Experiences

Mood-driven travel stories from around the globe

Mesmerizing

Smoke and Stone in Oaxaca

Oaxaca, Mexico

Six days in a city built on layers — mezcal distilled in earthen pits by fourth-generation maestros, mole negro that takes thirty ingredients and three days to make, Zapotec ruins surveying the valley at golden hour, and Day of the Dead marigold carpets where death is celebrated rather than feared.

6 days

Opulent

Royal Rajasthan by Night Train

Rajasthan, India

Two weeks riding night trains between desert fortresses and lake palaces, sleeping in three-hundred-year-old havelis, and discovering that Rajasthan is not a place that does anything by half measures.

14 days

Serene

Lost in Kyoto's Temple Gardens

Kyoto, Japan

A week spent walking ancient temple paths at dawn, drinking matcha in four-hundred-year-old teahouses, and discovering a Kyoto that only reveals itself to those willing to slow down.

7 days