Bogotá just gets better and better. The city hums with energy and possibility, offering a thriving environment for creativity that makes its negative aspects — the pollution, the traffic — not quite as noticeable. These days, Bogotá is blossoming with new ideas, from collectives that house everything from feminist bookshops to hair salons, to offbeat,…
Image From top right: Lanterns for sale at the Luang Prabang night market; view from a boat cruise on the Nam Ou River; local Buddhists waiting outside Wat Sene to hand out morning alms to monks in Luang Prabang; weaving a cotton scarf in Na Yang village. CreditJada Yuan/The New York Times Our columnist, Jada…
Travel is unpredictable, and sometimes that’s a good thing. You spot a humpback whale during your boat tour, for example. Other times, those unpredictable travel moments are utterly aggravating, like when bad weather cancels your flight or the hotel you’ve booked can’t seem to find your reservation. Obviously you want to minimize the frustrating experiences…
Stepping outside Termini station, the gateway to Rome for many visitors, my tour guide asked me what I saw. “Graffiti?” I said. “Trash?” “Exactly,” he said. “A Roman would not see this. The Roman is so beaten down by the filth in which he lives that he can no longer recognize or see the sad…
Rates Doubles start at $249. The Basics When Zeppelin Development turned an 1880’s-vintage iron foundry into a food hall in 2013, it helped establish Denver’s River North Art District, or RiNo, as the city’s trendiest neighborhood, today a hub for street art, microbreweries and more food halls. Now, five years later, the group has followed…
Image A street food vendor in Bapu Bazar, Jaipur, India.CreditPoras Chaudhary for The New York Times India is one of the most vibrant, colorful, exciting places to visit in the world. The diversity of people, culture and cuisine make it a worthwhile destination for any traveler. Here are nine tips to ensure your next (or…
Image Fashion Street, always bustling with shoppers, has hundreds of stalls containing anything shoppers might want to buy — dresses, T-shirts, jeans and accessories.CreditPhilippe Calia for The New York Times The profile of the Dharavi slum in Mumbai, one of the most densely populated neighborhoods in the world, may have risen when it was showcased…
For 60 years, Mickey Mouse has been the raison d’être for the tourism scene in this sun-drenched Southern California town, home to Disneyland, family-friendly restaurants, affordable chain hotels and sprawling strip malls. But times have changed. Anaheim, with its dry, mild climate, rich immigrant communities and a hearty appetite for both craft beer and sugar-spun…
Image As the Dead Sea recedes, salt formations along the shore come into view. CreditTzachi Ostrovsky for The New York Times Jake Ben Zaken steered his boat along the western shore of the Dead Sea, cut the motor, and bobbed amid the white towers of salt rising out of the turquoise water. Just last year,…
Our columnist, Jada Yuan, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2018 list. This dispatch brings her to Bhutan (no. 9 on the list); it is the 50th stop on Jada’s itinerary. Image From top right: A farmer and her child on the road to Punakha Dzong; prayer wheels at the…