Geirangerfjord Geiranger
A UNESCO World Heritage fjord in western Norway, framed by sheer cliffs and the 410-metre Seven Sisters waterfall, with the small village of Geiranger at its head.
Adventure Travel
Adventure travel guides for active explorers — trekking routes, dive sites, climbing destinations, and bucket-list expeditions, ranked and reviewed by the ViaTravelers team after first-hand visits.
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The Gulch
A urban renewal, instagram famous, upscale dining neighborhood ideal for Young professionals, Instagram crowd, Foodies.
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Baie des Citrons
A sheltered, family-friendly beach cove minutes from central Noumea, New Caledonia, with calm swimming water and a lively waterfront strip of bars, restaurants and ice-cream terraces.
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Bywater
A bohemian quarter, local dive bars, colorful houses neighborhood ideal for Artists, Locals, Alternative crowd.
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Glockenbachviertel
A trendy quarter in Munich’s Isarvorstadt south of the Old Town, known for its lively nightlife, alternative culture and as a hub of the city’s LGBTQ+ scene around Gartnerplatz.
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Schwabing
Munich’s former bohemian quarter north of the centre, once home to artists and writers such as Thomas Mann and Kandinsky, lined with bars and cafes along Leopoldstrasse beside the Englischer Garten.
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Muttrah Muscat
Muscat’s historic waterfront quarter in Oman, where a three-kilometre corniche links the labyrinthine Muttrah Souq, a working harbour and fish market, and the Portuguese-era hilltop Muttrah Fort.
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East Nashville Nashville
A creative, walkable Nashville neighborhood east of the Cumberland River, centered on Five Points, with Victorian homes, chef-driven restaurants, dive bars and live-music rooms away from the Broadway honky-tonks.
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Plateau Mont Royal Montreal
A bohemian, walkable Montreal neighborhood known for colorful triplexes with exterior spiral staircases, street murals along Saint-Laurent, and a dense scene of cafes, bakeries and restaurants.
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Maharepa Moorea
The main tourist village on Moorea’s north coast in French Polynesia, beside Cook’s Bay, with shops, black-pearl boutiques and lagoon-front restaurants near the island’s big resorts.
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Cochem
A half-timbered wine town in Germany’s Mosel Valley, set on a narrow strip between the river and steep Riesling vineyards beneath the hilltop neo-Gothic Reichsburg castle.
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Old Town Mostar
A UNESCO-listed Ottoman old town in Bosnia spanning the Neretva gorge, centered on the rebuilt 16th-century Stari Most bridge and the Kujundziluk coppersmiths’ bazaar.
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Altstadt Lehel Munich
Munich’s oldest suburb, set between the Isar and the Englischer Garten, an upscale residential quarter of stucco-fronted apartment houses and major museums including the Bavarian National Museum.
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North Loop Minneapolis
A warehouse chic, restaurant row, urban lofts neighborhood ideal for Young professionals, Foodies, Loft dwellers.
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Historic Center of Montalcino
A fortified hilltop town in Tuscany’s Val d’Orcia, home of Brunello di Montalcino wine, crowned by a pentagonal 14th-century fortress above Piazza del Popolo.
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Wynwood Miami
A street art mecca, creative district, urban gallery neighborhood ideal for Art lovers, Instagrammers, Young professionals.
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Centro Storico Mantua
The lake-ringed Renaissance heart of Mantua in Lombardy, a UNESCO site built around Piazza Sordello and the vast Gonzaga Palazzo Ducale with Mantegna’s frescoed Bridal Chamber.
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Le Panier Marseille
Marseille’s oldest quarter, founded as ancient Massalia, a hillside maze of narrow stepped lanes above the Vieux-Port and home to the Baroque Vieille Charite.
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Lahaina Maui
Maui’s historic west-coast town, a former whaling port and royal capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom, whose Front Street and plantation-era landmarks were destroyed in the August 2023 wildfire and are being rebuilt.
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Fitzroy
Melbourne’s oldest and most bohemian inner suburb, where Brunswick Street threads Victorian terraces, street-art murals, galleries, vintage shops, cafes and live-music bars.
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Centar Makarska
The heart of Makarska on Croatia’s Adriatic coast, set between Mount Biokovo and the sea, with a palm-lined Riva promenade and the 1776 St. Mark’s Church on Kačić Square.
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Centro Histórico Málaga
Málaga’s historic core on the Costa del Sol, home to the Moorish Alcazaba, the Renaissance cathedral known as La Manquita, Picasso’s birthplace and the marble shopping street Calle Larios.
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Vieux Lyon Lyon
Lyon’s Renaissance old town below Fourvière hill, a UNESCO World Heritage district known for its covered traboule passageways and the Gothic Saint-Jean Cathedral with its 14th-century astronomical clock.