Jennifer Luna

Austria does not do “nice views.” Austria does have views that make you forget your own name. These are not towns you pass through. They are towns that change how you think about what a place can feel like. Cobblestone streets, glacier peaks, thermal baths, and apple strudel so good it should be illegal. Austria … Read more15 Best Mountain Towns in Austria

If Switzerland were any more scenic, the rest of the world would file a formal complaint. The Alps cover more than 60 percent of the country. That means Switzerland is essentially a theme park where the rides are cable cars and the gift shop sells world-class cheese. Not all mountain towns are created equal. The … Read more15 Best Mountain Towns in Switzerland

A waterfall taller than Niagara Falls sits on a college campus in Georgia, and you can walk to it for free. That should tell you everything about how underrated this part of the country is. North Georgia’s mountain towns have gold rush history, Bavarian architecture, ancient mystery walls, and more apple orchards than you can … Read more15 Best Mountain Towns in Georgia

There is a well-known theory that happiness lives somewhere above 7,000 feet, next to a river, within walking distance of a good pie shop. Colorado has been quietly proving this theory correct for over 150 years. The state has more mountain towns per square mile than excuses to stay home. Some were built on gold. … Read more15 Best Mountain Towns in Colorado

North Carolina’s mountain towns whisper sweet nothings to your altitude-deprived soul. Ever notice how flatlanders chase hills like cats after laser pointers? These 15 spots prove gravity is optional when views are vertical. Who knew visitors could score style points without leaving the porch? Forget oxygen bars. Real peaks pack punchier air and wittier locals. … Read more15 Best Mountain Towns in North Carolina

Nobody puts “had a rough time outside the Colosseum” on their travel blog. But it happens every single day. Europe gets about 700 million tourists a year. A good chunk of them leave with a story they did not plan for. Some cities on this list are world-famous for the right reasons. They also happen … Read more11 European Cities That Don’t Quite Match the Postcards

Not every corner of the world got hit equally by rising prices. Some places stayed affordable. Some got even cheaper. Back home, $2,000 a month is a negotiation with your grocery store. Abroad, it is a lifestyle. Not a roughing-it, counting-every-cent lifestyle either. We mean dinners out, a comfortable home, dependable local services, and enough … Read more11 Unusually Cheap Countries Where a Modest Budget Feels Like Plenty

Smart people fall for tourist traps all the time. In fact, smart people might fall for them more often because they talk themselves into it. “We came all this way. We might as well see it.” That one sentence has cost Canadian tourists millions of dollars. Toronto is genuinely one of the most exciting cities … Read more7 Toronto Tourist Spots Visitors Tend to Skip After One Trip

Most people think Canada is just America, but colder and more polite. Those people have clearly never stood on a Newfoundland island where locals still speak in 17th-century dialects. Or watched beluga whales from a beach in Quebec. Or ordered a cocktail in the Yukon with a human toe floating in it. Canada has been … Read more11 Unusual Canadian Towns That Feel Nothing Like America

Somewhere between the glossy travel brochure and the actual hotel room, a great vacation can quietly turn into a very expensive lesson in managing expectations. Travelers who have worked hard for their money deserve to know which islands actually deliver. They have also, statistically, taken enough bad vacations to know better. And yet the same … Read more11 Caribbean Islands Travelers Keep Skipping After One Visit