11 Top Resorts with Lazy Rivers Worldwide

Skip to main content From Florida to Dubai, these family-friendly resorts beckon guests to get on a tube. Courtesy Barnsley Resort It's a silly human desire, to float down a body of water like a weightless lily pad—sun on your face, toes in the air, cocktail in hand. No matter how old you are, you

5-Day Madrid Itinerary: Culture, Food, and Local Life

Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an energetic nightlife that stretches until dawn. Over 10 million people visit the city each year, and the minute you step out to explore, you’ll understand

Cape Verde’s Soccer Roots Begin on the Beach

This story is part of a series celebrating soccer cultures around the world—and the communities shaped by them. Read more 2026 World Cup coverage here. In the late afternoon, when the air cools and work ends, Leonardo Lopez and his friends gather at Santa Maria beach in Cape Verde to play soccer. They pick out

5-Day Madrid Itinerary: Art, Food, and Local Life

Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an energetic nightlife that stretches until dawn. Over 10 million people visit the city each year, and the minute you step out to explore, you’ll understand

Montevideo: The Underrated Birthplace of World Cup Football

A guide to understanding—and experiencing—football culture in Uruguay, the original World Cup underdog. Getty This story is the first in a series celebrating soccer cultures around the world—and the communities shaped by them. Read more 2026 World Cup coverage here. On July 18, 1930, a 38-year-old public-works director named Juan Antonio Scasso stood inside the

Madrid in Five Days: Culture, Food, and Local Life

Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an energetic nightlife that stretches until dawn. Over 10 million people visit the city each year, and the minute you step out to explore, you’ll understand

Riding the UAE’s First Passenger Train on Etihad Rail

The road into Fujairah has a way of slowing the eye. Past the city’s low-rise streets, stretches of farmland and the occasional view of mountains beyond the buildings, the UAE feels less hurried here, shaped as much by coast and cultivated land as by historic infrastructure. It's this softer rhythm that makes the first sight

Madrid in Five Days: Culture, Food, and Local Life

Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an energetic nightlife that stretches until dawn. Over 10 million people visit the city each year, and the minute you step out to explore, you’ll understand

15 Budget-Friendly Honeymoon Destinations for Romantic Escapes

It's a tall order to improve on the work of Jane Austen, but Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Pride and Prejudice came pretty close in a scene where Charlotte defends her dubious choice to marry Mr. Collins against her judgmental friend Lizzy Bennett with an, “Oh hush! Not all of us can afford to be

Five-Day Madrid Itinerary: Art, Food, and Local Life

Home to some 3.5 million people, Madrid is the capital of Spain and the country’s largest city. Though it’s somewhat sprawling, the city boasts stunning architecture, incredible food, and an energetic nightlife that stretches until dawn. Over 10 million people visit the city each year, and the minute you step out to explore, you’ll understand
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