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    • Saint Lucia

      Saint Lucia

      The Pitons look best from the water at dusk — but the real Saint Lucia is a bowl of pepperpot stew in a fishing village.

    • Shanghai

      Shanghai

      The Bund looks better from Pudong at night — but the real Shanghai is the French Concession’s plane-tree alleys at noon.

    • Japan

      Japan

      Tokyo and Kyoto pull in opposite directions — neon and noise vs. stone gardens and silence. You need both, and two weeks still feels short.

    • Salt Lake City

      Salt Lake City

      Salt Lake City sits at 4,300 feet with the Wasatch Range as its backyard — the Temple Square crowd is just a fraction of what this city offers.

    • San Diego

      San Diego

      San Diego’s best move is skipping the obvious and eating your way through Barrio Logan on a Tuesday afternoon.

    • Savannah

      Savannah

      Savannah’s 22 squares aren’t decorative — they’re the city’s living rooms. Sit in one long enough and the whole place makes sense.

    • San Antonio

      San Antonio

      The River Walk gets crowded by noon — walk it at 7am instead. The missions south of the Alamo are quieter and frankly more impressive.

    • Portugal

      Portugal

      Porto’s azulejo tiles and the Algarve’s cliffs are just the start — Portugal rewards the traveler who lingers past the obvious.

    • Nice

      Nice

      Cours Saleya’s morning markets smell like the best version of France. By afternoon, the same square is full of rosé and locals.

    • Flagstaff

      Flagstaff

      Flagstaff sits at 7,000 feet, which means cooler summers than Phoenix and real snow in winter — a completely different Arizona than most people picture.

    • Santiago

      Santiago

      Santiago sits at 520m with the Andes as a permanent backdrop. The Lastarria neighborhood alone earns the flight from anywhere.

    • Burgundy

      Burgundy

      Burgundy’s wine route costs nothing to drive and the villages along it — Pommard, Meursault, Gevrey — are reason enough to slow down.