The Thermal Baths So Underrated You'll Side-Eye Anyone Still Queueing for the Blue Lagoon Birch-forest lagoons in north Iceland. A ¥1,500 onsen-hopping pass in Kyushu. Europe's largest swimmable thermal lake. A volcanic river in Costa Rica. Plus the day spas and hammams worth a trip, with zero repeats from last month's destination-spa list. Intro Our first spas list covered the heavy hitters: Rancho La Puerta, ...
The Trips That'll Make Your Group Chat Ask Where You've Been Sunrise balloons over fairy chimneys. Community-led jungle expeditions. Brand-new desert trains. These are the bookable trips Reddit and editors won't shut up about for 2026. Intro Bucket-list season never ends. It just gets pickier. In 2026 the good trips aren't only the mega-famous passport stamps (though those still slap if you book them right). ...
10 Places So Dark You'll Finally See the Milky Way (and Briefly Question Your Place in the Universe) Certified dark-sky reserves, observatory sleepovers and dome hotels where the night sky is the main event. Bring a jumper. Leave the phone torch off. Intro Confession: until I went to Tenerife for Starmus, the festival Brian May helped found to mix science, music and art, my relationship ...
The City Breaks So Underrated Your Group Chat Will Think You Made Them Up Roman theatres in Bulgaria. Gaudí's vermouth-soaked hometown. A Hudson Valley bank vault. A mechanical elephant in Nantes. These are the 48-hour trips that beat the obvious capitals, plus the exact stays that make them work. Intro The 2026 city break has a crowd problem, and travel editors have noticed. The Guardian's ...
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