the park's infamous supervolcano poses a threat to travelers.
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Travel Reading List: Novels Set in Georgia and the Carolinas
Gone With the Wind; Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil; Shoeless Joe (well, sort of) — some of the most classic works of American literature are set in the Carolinas and Georgia. Native Jim Morekis has compiled a list of required reading for literary times looking to enrich their experience while visiting these…
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The Story and Shroud of Mexico’s Virgin de Guadalupe
The Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe is the second most-visited Catholic shrine in the world, eclipsed only by the Vatican itself. Learn about the history behind Mexico's Virgin de Guadalupe.
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The Best of Vermont: An Eight Day Travel Itinerary
The best way to explore Vermont is to get in a car and hit the back roads, stopping at country stores and maple sugar farms nestled in Green Mountain valleys. This itinerary takes in a mix of Vermont’s prime attractions in an easygoing circle around the state.