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8 Stunning Winery Properties Around the World

Especially for U.S. travelers, California’s Napa and Sonoma are the go-to, go-to-the-source regions for sampling delicious wines and staying on hotel properties where the vineyards and wineries are responsible for producing some of the best bottles in the world. So of course we’d be remiss to exclude them from our list of gorgeous winery properties.…

6 Cities in Europe That Know How to Do Beer Right

By John Solaro via Flickr The quality of a city’s beer credentials might seem like strange criteria on which to judge a travel destination — but there are certainly stranger. And there are also plenty of beer fans out there. It might be the cost of the beer, its beer-soaked historical root,s or its sweet…

6 European Dishes That Will Change Your Life

Travel awakens all of the senses — but let’s be honest, taste (and therefore, food) is clearly the most fun way to get a fill, er, feel for a new destination. Europe’s culinary delicacies differ dramatically from one city to another, let alone country to country, which is just one reason for the continent’s greatness.…

How to Visit 2016’s Most Expensive City in the World on a Very Limited Budget

Photo courtesy of Binayak Dasgupta. Southeast Asia is a budget traveler’s dream. With cheap hotels, ludicrously inexpensive and delicious food, vibrant nightlife, and a wealth of culture, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand have been on the budget-travel map for decades. Unfortunately, there’s one glaring exception to the region’s cheap-travel reputation: Singapore. According to The…

Everything You Need to Eat and Drink (And Everything You Should Skip) in Cuba

“Let them eat meat!” That seems to be the philosophy behind Cuban eats, which have the reputation of being a carnivorous free-for-all. Pork hunks, shredded beef, and fried plantains to boot — sounds like heaven! That’s why most people are surprised to hear that food in Cuba is hit-or-miss. Ed Levine, founder of Serious Eats,…

10 Things You Don’t Know About Sonoma County

Napa Valley may get a tad more attention, but the splendor of Sonoma is certainly no secret — after all, it’s had over 150 years to build up its reputation as a fabulous destination for wine, and much more. Yet there’s plenty that people still don’t know about Sonoma; 10 things in particular come to…

13 Traditional Christmas Dinners from Around the World

Feast of the Seven Fishes, Photo via Saveur You thought you were bad at Thanksgiving? That feast is really just the amuse bouche to all the holiday eating that goes down at the end of the year. After all, the month of December is pretty much stuffed with events where we stuff our face. And…

The 7 Most Decadent Hotel Room Service Menus in the World, Revealed

Room Service at The Ultra Deluxe Salon at The Surrey There’s something so luxe about ordering room service, right? In hotels around the world, at any hour of the day or night (thanks to The Waldorf-Astoria, which is said to have invented 24-hour room service), you can order up everything from a double-stack burger to…

The Side of Vegas You Never Knew Existed

As one of the most popular destinations on our site, we’re constantly visiting Las Vegas to discover everything new and exciting Sin City has to offer. And let’s face it, in Vegas, there’s always something new and exciting popping up somewhere along the strip. Yet after a few visits, the clubs, casinos, and Cirque de…