Youre a traveler with an incurable case of wanderlust. What do you do for the ultimate adventure? You move, and decide to live in the unknown.DENVER – New York is the ultimate tourist destination — the center of the universe, a city constantly on the move. Millions of people flow in and out of the island daily, shops and bars come and go, and everyone is in a hurry to get somewhere and do something. Its an ever-changing pastiche where

A summer holiday in Europe means espressos by day, aperitifs by night; stunning frescoes here, colorful umbrellas there; old languages disappearing in wind and waves. Sounds good. Feels even better. Here are some of our favorite beach vacations in Europe.

There comes a time in every relationship when traditional romance just isnt enough. The cards and candy start to feel played out, and your regular resort vacation, which youve taken five years in a row, becomes more about getting away from the grind than celebrating your looooooove.This years edition of The Worlds Most Romantic Hotels is all about igniting passion through exhilarating experiences. Why settle for flowers and tasting menus wh

Whats the quickest way to a beach body in Rio de Janeiro? Head into the jungle. (The urban one and the natural one.) Cyrena Lee hits hiking trails, inner-city neighborhoods, and mega nightclubs and discovers that beach volleyball isnt the only way to stay fit in paradise. Heres her action-packed, highly opinionated, super fun itinerary.RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio is an urban jungle. The enormous and tropical Tijuca Forest, the worlds largest urban

Whats a Frenchman to do when he cant stand the cold winters in the city where he lives? Embrace something even colder: the Arctic Circle. Laurent Vernhes, Tablet Hotels co-founder and CEO, shares notes from his shiver-inducing trip.KIRKENES, Norway – I try to never complain, but during New Yorks five months of winter, I always end up carping abut the cold. I truly hate cold weather. So this year, I thought I would try to embrace i

In an excerpt from his blog, Notes from the Road (one of our 24 Best Travel Blogs and Websites), illustrator, photographer, and perennial road-tripper Erik Gauger makes a case for slowing down on shorter road trips closer to home.CLATSOP COUNTY, Oregon – I am at rock-strewn Indian Beach, a well-known Clatsop County, Oregon, surf spot between Cannon Beach and Seaside, of which explorer William Clark once commented, the grandest and most plea

When shes not solving urban planning challenges in places like Memphis, Detroit, and Durban, Beth Silverman is admiring the handiwork of Mother Nature, mostly on hikes to a soundtrack of her own devising. She put together a fall escape to Virginias Shenandoah Mountains and made a mixtape to go with it. Happy trails.SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK, Virginia – I grew up learning to love the outdoors because the Blue Ridge Mountains were just 75 mile

Kerri Allen finds herself in the middle of a hurricane at Deadmans Beach on Peter Island, a sandy stretch with a stormy history on an otherwise lovely private patch of the British Virgin Islands.PETER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands – I kind of like hurricanes, says Glenmore, as the wind begins to whip around locals and visitors alike on Peter Island, a three-square-mile speck in the Caribbean. My mother needs water for her cistern.Im not ye

Were tipping our hat and holding our breath in celebration of memorable, heart-racing vacation. Interrupt your nine-to-five with a dose of mountain biking, hot-air balloon riding, and waterfall diving on one of these twelve adrenaline-spiking adventures.

Were kicking off Badass Adventures Week with a solo journey to southern Uganda, following London-based writer Lauren Hills  trek into the equatorial forest for an afternoon with some feisty local chimpanzees.UGANDA – Our van trundles along the sun-baked track into Kibale National Park, passing through clouds of butterflies that flit around the verge and disappear into the dense forest. Once we arrive at Kibale Primate Lodge, Im told th

Stunning landscapes, fun off-road discoveries, and great company. We love a good long drive on the open road.You do too? Read on for eleven itineraries worth the gas money.BUT WAIT, THERES MOREThe Best Road Trips in the United States

Rachel Maria Taylor and Jody Daunton journeyed to Norway for the latest issue of their outdoor lifestyle magazine Another Escape. Deep fjords, tall mountains, and thick forests were just the beginning of what they discovered — Norwegians have a close relationship with their natural surroundings (the concept is known as friluftsliv), truly embracing nature and enjoying the outdoors as a way of life. You can see outtakes

A fathom measures six feet. It was originally based on the span of a man’s outstretched arms, but can also be imagined as an adult’s height. Since fathoms are commonly used to measure the depth of water, our contributing koan editor James Sturz reimagines the subaquatic world a few human lengths beneath the gluey surface in this photo essay, with images taken from his travels. UNDER THE SEA – I learned to scuba dive in an indoor pool i

Paul Jebara only had a few days in Oman, but he made time for an unforgettable day exploring and swimming a wadi where few tourists dare to tread.WADI SHAB, Oman – My claustrophobia was put to the test when Walid motioned for me to swim through what looked like a dead end. A group of rowdy Brits had turned around at this point, and I would have too, had our guide not mentioned that the best part was through a crevice not much wider tha

Dont you feel like the best version of yourself on vacation?Free of the shackles of a daily routine — and all of its alarm-slamming, bus-catching, coffee-guzzling, laptop-hovering sameness — I get around to doing the little things I always imagined my adult self to be doing. Cultured things. Edyfying things. Athletic things. Like strolling around for the sheer pleasure of looking at architecture and spontaneously popping into a

Gabriella Zanzanaini and Nicolas Petit of The Funnelogy Channel, one of Fathoms 24 Best Travel Blogs and Websites of 2015, just finished their year-long sojourn from Brussels to Hong Kong. For the finale, they went to the Lamu Archipelago in Kenya where they found themselves in the middle of Eid al-Fitr festivities. From a dhow race to Swahili interiors to a fruitful breakfast feast, here are a few sweet moments, cu

It’s time to celebrate our favorite adventure-loving dads. A nice bottle of wine or a home-cooked meal will usually do, but this Fathers Day we have bigger and better ideas that speak to his globetrotting tendencies.Gentlemens Hardware Flight Ready Kit Prepare your favorite jet-setter for last-minute adventures with a travel-friendly container filled with toiletries in a clean sandalwood and citrus scent. ($20)Shake Shack Recipes and Storie

Wake up, people! You need to be wearing sunscreen every. single. day. Heres a daily sunscreen were digging right now.Weve come a long way from tanning oils and aluminum trifold sun reflectors (though somehow tanning beds are still a thing?), but I only recently started wearing sunscreen everyday. I know Im late to the game, and Ive always lathered up when I know Ill be spending any length of time in the sun. It took a quarter-life crisis, t

Missing New York, or planning a trip back? Get in the mood with these classic books set in NYC.Some books are just inseparable from the places where theyre set, and books set in New York City often fall into this category. Whether you live here, are planning to visit, or have a love affair with the city from afar, escape through the pages a novel starring the Big Apple. Herewith, in alphabetical order, we submit our favorites.The Age of Inn

Making friends can be hard. In true 21st-century fashion, technology can be used to ease the process. See how an app can help create meaningful friendships, and hear about one of its success stories. Solo travel is not for everyone. Personally, I am more likely to enjoy a trip when I am not shouldering the burden of navigating and communicating in a foreign place. The pressure to avoid getting lost and staying safe stresses me out, and