Rome has a talent for making even the most extraordinary experiences feel unnecessarily exhausting. The Colosseum is the perfect example. You arrive expecting to stand before one of the greatest…
Tuscany has a way of making you slow down. Maybe it is the cypress trees lining narrow country roads, the medieval villages perched above rolling hills, or the simple pleasure…
I’ll be honest: when I first started looking at hiking routes in the Dolomites, I nearly convinced myself that I wasn’t fit enough for the trip. Every other photo seemed…
The Dolomites have a funny way of messing with your travel plans. You arrive thinking you’ll spend a few days wandering through the Italian Alps, snapping some photos, and enjoying…
There is a particular kind of disappointment that comes with visiting a supposedly charming seaside destination and discovering that half the waterfront has been swallowed by oversized hotels, overpriced cocktail…
There are places that live up to their photographs, and then there are places that make you wonder how a camera could possibly do them justice. The Alhambra in Granada…
I love Barcelona. The city has that ridiculous ability to make an ordinary afternoon feel special: a coffee in a little square, a walk past Gaudí’s surreal architecture, the Mediterranean…
There are some places that make you feel like you’ve accidentally wandered into another world. Sintra is one of them. One minute, you’re navigating Lisbon’s buzzing streets, grabbing a strong…
Lisbon has a talent for making a simple afternoon feel like the best part of a holiday. A table outside a neighborhood restaurant, grilled fish arriving with a squeeze of…
Portugal’s Algarve has a reputation that almost sells itself. Golden cliffs plunge into the Atlantic, fishing boats bob in sheltered harbors, and beaches stretch beneath a sky that seems determined…
Lisbon was one of those cities that made me want to put my phone away, stop checking the time, and just keep walking until I found something interesting. One minute,…
Some places make you stop mid-step, forget whatever was on your mind, and just stare. The Grand Canyon does that better than almost anywhere else on Earth. Those endless layers…