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Oh, Istanbul! This gorgeous and historic city is home to some of the world’s best culinary treats, and you just can’t miss out on trying them on your next visit. From the sweet (baklava) to the savory (dolma), the tastes you’ll find in Istanbul are enough to warrant rolling up your sleeves and forgetting about…
Spring is here! The return of the sunny season means vegetables are ripe for the picking, and herbs and flowers are blooming. One of the recent trends we’ve seen across the hotel industry is the use of on-site gardens to produce plants that can then be incorporated into the menus at the properties’ restaurants and…
The words “hotel coffee” are more than enough to strike fear in the hearts of serious coffee lovers. While some hotels are switching over to newer coffee makers like Keurig systems and others offer fancy provisions like in-room espresso machines, the standard in most is still the automatic drip coffee maker. Combine that with those…
All images courtesy of OTG and Rockwell Group Airports are often pretty depressing places — replete with delayed flights, missed connections, and bad food — and Newark ranks quite low on the “cheery airport scale,” a very scientific ratings system that we just made up. But good news lies ahead for those finding themselves at…
You can generally expect to pay more for a grab-and-go pastry or snack at a hotel than at your average coffee shop. But when the bill for a bagel clocks in at $1,000, even we are shocked — and we’ve seen some pretty pricey hotel eats. But then again, this is not your average bagel.…
There are trips we strongly recommend you take and then there are those that we basically demand. Trust us, as travel experts, we know the getaways that should make your bucket list. Here are eight trips you HAVE to take before you die — and we even ordered them chronologically with the adventure you should…
Geisha at Hamadaya restaurant At Oyster.com, our trained team of amazing photographers and hotel experts are constantly working to bring you honest hotel photos and reviews from around the world. They visit each hotel in person so when you arrive, what you’ve seen on our website is exactly what you’ll get in real life. But…
Credit: Eric Fischer Okay, so we know what it’s like to want to “keep up with the Joneses” and sometimes that can mean being able to fill your Instagram feed with glamorous shots from exotic locales like St. Barts, the Amalfi Coast, and Dubai. (And, by the way, our insta account does have amazing shots…
Thailand takes tourism seriously. Hotel owners go the extra mile to offer visitors one-of-a-kind experiences and features that blend Thailand’s famous hospitality with the natural beauty of the country’s coastline and tropical setting. With a ton of new Thai properties on Oyster.com, we came up with this “best of the best” list to let Thailand…
Winter weather stateside simply means more tropical-bound trips to the Caribbean where the sun is shining, the sand is hot, and the food has some zing, crunch, and kick! Visitors to Turks and Caicos will find a refreshing absence of globalized fast food chains (or any Western restaurant chains, for that matter) across the islands,…