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Day-by-Day Plans
Blog-length, day-by-day trip write-ups. 232 dispatches and counting.
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Day-by-Day PlansThe 5-Day Oaxaca Itinerary That Goes Way Past the Mezcal
Everyone comes to Oaxaca for the mezcal. They stay for the mole negro, the zapotec ruins, the handwoven textiles, and the fact that every single meal is better than the last one.
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Day-by-Day PlansFour Days in Budapest That Cost Less Than Your Average Dinner Out
Budapest is the rare European capital where you can have a thermal bath, a castle tour, a riverboat dinner, and four nights in a hotel and still spend less than a Paris lunch. Here's the four-day proof.
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Day-by-Day PlansThe 4-Day Edinburgh Itinerary That Includes a Castle and a Hangover Breakfast
Edinburgh has a castle on a volcano, a pub on every corner, a literary ghost on every street, and one of the best full breakfasts in Britain as a coping mechanism for all of the above.
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Day-by-Day PlansFour Days in San Sebastián: Pintxos First, Everything Else Second
San Sebastián has more Michelin stars per capita than anywhere in the world, a perfect crescent bay, and the best bar snacks on earth. Four days is just enough to do justice to all three.
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Day-by-Day PlansThe 4-Day Taipei Itinerary: Night Markets, Temples, and Night Markets Again
Taipei has world-class food at street-cart prices, a futuristic metro that runs on time, temples crammed between skyscrapers, and night markets that operate as a full sensory experience. Four days goes fast.
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Day-by-Day PlansFour Days in Tbilisi: Wine, Khinkali, and a Surprising Number of Churches
Tbilisi is one of those cities that sneaks up on you — you arrived for a weekend, you've booked a return flight, and somewhere along the way you ate your weight in khinkali and learned the correct way to hold a wine horn.
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Day-by-Day PlansSeven Days in Colombia: Cartagena, Medellín, Coffee Country, Full Chaos
Colombia in seven days means making impossible choices, moving fast, and eating every meal like it might be your last. The chaos is part of the joy. Here's the version that doesn't waste a single hour.
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Day-by-Day PlansSeven Days in Peru: Lima to Machu Picchu Without a Tour Group
Peru in seven days, done independently: ceviche in Lima's Miraflores, altitude training in Cusco, and one sunrise at Machu Picchu that will become the story you tell at every dinner party forever.
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Day-by-Day PlansThree Days in Bologna: The City Where Carbs Are a Love Language
Bologna is the city that looks you dead in the eye, hands you a bowl of handmade tagliatelle al ragù, and dares you to argue that anywhere else does it better. Spoiler: you cannot argue.
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Day-by-Day PlansThree Days in Ljubljana: Europe's Best City You've Never Bothered With
Ljubljana is a perfectly sized, embarrassingly charming capital that most people skip between Vienna and Zagreb. Here's why that's the wrong call and how to fix it in three days.
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Day-by-Day PlansThe 3-Day Salzburg Itinerary (Mozart Not Included, But Hills Are)
Salzburg is more than Mozart's birthplace and the hills that are alive with the sound of music. It's a Baroque city with an enormous fortress, some of the best pastry in the world, and mountains close enough to reach before lunch.
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Day-by-Day PlansThree Days in Tallinn: Medieval, Weird, Extremely Underrated
Tallinn's medieval Old Town is one of the best-preserved in Europe, it costs almost nothing, and the design and tech culture lurking behind the cobblestones is one of the more surprising discoveries in the Baltics.
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Day-by-Day PlansHow to Survive (and Love) Three Days in Marrakech's Medina
Marrakech will overwhelm your senses in the first hour, disorient you in the second, and completely win you over by the third. Here's how to navigate three days without losing your mind or your wallet.
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Day-by-Day PlansThe 3-Day Seville Itinerary: Tapas, Flamenco, and Sunstroke (Optional)
Seville in July will genuinely try to cook you, but it also has the Alcázar, the most dramatic cathedral in Spain, and tapas so good you'll eat five courses while thinking you're just having a snack.
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Day-by-Day PlansTwo Days in Ljubljana: Yes, Really, Go — We'll Explain Why
Ljubljana is the capital city that nobody puts on their list, which is exactly why it's the best capital city on the continent right now. Car-free, absurdly pretty, and cheaper than anywhere you've been in Western Europe.
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Day-by-Day PlansTwo Days in Porto: Wine, Tiles, and the Bridge You'll Photograph 40 Times
Porto is a small, steep city made of azulejo tiles, port wine, and the kind of views that make you question every other city you've ever visited. Two days is enough to be obsessed.