 (Mongolia) Crookes And Jackson, (Dakar) Tim White, (Chile) Nils Schlebusch, (Hudson Valley) Storm King Art Center, (Yellowstone) Brown W. Cannon III/Intersection Photos, (Stockholm) Getty Images, (Southern Italy) Patrick Locqueneux, (West Papua) Stevie Mann, (Zanzibar) Dan Kullberg A guide to chasing new horizons in the year ahead.A new year is a beautiful thing for devoted travelers: A blank calendar begs to be inked with departures to parts unknown. At Virtuoso, we’re on the case, polling our travel advisors and industry contacts for their on-the-rise, get-there-first vacation spots that deserve a slot on 2025 agendas.
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Out and about in France’s second-largest city.More than 2,600 years ago, Phocaean sailor Protis traversed the Mediterranean in search of land on which to build a new city. As legend has it, his arrival at Lacydon cove coincided with a party where a local Celto-Ligurian girl, Gyptis, was choosing her husband. She picked the handsome foreign explorer, and their nuptials laid the foundation for Massalia.
 Billal Taright Mina’s guide to Egypt’s capital focuses on top-notch food.Whether he’s traveling to Egypt (his birthplace), exploring Asia, or unwinding in Hawaii, chef Michael Mina dives deep into the destination. “Wherever I go,” says the Mina Group founder, whose three-decade career has netted Michelin honors and James Beard Awards, “I like to hire a local guide to find the best nontouristy spots.”
A photographer’s view of Southeast Asia’s longest river.The humidity hits you as soon as you step outside on the Mekong – even at dawn, when I join a handful of fellow passengers leaving our air-conditioned staterooms and making our way to the top deck to catch the sunrise.
Soft landing pads in New York, Tokyo, London, and more.Uptown Revival
On a quiet, leafy street on the Upper East Side, just one block from Central Park, The Surrey originally debuted as a residence hotel in 1926. While the property, which lies within walking distance of The Met and the Guggenheim, attracted its share of high-profile guests, it didn’t radiate the same glam as the neighborhood’s other grand hotels – until now.
Evrima is unlike anything else on the seas.We haven’t even departed Athens, but already I’m toying with a few changes to the itinerary. Over the next 11 nights, my wife, Ruth, and I are set to sail to Venice by way of some of the Mediterranean’s most storied and dramatic ports. We’ve got glorious-sounding shore adventures ahead throughout Turkey, Greece, Montenegro, Croatia, and Slovenia. The only sticking point is, I’m suddenly not sure I ever want to get off this ship.
11/19/2024 An Adventurer’s Guide to Queenstown Local insight for your next stay on the Lake Wakatipu shore. Landing in Queenstown, New Zealand, feels like dropping into Neverland. Craggy peaks heavy with snow brood over the glassy waters of Lake Wakatipu, a glacier-sliced lightning bolt of a lake so long and deep it generates its own weather.
A guide to chasing new horizons in the year ahead. A new year is a beautiful thing for devoted travelers: A blank calendar begs to be inked with departures to parts unknown. At Virtuoso, we’re on the case, polling our travel advisors and industry contacts for their on-the-rise, get-there-first vacation spots that deserve a slot on 2025 agendas.
The Atlantic Portuguese territory is always in bloom. "The Island of Eternal Spring” is just one of many nicknames for Madeira, the verdant, mountainous Portuguese territory off the coast of Morocco. It’s a place where bluebird days reign, an abundance of produce thrives on terraced hillsides, and the breeze is perpetually spiked with a floral scent – even on an autumn afternoon inching toward winter.
10/8/2024 Five Things We Love: Parilio
Finding lost charms in Greece’s Cycladic islands. In Greek mythology, Delos sits at the center of the Cyclades, but modern maps show Páros closer to the islands’ heart. The 75-square-mile Aegean oasis balances bohemian and cosmopolitan life in near harmony. One day, while visiting during summer’s peak,
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