Travel

How do you take the measure of a New York City more physically transformed than at any time since the 1920s? The new glass “downtowns” that have exploded in the last decade and a half in Long Island City and over in Jersey City. Hudson Yards’ crystalline shafts to the far west. Residential towers marching […]

While there are plenty of private observatories at rooftop bars across the boroughs, Manhattan offers three public decks with distinct views and experiences: Top of the Rock, One World Observatory and, of course, the Empire State Building’s observation deck. The Edge, a wedge-shaped deck cantilevered from a Hudson Yards skyscraper, will soon join them. (One

As the setting sun left a yellow tinge on dirt-colored cactuses as far as the eye could see, park ranger Anna Roberts gave us a lesson on what we were about to hunt. “Scorpions know they will not kill us because we are much larger,” said Roberts, explaining that the animals‘ first instinct would be

ESSAOUIRA, Morocco — This Moroccan town offers a tempting formula to visitors: Buy a low-priced guesthouse in the old quarter, settle into an exotic paradise of souks and spice markets and then watch the tourists and money roll in like the hazy waves of the nearby Atlantic. The real estate offices in Essaouira’s walled old

The first structure — named the Pink House, after the color of its stucco interior, chosen to complement the matte green underside of an olive leaf — is built from stacked stone and incorporates several large rock outcroppings on the hillside. “We did not want to move anything,” Aistrup says. “You want to let the

Any conversation about travel to New Mexico seems to start with Santa Fe, the tourist-magnet about 60 miles up the road from Albuquerque, the state’s largest city. But Duke City (so called for its namesake, the Duke of Alburquerque, the early 18th-century Viceroy of New Spain) has been emerging from its neighbor’s shadow ever since

You may want to think twice before ordering coffee or tea on an airplane ― or even washing your hands with the lavatory water. A new study from Hunter College’s New York City Food Policy Center and the not-for-profit organization Diet Detective raises concerns about airline water quality. The 2019 Airline Water Study ranks 11

HuffPost may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. HuffPost x StackCommerceThe Babbel app can help you get familiar with a new language.  While we’re trying to figure out how to make packing easier and building up a stable of travel accessories, we might forget about another element of travel prep:

“Autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower,” wrote the French philosopher Albert Camus. In North America, most experts agree that the peak time of those “flowers” occurs around mid-October, depending on the latitude, altitude and proximity to the coast. David Angotti, co-founder of the SmokeyMountains foliage prediction map, said that the

SYDNEY, Sept 18 (Reuters) – A toy monkey accidentally left behind at Buckingham Palace by a five-year-old girl has returned home to Australia after enjoying royal treatment by palace staff and gaining a traveling companion ― a toy corgi. Harriet, one of six toy monkeys from Woodside Kindergartenin Adelaide, was taken on holiday to Europe