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Best Time to Visit Cuba: Weather, Seasons, Hurricanes, and Month-by-Month Guide
Cuba has a tropical wet and dry climate with two distinct seasons, and knowing "whether" or not to go during certain times of the year can make or break your trip. This month-by-month guide covers Cuba's weather, hurricane risk, tourist seasons, and ...
Chile Travel Guide: Best Time to Visit, What Things Cost, and What to Eat
Chile is one of the most geographically extraordinary countries on earth — a sliver 4,300km long and nowhere more than 180km wide, stretching from the driest desert on the planet in the north to the sub-Antarctic wilderness of Patagonia in the so...
Cyprus: 9 Reasons You Should Actually Go
Cyprus is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, located at its eastern end — closer to Beirut than to Athens, closer to Turkey than to Italy, but very much a European Union country with European standards of infrastructure, food, and safe...
Where Americans Loved to Travel in the 1960s
The 1960s were the golden age of American travel. The Interstate Highway System was brand new. Jet passenger service had just become mainstream. America was prosperous, optimistic, and eager to explore. Here's where people actually went — and why it ...
Nelson, New Zealand: The Sunniest City You've Never Made Plans to Visit
Most New Zealand itineraries follow a predictable path: Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Queenstown, Milford Sound. It's a fine itinerary. But travelers who deviate from it — who take the ferry across Cook Strait and drive west at the top of the South ...
The Happiest State in America: Why Hawaii Tops the List
When Gallup and other major wellbeing research organizations rank American states for happiness, one name surfaces repeatedly at the top: Hawaii. Despite its high cost of living, geographic isolation, and limited job market in certain sectors, Hawaii...
Bryggen: Bergen's UNESCO World Heritage Hanseatic Waterfront
The row of pointed gables lining Bergen's eastern harbour — red, yellow, ochre, and weathered brown — is one of the most recognised skylines in Scandinavia. Bryggen (simply "the wharf" in Norwegian) was for four centuries the most important node in n...
Fiji Vacation Guide: Paradise Islands, Resorts, and What to Know Before You Go
Fiji is the kind of place that looks photoshopped until you arrive and realize it's actually real. With 333 islands scattered across the South Pacific, Fiji offers everything from luxury overwater bungalows to backpacker beach villages — all wrapped ...