Dispatches
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Taking My Moms to Ireland
When Tim Marvin took his two mothers on a long-awaited journey to Galway, the Aran Islands and Donegal, the trip became less about ticking off the pubs, churches and scenic walks and more about repaying a lifetime of care and the unscripted moments of connection that make travel so worthwhile.
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Dispatch from West Cork
One of the best things about West Cork is that it hasn’t been polished into a postcard version of itself. Juliet Kinsman and her daughter returned over two summers for the slow rhythms of daily life here.
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Dispatch from Sardinia
While our collective references for Sardinia are a lot about the yacht and glam beach clubs of the Costa Smeralda, that’s actually just a small corner of this large sandal-shaped island.
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Dispatch from São Miguel, The Azores, Portugal
About 900 miles west of mainland Portugal, the Azores feel like another world—lush, volcanic, and surrounded by the Atlantic in every direction.
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Dispatch from The Cotswolds and Bicester Village
Local resident Simon Mills charts an itinerary that stretches through the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire, stopping for honey-stone villages, eccentric country houses, legendary pubs, hidden sculpture parks, beautiful farm shops, and the region’s best shopping—all the ingredients for the ultimate English countryside long weekend.
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Dispatch from Ischia
This island may feel a world away, but it’s only a 50-minute ferry from Naples; completely down to earth and unfussy—nothing like its better known sister, Capri.
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Dispatch From Camaiore
Most people come to this stretch of Tuscany for fashionable Forte dei Marmi, but Janet Mercel went instead to neighboring Camaiore, a summer haven for Italian families, many of whom have been returning for generations.
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Road Trip Through the Black Hills, South Dakota
For Molly Zaidman, the Black Hills were a revelation: starting in the otherworldly Badlands, she worked her way through the bison-filled plains of Custer State Park to glamping beneath the pines at Under Canvas, catching Mount Rushmore at sunrise, and roaming the granite spires of Needles Highway.
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Just Back From…Bicester Village
Yolanda kept hearing about Bicester Village from impossibly well-dressed friends in London. To see what the fuss was about, she boarded a train from Marylebone and spent the day searching the shopping village for treasure, with surprisingly polished hospitality.