What to eat and drink in New York State

Yes, New York City hogs all the attention, but you’ll find outstanding dining and drinking destinations all across the Empire State. Seafood restaurants in Long Island, farm-focused gastropubs in the Hudson Valley, and microbreweries and iconic snack-serving pubs on the edge of a Great Lake are all part of the great New York food experience.…

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Making your way in Morocco: how to get around

While Morocco’s medinas are made for walking, to experience the country’s dazzling diversity, make like the locals and take advantage of an array of transport options to traverse its grand expanse. Here’s our guide on how to explore Morocco in its entirety, from fabled cities and mountain villages to Mediterranean beaches, Atlantic rollers and desert…

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What to eat and drink in Florida

Florida’s cuisine is a blend of Southern recipes, Latin American influences and old-school Floridian techniques (fried gator tail, anyone?). Add tropical fruits and the seafood bounty from the Gulf and the Atlantic coasts, and you have the makings for one of the best US dining destinations.  Memorable meals in Florida can range from casual affairs…

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The best things to eat and drink in Brazil for a taste of the tropics

The roots of Brazil’s diverse cuisine stretch across three continents. Indigenous South American fruits and spices, African flavors, and European recipes have all contributed to the nation’s complex food heritage. While it has a few national dishes like moqueca and feijoada, Brazil has a startling variety of regional specialties, from the magnificent river fish in…

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Best Alaska Native experiences – Lonely Planet

Although well-known for its snowy mountains, lush rain forests and incredible wildlife like bears, moose and humpback whales, Alaska is also rich in the cultures of Alaska Native peoples. Their worldviews, language, singing and dancing traditions, and ways of life have been shaped by these lands – and indeed shape how visitors experience them.   Travelers…

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The best beaches in Chile for swimming, surfing and camping

Chile is such a long and thin country that it claims an astonishing 6435km (4000 miles) of coastline. That means as you travel between Patagonia and the Atacama, you’ll find hundreds of beaches in all shapes and colors. Black-sand beaches lie on the edge of volcanoes, tree-lined beaches on the fringe of temperate rainforests and bone-white…

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The 5 best road trips in Maine show off mountains, fall foliage and Acadia National Park

The road trip is synonymous with American travel culture, and there’s no better place to explore the natural beauty of the United States by car than in the beautiful state of Maine. Because this largely rural and geographically spread-out place does not offer a robust public transportation system, we recommend taking a road trip to see…

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10 best places to visit in Maine

Come for the lobster and lighthouses, stay for the granite peaks and tranquil woodlands. With the slogan, “the way life should be,” Maine is a place that will capture your heart.  From its northern waterways and mountain peaks to its southern sandy beaches and lobster rolls, Maine should be on everyone’s bucket list. Here’s our guide…

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Getting around in Mexico – Lonely Planet

Mexico is huge! From fluffy, white ski slopes and thick, steamy jungle to cacti-strewn deserts and sublime stretches of untouched sand, expect to use many transport options to get around the world's 13th biggest country. Between domestic flights, long-distance buses, hair-raising colectivo, combi minibuses and – for one spectacular stretch – an old-school passenger train,…

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