Dispatches
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Dispatch from Mayrlife
Yolanda Edwards shares all from a recent trip to Mayrlife, a medical health resort on Lake Altaussee in the center of Austria, in a region called Salzkammergut.
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Dispatch from Egypt
After a lifetime of dreaming about Egypt, Alex Postman finally made the journey through a series of deeply atmospheric stays—from a 1940s Art Deco apartment in Cairo to a mansion on the Red Sea; a Nile-side villa in Luxor to the most elegant new dahabiya.
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Dispatch from Bermuda
This tiny fish-hook-shaped archipelago defined by its utter isolation is a swirl of influences that have collided on its coral-limestone shores, from British to Deep South, Portuguese to West African. Alexandra Marvar likes to go in early spring, when the island’s pink-sand beaches are nearly empty, a fish chowder and rum swizzle will warm you…
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Road Trip: From Patagonia to Santiago, Chile
Starting in Punta Arenas, photographer Thom Fortune follows the light—from the windswept glaciers of southern Patagonia through the gaucho heartlands of Torres del Paine, before heading north to the old-money seaside town of Zapallar and ending in the Chilean capital.
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Dispatch from José Ignacio & Garzón, Uruguay
For nearly 20 years Donna Lennard, owner and founder of NYC’s Il Buco, has returned to Uruguay’s low-key coast whenever she needs a refuge. What began as a stay with her friend, the chef Francis Mallmann, grew into a love of the gaucho town of Garzón and the stretch from José Ignacio to La Barra.
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Walking the Kumano Kodo
On Japan’s misty Kii Peninsula, the ancient Kumano Kodo winds through cedar forests and mountain villages, tracing more than 1,000 years of pilgrims seeking spiritual renewal. Walking the Nakahechi—once favored by emperors—over six days, Dina Dwyer spent her nights in simple family-run inns and restorative ryokans, collecting ink stamps at shrines along the way to…
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Dispatch from Kobe
Writer Adam H. Graham goes beyond the beef to reveal a port city shaped as much by mountains and its mineral-rich waters as by Western and Chinese trade since the 19th century.
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A 10-Day Countryside Loop From Tokyo
Sophia Hatchitt maps a route (by train and bus) from Tokyo through the Gifu and Ishikawa Prefectures, linking alpine Takayama, known for its preserved Edo streets and craft; Shirakawa-go, famous for its thatched gassho-zukuri houses; coastal Kanazawa, with its samurai districts and contemporary art; and Kaga Onsen, a cluster of hot-spring villages—revealing a quieter, more…
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Just Back From…Bequia
Looking for an adventure over New Year’s, Hannah Bronfman and her family headed to the low-key island of Bequia. The kind of place where kids can run around on the beach while parents supervise from a distance during long, toes-in-the-sand lunches, and happy hour means rum and Cokes set to a soundtrack of soca music.