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Alice Feiring Writer A Super, Natural Selection p.92 Palate and place: “In Chile, the agriculture tells stories of the past. When you look at what grapes are growing and how they are grown, you learn something about the country’s politics and its cul

IN A PAPER PUBLISHED recently in the journal Psychological Science, professors from Stanford and Yale questioned the concept of “finding your passion”—advice that has been commonly dispensed to college students and midlife-crisis sufferers during the

At Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada, travelers can combine their passion for service with a love of the outdoors. Led by Earthwatch, participants pair up with scientists and volunteers from the neighboring Blackfoot tribal lands to col

What inspires you most when traveling? Watching playful animals roam their stomping grounds? Tasting the flavors of the local cuisine? Marveling at ancient architecture? No matter your passion, it’s easy to tap into when traveling on a luxurious, sma

ASK TRAVELLERS WHO HAVE VISITED Cayman, (as it is lovingly referred to by locals) and they agree that it is a place like no other. From the moment you step off the plane and take in the salty Caribbean breeze to the instant you sit back in your beach

See Chile’s glaciers, lakes, and granite peaks on Butterfield & Robinson’s seven-day Patagonia expedition. Guests spend four nights at the Awasi Patagonia lodge, where 14 private villas look out over Torres del Paine National Park. Travelers can choo

“Carpe diem” is a phrase more and more female travelers are using as motivation to explore the world. In fact, so many mothers, daughters, students, professionals, and other bold women are globetrotting solo that it’s become one of the hottest trends

When the 3.2-million-year-old Lucy skeleton was discovered in Ethiopia, it changed the way humans thought about our history. On Abercrombie & Kent’s 11-day tour “Ethiopia: Historic Route and Simien Mountains,” a visit to see Lucy is just one of the m

Culture Xplorers’ nine-day “Food, Art, and Adventure in Peru” trip offers unparalleled access to the nation’s celebrated culinary community. Travelers attend guided coffee tastings with master roasters; tour fields of native tubers along ancient Inca

I’LL CONFESS: I’VE always wanted to know how it feels to be one of the nobility. And as I lounge in the leather backseat of a Rolls-Royce Phantom—the model that conveyed Meghan Markle to her wedding—with a chauffeur at the wheel, I’m getting my first

WHEN I BEGAN MY barista job at CC’s Coffee House, my brother Michael, a veteran employee of the French Quarter, explained which streets I was to avoid on the way to the bus stop at night and demonstrated the forward posture in which I was to hold mys

On February 27, in partnership with the German National Tourist Office, AFAR gathered at the Chatwal New York for our most recent AFAR Conversations event, “Take Control of Your Storyline: Getting out in front of the issues that can leave you behind.

I WAS BORN and raised in Jeonju, a city famous for traditional Korean cuisine. Our region has plenty of clean, flowing water and access to high-quality ingredients. And because my immediate family was responsible for our relatives’ ancestral rites, w

THREE YEARS AGO, my husband and I wandered the streets of the toniest neighborhood in Mexico City. His job had just transferred us to the city, and I was trying to see myself somewhere in the designer-shop windows and fancy restaurants. The Polanco d

I’VE BEEN IN SPAIN only two days, and already my fingers hurt. It’s a prickly, highpitched sting, like when a fallen-asleep limb returns to life. The sensation delights me. It means I’m doing something right. Yesterday, after arriving in Madrid, I to

B.J. REED STOOD ON A granite outcropping just west of Grand Teton National Park, a barren, windy spot that, at an altitude of nearly 10,000 feet, felt like the top of the world. Her sunbleached hair hung loose under her cowboy hat, its brim throwing

IT WAS DARK WHEN we drove up to the home of winemaker Roberto Henríquez in the Bío Bío region of central Chile. I had pink granitic sand in my shoes from a day spent touring Roberto’s vineyards. I was jet-lagged, thirsty, starving, and grateful to fi

My affinity for Italy began at home. I soaked up my grandparents’ tales from their lives as expats in Genoa, where they taught theology and raised my mom in the 1960s. A family vacation when I was 17 and a month abroad as a college art student brough