Get Lost in Clay, Even if It’s Just for the Weekend


Pottery workshops like those at the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine are filling up with people who want to connect with others instead of screens.


BY AINARA TIEFENTHÄLER | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

A Journey Across London on the Elizabeth Line


The new rail line lets travelers leave the city’s tourist-clogged core and embark on fast, inexpensive journeys to fascinating outer-London destinations, from a bustling market town to a hub of South Asian culture.


BY MARK VANHOENACKER | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

In Tokyo, Skipping the Hot and New for Enduring Haunts


Using a guidebook published more than 20 years ago, a writer searches out the bars and restaurants that express the city’s traditional eating and drinking culture.


BY TOM DOWNEY | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

36 Hours in Vancouver


The coastal British Columbian city is in transition, with the gravity of its cultural life shifting eastward.


BY REMY SCALZA | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

The Accidental Innkeeper: How an American Novelist Became a Hotelier in Guatemala


“These days, my role as an innkeeper occupies me almost as much as fiction,” writes Joyce Maynard, who, during the pandemic, hired locals in a Guatemalan village to turn her writing retreat into a guesthouse.


BY JOYCE MAYNARD | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

To Find Europe’s Best Bike Routes, a Cycling Writer Asked the Crowd


The longtime sports journalist Claude Droussent discusses his new guidebook to cycling in Europe, which uses data from the fitness app Strava, and the growing role bicycles play in worldwide travel.


BY ALEX CREVAR | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Fate Brought Them Together During a Blizzard in Buffalo. Then They Reunited in Seoul.


Months after a South Korean tour group landed at their upstate New York doorstep during a snowstorm, the couple who hosted them received a heroes’ welcome in Seoul.


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Lin-Manuel Miranda’s San Juan, Puerto Rico


The multi-hyphenate writer and performer spent his childhood summers on the Caribbean Island and offers a non-tourist’s take on the U.S. territory and its capital.


BY DANIELLE PERGAMENT | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

36 Hours in Buenos Aires


Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, can feel overwhelming. But elegance can be found everywhere.


BY MARIA CRAMER | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Andrew McCarthy Wrote a Book About a Father-Son Pilgrimage. His Son Gets His Say.


Sam McCarthy accompanied his father on the Camino de Santiago and is featured in his father’s new memoir, but what did he think of it? The pair discuss their achievement.


BY ANDREW MCCARTHY | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Getting to the Heart of Mexico, One Chile at a Time


A human rights researcher in Ukraine, on break from her often grueling work, crisscrossed three Mexican states in search of the stories behind the spice.


BY BELKIS WILLE | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Hotels Roll Out the Red Carpet for Pets


Doggy menus, plush beds, nose balm and pet sitting: As people increasingly travel with their four-legged friends, hotels are stepping up with more amenities.


BY STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Help! My Tour Got Canceled But Travel Insurance Won’t Pay


Destruction from Hurricane Ian led a tour operator to cancel a 10-day excursion to Cuba, leaving a woman with a useless $1,500 plane ticket. That’s what travel insurance is for, right? Our columnist dives into the red tape.


BY SETH KUGEL | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

36 Hours in Rotterdam, the Netherlands


With experimental restaurants and avant-garde architecture, the Netherlands’ second-biggest city embodies contemporary urban cool.


BY SETH SHERWOOD | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Tesla? Caviar? Boots? At These Resorts, Everything’s Included


Once seen as a value-for-money vacation, all-inclusive resorts are evolving to include high-end experiences, not just unlimited tropical drinks on the beach.


BY DANIELLE BRAFF | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

Flamenco and Fervor: Inside Spain’s El Rocío Pilgrimage


The annual spectacle, featuring fanciful caravans and riders on horseback, and is arguably the most potent visual representation of Andalusian culture.


BY KEVIN FAINGNAERT AND ANNA HART | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

36 Hours in Asheville, N.C.


Art lovers, hikers, connoisseurs of Southern cuisine and explorers of up-and-coming neighborhoods will find much to savor in this scenic city nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains.


BY SHAYLA MARTIN | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

At 6 Catskills Resorts: Retro Design, Modern Comfort and Games, Lots of Games


Lodgings in this bucolic region north of New York City are targeting a new generation of visitors with organized “experiences,” nostalgic style elements and serious cocktails.


BY AMY THOMAS | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure

A ‘Greenwich Village’ on the Prairie


When Mari Sandoz, chronicler of frontier life, fled the Sandhills of Nebraska, she found fertile creative ground among the poets and artists of Lincoln. Exploring her world.


BY CARSON VAUGHAN | NYTimes Travel | Disclosure