Noe Valley
A family-friendly, sunny, upscale neighborhood ideal for Families, dog owners, professionals.
Beach Travel
Beach travel guides covering the world’s best coastlines — from Caribbean white sand to Greek volcanic black sand — with hotel picks, swim safety notes, and seasonal advice from the ViaTravelers team.
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Intra Muros Saint Malo
Saint-Malo’s walled old town in Brittany — a granite corsair city ringed by 2 km of medieval ramparts, rebuilt after WWII, with cobbled lanes of shops and seafood restaurants.
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La Ponche Saint Tropez
Saint-Tropez’s historic fishing quarter northeast of the old port — narrow cobblestone lanes and honey-colored houses that drew Brigitte Bardot and the artists who made the town famous.
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Downtown San Antonio
The heart of San Antonio — the UNESCO-listed Alamo and the restaurant-lined River Walk winding below street level along the San Antonio River.
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Centro Histórico San Cristóbal de las Casas
The colonial heart of San Cristóbal de las Casas, a Chiapas highland Pueblo Mágico — cobblestone streets, the Baroque Santo Domingo church, and Tsotsil-Tseltal craft markets.
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Gaslamp Quarter San Diego
San Diego’s 16-block Victorian historic district — gas-lamp-lined streets of restored 19th-century buildings now packed with restaurants, rooftop bars, and nightlife.
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Ostiense
A post-industrial, street art, gritty neighborhood ideal for street art fans, foodies, students.
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Playa Del Carmen Riviera Maya
The heart of Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya — the pedestrian Quinta Avenida promenade of shops and restaurants running parallel to a wide white-sand Caribbean beach.
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Downtown Reykjavik
The compact heart of Iceland’s capital — the shopping and nightlife of Laugavegur, the basalt-inspired Hallgrímskirkja church, and whale-watching boats at the Old Harbour.
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Old Town Rhodes
Europe’s oldest inhabited medieval city — a UNESCO-listed maze inside the Knights of St. John’s 14th-century walls, with the Palace of the Grand Master and the Street of the Knights.
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Manuel Antonio Quepos
Costa Rica’s most popular national park near Quepos — white-sand beaches backed by rainforest, home to sloths and the endangered Central American squirrel monkey.
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Ravello Center Ravello
A clifftop Amalfi Coast town known as the ‘city of music’ — the gardens of 13th-century Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone’s Terrace of Infinity, home to the summer Ravello Festival.
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Zona Romantica Puerto Vallarta
Puerto Vallarta’s Old Town south of the Río Cuale — cobblestone streets, Los Muertos Beach and its sailboat pier, and the heart of the city’s dining, nightlife, and LGBTQ+ scene.
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Old Town (Bari Vecchia)
Bari’s labyrinthine old town in Puglia — stone alleys where nonne hand-roll orecchiette on the street, anchored by the Romanesque Basilica di San Nicola and its saint’s relics.
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Bavaro Punta Cana
The resort strip of Punta Cana on the Dominican Republic’s east coast — a long white-sand, palm-backed Caribbean beach lined with all-inclusive resorts and adventure parks.
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Queenstown CBD
The lakefront heart of New Zealand’s adventure capital — a walkable core on Lake Wakatipu beneath the Remarkables, with the Skyline Gondola, bungy, and Gibbston Valley wine nearby.
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Downtown Quepos
The working-town gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park — a Costa Rican Pacific port with the Marina Pez Vela, a seafront Malecón, fresh seafood, and budget-friendly Tico eats.
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Portofino Harbor
The half-moon bay at the heart of Italy’s most exclusive village — pastel houses and luxury yachts on the Ligurian Riviera, with the Piazzetta, San Giorgio church, and Castello Brown above.
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Spiaggia Grande Positano
Positano’s main beach — a lively stretch of grey sand and pebbles framed by the town’s cliffside pastel houses, lined with beach clubs and the port for Amalfi Coast ferries.
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Mal Strana Prague
Prague’s Baroque Lesser Town below the Castle — orange-roofed palaces, the domed St. Nicholas Church, hidden gardens, and the John Lennon Wall just off Charles Bridge.
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Centro Playa Del Carmen
The walkable downtown heart of Playa del Carmen — built around the pedestrian Quinta Avenida, steps from the beach and the ferry to Cozumel, dense with hotels, dining, and nightlife.
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George Town Historic Center
A unesco, heritage, street-art neighborhood ideal for foodies, history buffs, street art lovers.