Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe

Djamila Grossman for The New York Times; Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Lourdes Segade for The New York Times; Joao Pedro Marnoto for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: lobby at Plus Berlin; the Independente in Lisbon; Plus Berlin hallway;...

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Pursuits : A Bar Sprint in Cocktail-Crazed San Francisco

Heidi Schumann for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: a Daisy Italiano at Comstock Saloon; an Alligator Alley at Trick Dog; a Smuggler's Rum Barrel at Smuggler's Cove; a Polar Bear at Trick Dog; a pisco punch at Comstock Saloon; and a banana...

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Creativity Flows Along a Rugged River in Zurich

Tourists have long flocked to the big-name designer stores along Zurich's ritzy shopping street Bahnhofstrasse, situated on the left bank of the postcard-pretty Limmat River. But another river flows through the city — the rough and rugged Sihl, once...

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In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Detroit, Vienna, Las Vegas

Movement Electronic, Music Festival, Detroit The city that the journalist Charlie LeDuff recently noted has fallen on such hard times that its dead are being moved to more desirable locations still maintains its status as an incubator of electronic music....

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Haute Hostels Put to the Test in Europe

Djamila Grossman for The New York Times; Ed Alcock for The New York Times; Lourdes Segade for The New York Times; Joao Pedro Marnoto for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: lobby at Plus Berlin; the Independente in Lisbon; Plus Berlin hallway;...

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Pursuits : A Bar Sprint in Cocktail-Crazed San Francisco

Heidi Schumann for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: a Daisy Italiano at Comstock Saloon; an Alligator Alley at Trick Dog; a Smuggler's Rum Barrel at Smuggler's Cove; a Polar Bear at Trick Dog; a pisco punch at Comstock Saloon; and a banana...

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Creativity Flows Along a Rugged River in Zurich

Tourists have long flocked to the big-name designer stores along Zurich's ritzy shopping street Bahnhofstrasse, situated on the left bank of the postcard-pretty Limmat River. But another river flows through the city — the rough and rugged Sihl, once...

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In Transit Blog: Calendar: Coming Events in Detroit, Vienna, Las Vegas

Movement Electronic, Music Festival, Detroit The city that the journalist Charlie LeDuff recently noted has fallen on such hard times that its dead are being moved to more desirable locations still maintains its status as an incubator of electronic music....

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Update : In Mexico, Eco Concerns Where Sea Lions Romp

Joe Ray for The New York Times Looking back at Cabo Pulmo, Mexico, from the Sea of Cortez. Something big zoomed by in my peripheral vision. I whipped around for a better look, but whatever it was had disappeared into the permanent twilight of the...

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Heads Up : Giving Fast Food a Good Name in Washington, D.C.

Vanessa Vick for The New York Times Shopping at Almaala Farms at the Union Market in Washington. Washington's culinary scene has traditionally been known for its power restaurants: clubby spots, often run by celebrity chefs, where political movers-and-shakers...

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In Transit Blog: For Silicon Valley High Fliers

Mineta San Jose International Airport, Silicon Valley's launchpad in San Jose, Calif., received the city's approval this month to negotiate a lease with Signature Flight Support to build an elite corporate jet center. Five of the seven hangars in the...

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Frugal Traveler Blog: Taking the Paraguayan Route to Iguazú Falls

Visitors to Iguazú Falls, the 1.7-mile-long snaking series of waterfalls that is South America's chaotic response to buttoned-down Niagara, have three choices: one, the Brazilian side (where it's spelled Iguaçu), known for its panoramic views of the falls;...

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Hiking Through History, With Your Daughters

Jack Hitt Tarpley, left, and Yancey Hitt, during the walk they took to Santiago with their father, the author, in 2010. The best miracle happened outside the town of Portomarín. There'd been a number of them on this family trip — with my wife and...

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Q&A: Finding the Flavors of Charleston, S.C.

Before Ted Lee and his brother, Matt, became the ambassadors of Southern cooking known as the Lee Bros., they were just those Yankees who moved from New York to Charleston, S.C., as children. Their status as outsiders gave them "a sense of wonder as...

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The Getaway: How to See the New Pope in Rome

Maurizio Brambatti/European Pressphoto Agency Pope Francis at his first general audience last month in St. Peter's Square. So you're off to Rome and in addition to seeing the Colosseum, you want to see the new pope. But how? Your best bet is...

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In Transit Blog: Parks, Museums and Budget Cuts

The across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester may have vanished from public consciousness a couple of news cycles ago, but travelers visiting national parks and monuments and museums in Washington this summer will find sporadic reminders...

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Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts

Lalo de Almeida for The New York Times; Lianne Milton for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: Fans in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo; fans in Santos; on the beach in Rio; Museum of Football in São Paulo. More Photos...

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From Their Mouth to Your Ears

If you're the sort of traveler who avoids group walking tours because they're not to your liking or not in your budget, it doesn't mean you have to wander the ruins of Pompeii without hearing how the city perished, or visit London Bridge without being...

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In Transit Blog: Walkabout – 4/22: Smooth Flying as Sequestration Hits; Upgrading Eurostar

Walkabout A weekly capsule of travel news curated by our writers and editors. Sequestration So Far Despite the start of furloughs for air traffic controllers resulting from government spending cuts, most commercial airline flights took off...

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In Transit Blog: In San Antonio, Viva la Fiesta!

Globespotter: San Antonio A snapshot of destinations around the globe. Texans love to boast about the republic they enjoyed after divorcing Mexico, but no place celebrates the six flags over the state quite the way San Antonio does. The city...

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On Trails Less Traveled in Europe

Walking trips are the ultimate in slow travel, allowing tourists to take well-trod paths through Cinque Terre in Italy or around the Ring of Kerry in Ireland at their own pace. Strollers seeking more solitude who try Europe's less celebrated regions...

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T Magazine: Paris Takes a Crack at Lobster Rolls

This spring, another iconic American comfort food is taking Paris by storm. On the edge of Les Halles, the former screenwriter Mathieu Mercier's Lobster Bar has been packed ever since it opened on April 2, with stylish young Parisians who are showing...

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Brazil, Where the Beautiful Game Struts

Lalo de Almeida for The New York Times; Lianne Milton for The New York Times Clockwise from top left: Fans in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo; Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo; fans in Santos; on the beach in Rio; Museum of Football in São Paulo. More Photos...

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