Everything Our Editors Are Doing, Wearing, and Loving This March

As travel editors, we get to cover a lot of ground—and we don’t just mean miles, but all the proximate joys that come along with life on the road, from the restaurants we’re dining at to the books we’re reading on the plane. This March, the editors at Condé Nast Traveler are trying a bit

The Venice Hotel Openings We’re Excited About for 2026 Travels

With five eagerly awaited hotel grand openings and redesigns coming later this year, all paths and gondolas are leading to Venice. These storied, palatial properties are living testaments to La Serenìssima, and bedding down at one is the best way to experience this living museum of a city— founded over 1,600 years ago—long after the

How to Sleep on a Plane—Even If You’re in the Middle Seat

Mid-flight exhaustion is a special kind of torture—the unintentional head nods, the restless legs, the feeling of dread that almost makes you want to ask the flight attendant, “Are we there yet?” Whether you’re halfway through a long-haul flight or on the last leg of a journey with multiple connections, running on no sleep, Biscoff

We Tried the 5 Best New Bars in New York City

Keeping track of the best new bars in New York City no easy task. New openings pop up all the time—so how to sort through the buzz? For the past few years, we've been rounding up the best new restaurants in New York City as they open, with the sentiment being that anyone visiting the

Where Was Sinners Filmed? Hannah Beachler on Louisiana

Sinners is defined by moody, intense Southern Gothic visuals that linger long after the credits roll. The film, which broke records to become the most nominated film ever at the Oscars, director Ryan Coogler’s supernatural horror is set in the Mississippi Delta, 1932. It tells the tale of twin brothers Smoke and Stack (Michael B.

Death Valley Blooms for the First Time in a Decade

Death Valley, California—the hottest and driest place in North America—is rarely a place you associate with flowers. Its vast salt flats, jagged canyons, and sweeping sand dunes seem merely designed to test human endurance. Yet this spring, after an unusually rainy 2025, the desert is showing a side of itself few expect: colorful, vibrant, and

Don’t Visit Ko Lipe

After 19 years, I finally went back to Ko Lipe, the Thai island I spent close to a month on in 2006. Back then, it was one of those super off-the-beaten-path destinations that few but the most intrepid travelers visited, where electricity only ran a few hours a day, basic bungalows right on the beach
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