The most dazzling ancient sites in Greece

On a warm September day in Nice, France, I grab a table at a restaurant terrace overlooking the Mediterranean and size up the vessel I'm about to board: Atlas Ocean Voyages' World Traveller. Although you wouldn't know to look at it, the navy blue hull is built to cut through ice. As the ship glimmers under the southern French sun, I find it hard to imagine that in less than two months it will be back in Antarctic waters, having swapped the calm, summer waters of the Mediterranean for a harsh polar climate.

So seductive is the beauty of quaint Savannah, Georgia, that General Sherman famously spared it from destruction at the end of his infamous march. Travelers have long adored the town for the mossy live oaks that arch over brick-lined streets, the comforting cuisine, the mix of gingerbread Victorians and stately Greek Revivals. But most visitors probably wouldn't have called it hip, at least until lately. A flourishing creative community—much of it connected to the renowned Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)—has ushered in a new current of cool marked by adventurous chefs melding global flavors with Low Country ingredients, chic hotels with swoon-worthy interiors, and art-filled neighborhoods that offer an alternative to the usual tourist destinations. Few places offer a more satisfying balance of the storied past and the thrilling future.

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.

Disney Cruise Line's lineup of family-friendly cruises is already packed with exciting itineraries across the globe, but it's about to get even more exciting in 2026. On Thursday, Disney revealed its summer 2026 sailings, including the introduction of a second ship to one of TPG's favorite Disney cruise destinations.

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands.

Travel in Europe is getting more complicated to navigate for tourists. Some cities now charge a daily tourist tax that you have to pay on arrival. 

The popular Greek isle of Santorini and several neighboring islands have been preparing for an earthquake after experiencing four days of tremors, adding flights off the island, closing schools and deploying disaster response units as precautionary measures. 

"New Orleans is a city of mood,” chef Serigne Mbaye tells me one Wednesday morning in September. We've been discussing the merits of Parkway's po'boys and the old-school kitchen at Commander's Palace. While growing up in Senegal and New York City, Mbaye cooked with his mother, and his Uptown restaurant, Dakar NOLA, braids his memories of this time with his haute restaurant experiences and the deep-rooted African heritage of New Orleans.

A spike in seismic activity has raised concerns of a potentially powerful earthquake on the Greek island of Santorini, prompting some residents and travelers to evacuate as a preemptive safety measure.

Schools were closed and emergency crews deployed on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Monday after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake.

I'm sitting on the 360-degree promenade deck aboard a Viking river cruise, with a glass of wine and a paperback, taking in the silver maples in the high afternoon sun on a bright August day. The water, blue-green and more beautiful than I had expected, hums with steamboats and pontoons. Staff members flit about, delivering cocktails and greeting guests like old friends. With its plentiful blond woods, the stylish ship has the kind of opulence you'd expect on the world's great waterways, from the Nile to the Seine. But I'm on board the 386-passenger Viking Mississippi, custom-built to traverse America's most famous river. Interest in sailing along it has been on the rise since the pandemic, but Viking is the first major luxury liner to offer a trip.

Late last week, Nice, France, became the latest cruise destination to place restrictions on ships, with the goal of limiting the size of vessels that visit the picturesque resort city along the Cote d'Azur.