It’s no wonder that the entire area has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for no matter how you arrive, be it ship or plane or sailboat, or at sunrise or in winter, it’s almost a certainty that you’ll be mesmerized by the spectacular setting of Rio de Janeiro. … Read More
Nestled in the heart of the Laurentian Mountains, the four-season resort Mont-Tremblant hosts the annual Tremblant International Blues Festival, which attracts more than 100,000 music lovers to more than 100 shows. … Read More
Notable for spectacular cliffs and gorges that shimmer golden in the sun, the Algarve is home to four of Portugal’s DOCs, which means plenty of good wine to complement the bounty of fish and seafood. Small wonder that the region attracts more than seven million annual visitors. … Read More
Often referred to as the “City of Festivals,” Montreal hosts no less than 100 annual multi-day festivals, with the Festival International de Jazz de Montréal holding the Guinness World Record as the world’s largest jazz festival with more than 2 million attendees. … Read More
For centuries, Sintra, located in the far west of the Iberian Peninsula, has been a muse for artists and architects, as well as royals and aristocrats, who have created a fabulous domain of parks, gardens, palaces, and castles that is unsurpassed as a center of 19th-century European Romantic architecture. … Read More
Beloved for its honey-colored stone villages set amidst an undulating verdant landscape, the Cotswolds is home to numerous stately homes and historic gardens, including the country house hotel The Lygon Arms. … Read More
Lisbon is the kind of city where the men’s room at Sky Bar atop Tivoli Avenida Liberdade is housed in a site-specific art installation of shipping containers piled atop the roof—with a vertiginous view overlooking the city’s fabled seven hills all the way down to the Tagus River. Water metaphors welcomed. … Read More
Marching in support of the more than 2,300 children separated from their families at the United States border, more than 600 marches occurred in all 50 states—and in New York, more than 30,000 people marched over the Brooklyn Bridge, which was built by immigrants. … Read More
