The Greek islands! This was a bucket-list trip, made all the more precious after a long pandemic travel drought. I'd already been to Athens, so on this trip it was the islands that drew me in, above all the chance to see those gorgeous cliffside houses on Santorini.
Buckingham Palace, the Charles Dickens Museum, Hyde Park, the Tower of London, Kew Gardens, Shakespeare's Globe theatre, St Paul's Cathedral, the London Eye, Wimbledon: these are just a few of London's finest attractions.
"Le pain qui chante", or "the bread that sings", is a phrase French bakers use, and it is one of the telltale signs of a perfectly baked baguette.
Several hours before sunrise in Van, a city in the far east of Turkey framed by hills and a scenic lake, preparations for the most important meal of the day are already underway.
The internet and other sources are full of guesses about where bubble tea came from. But one tea shop and one woman are, by common consensus, the real, rightful creators of this hugely popular drink.
World-famous Ocean Drive is one of the best-known stretches of Miami Beach, but with its neon lights and sidewalk cafes serving beer-garitas for two, it isn't exactly known as an upscale destination.
While tens of thousands of travelers head to Peru every year to see famous landmarks like Machu Picchu, the Sacred Valley, and Lima, one of the country's most beautiful and fascinating destinations goes almost completely overlooked by tourists.
With its narrow walkways, the constant rush of carts hauling goods in and out, and sashimi masters filling orders right on their cutting boards, Seoul's Noryangjin Fish Market is a worthy stop for adventurous foodies.
If Las Vegas can become a global culinary capital, why not Siem Reap? This town in western Cambodia, whose bright lights and big hotels are fueled by the steady flow of visitors to the ancient city of Angkor, now serves up an international medley of imported flavors and aromas in a rather freewheeling style.
Wherever you find yourself (in a humble kocsma packed with regulars nursing their beers, in a sleek cocktail hideaway, or in one of Budapest's quirky ruin pubs crammed with tourists), the drinking scene of the Hungarian capital shares one constant.
If the conversation used to stop at the infamous balut (a duck embryo), no thanks to shows like "Fear Factor", it has since moved on, with diners now talking up staples such as adobo, sisig, pancit, lumpia and lechon.
Bangkok's street food may be what draws in hungry visitors, but in recent years the city's fine dining scene has grown enormously, giving culinary travelers more reasons than ever to visit Thailand's capital.
Set in the impossibly turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean, the Maldives has become a luxury escape with no equal.
From Colombia to Kenya, many of the world's coffee-growing regions are among the most idyllic places on Earth.
Right when coffee shops all over the world had started to blur into the same hipster Williamsburg look, something completely different showed up.
To be fair, it doesn't actually taste bad: it's a lot like crab.
Like New Delhi, Mumbai is famous for its street food, known as "chaat", from the Hindi word chaatna, meaning "to lick". It is a fitting name, because these snacks really will have you licking your fingers.
