Walk into a hotel lobby and you may notice something unexpected: People. Not people checking in, or waiting for someone to arrive or hustling to the elevator. No, people sitting, working and socializing. In the past handful of years, hotels have started to create lobbies and common spaces that are a destination in themselves for…
It was a trip gone awry that brought Tony Shalhoub his first Tony Award last season, for best performance by a leading actor in a musical. In “The Band’s Visit,” Mr. Shalhoub played the leader of an Arab military band that inadvertently ends up stranded in a small, isolated Israeli town and not the more…
Our columnist, Jada Yuan, is visiting each destination on our 52 Places to Go in 2018 list. This dispatch brings her to the Chandigarh, India (no. 43 on the list); it is the 49th stop on Jada’s itinerary. Image From top right: A new nightclub called Lazy Shack in Sector 26, Chandigarh; taking selfies in…
The hiking trail leading to the Morada del Diablo volcano (the Devil’s Dwelling) crossed a field of blackened lava, congealed during the last ice age. Black lizards covered with white speckles, known as lagartijas Magallanicas, skittered across the ground, and the desiccated corpse of a guanaco, a wild grazer related to the llama, baked beneath…
Rates Rooms from 200 euros (about $250). The Basics The Portuguese archipelago of the Azores has been getting more buzz and direct flights lately, but hotel offerings have tended to be on the old-fashioned side. The sleek, minimalist White Hotel, which opened in July 2017 on the main island of São Miguel, is a notable…
Billy Eichner is a comic actor who became famous running around Manhattan, playing rapid-fire pop culture trivia games on “Billy on the Street” with sometimes willing New Yorkers. Those who correctly identify the names of three of the seven dwarves in “Snow White” or the person whose photograph Sinead O’Connor ripped up on “Saturday Night…
Image A view of the coastline off Ali’i Drive, in Kailua-Kona.CreditMarco Garcia for The New York Times Travelers flying into Kona International Airport are greeted by a grim panorama: scorched earth and black, volcanic rock stretching from the sea to the mountains. Given all the apocalyptic footage issuing from Hawaii’s Big Island earlier this year,…
As a mother of two young children who often accompany me on my travels, I can say that most of the hotel kids’ clubs I’ve seen — that is, if a property even has one — tend to be single room spaces with little consideration to youthful interests. Most offer predictable activities like arts and…
Image The yoga class at Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat overlooking Paradise Beach on Paradise Island.CreditDamon Winter/The New York Times Birds fly south for the winter, and why shouldn’t you? With the approaching cold weather, it’s time to fire up the laptop and start planning that much-deserved vacation. Whether you’re single or coupled up, traveling solo…
Image From top right: Lantern floats used in parades at the Wajima Kiriko Art Museum on the Noto Peninsula; terraced rice paddies, also on the peninsula; street scene in Kinosaki, which is famous for snow crabs; a Shinto shrine above the town of Izushi.CreditJada Yuan/The New York Times Our columnist, Jada Yuan, is visiting each…