The first time I stayed at Surf and Sand, a historic oceanfront hotel in Laguna Beach, I had my barbarian horde in tow — that is, my three kids and affable husband. We’d been in Southern California for more than a week while our oldest boy went to basebal... See more
Worth Traveling For If the Great Gatsby had been set in Florida, the characters would be sipping tall, cool drinks, carrying croquet mallets, and gliding about the ample, palm-sprinkled lawns of The Boca Raton. They might spend leisure hours before a canv... See more
Worth Traveling For When the French Ministry of Tourism declared Palace distinction as the top-tier level for five-star hotels in 2010, Le Meurice was the first to garner the honor. Today, there are only 31 total palaces across France, with just 12 in Par... See more
Worth Traveling For Coup de foudre, love at first sight the French way, happens the moment you first glimpse Hôtel Plaza Athénée for the first time. A heart-quickening presence sure to bring on a swoon, the tony hotel radiates allurement from its key posi... See more
“Trust the mule,” says the guide, as I clop perilously close to the Grand Canyon’s razor-sharp edge between safety and certain death. I’ve been riding horses all my life, and this mule (not exactly a horse, of course, but a hybrid), knows the Grand Canyon... See more
