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TJA tree-lined capital nestled between mountain ranges that serves as the gateway to the legendary Pamir Highway, where the National Museum showcases Silk Road treasures, the green bazaar overflows with pomegranates and walnuts, and the world's second-tallest flagpole once towered over Rudaki Park.
IndiaA UNESCO World Heritage complex of 25 medieval Hindu and Jain temples covered in extraordinarily intricate erotic and divine sculptures — the pinnacle of Chandela dynasty art, set against the wild backdrop of Panna National Park's tiger-roaming forests.
Utah's first national park — a cathedral of sculpted sandstone where the Virgin River carved 2,000-foot vermilion cliffs into a labyrinth of slot canyons, hanging gardens, and vertigo-inducing spines like Angels Landing that draw hikers from every corner of the planet.
StoriesDay 1: arrived at the source of the world's longest river. Day 3: survived Class V rapids called The Bad Place. Day 5: didn't want to leave.
StoriesDay-by-day journal from Oman's capital — including the canyon swim that terrified me and the OMR 3 biryani that redeemed everything.
StoriesA solo traveler's day-by-day journal from the Mediterranean's most energetic city — ancient Jaffa, the world's best falafel, and why everything here starts at midnight.
Travel GuidesEverything for a Cotswolds trip — best time to go, getting there from London by train, which village to base in, Blenheim to Bibury, pub lunches, budgets, and why a car changes the whole trip.
Travel GuidesCheaper than Lisbon, more authentic than Barcelona, with better wine than anywhere — here's why Porto should be at the top of your list.
StoriesTala has run a beachside pension in Samoa for 15 years. She has opinions about tourist behavior, the best ocean trench swim, and why sleeping in an open-air fale with no walls is the whole point.
