The right Puerto Rico resort depends on one decision more than any other: do you want to be near San Juan’s restaurants and history, or tucked away on a quiet stretch of coast? Get that right and almost any resort on this list will make you happy. My short answer: Dorado Beach for a milestone…
Yes, the Mediterranean in winter is worth it if you’re going for the cities, the food and the history rather than the beach. From January to March you trade swimming weather for jacket weather, and in return you get shorter lines, calmer streets, and hotels that aren’t running at full tilt. The first time I…
The short answer is no. If you’re a US citizen, you do not need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico. You can fly there on a domestic ticket, pass through security with a driver’s license or state ID, and land without going through customs or border control. For most Americans, it feels indistinguishable from…
There are so many amazing things to do in Old San Juan, but I want to tell you about the cats first. Old San Juan has cats everywhere—lounging on the blue cobblestones, draped across the walls of the old city fortifications, slow blinking at tourists from the shade of a bougainvillea. Nobody seems entirely sure…
If you’re trying to figure out the best hotels in St Andrews, Scotland, this guide covers all of it: splurge-worthy stays on the Old Course, boutique hotels in the town center, and apartment or house rentals for groups, based on four years of actually living there as a student. I’ll walk through what each one…
I was standing at a miraduoro in Lisbon, looking out at genuinely one of the most stunning cityscapes I’ve ever seen in my life, when I noticed the couple next to me wasn’t looking at the view at all. They were looking at their phones, trying to figure out if they could still make the…
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