On the east coast of North Island, Napier is considered the "Art Deco capital" of New Zealand and the gateway to the Hawke's Bay wine region, whose popular varietals include pinot gris and syrah.
Set in a wide alpine valley beneath the north face of the Eiger, Grindelwald has long been a place where mountain life and mountaineering history intersect. The village grew from a farming settlement into one of Switzerland’s earliest alpine tourism hubs in the 19th century, when climbers, writers, and scientists arrived to study—and attempt—the surrounding peaks.
Near but far from the glaring strips and crowds of Disney, lies another magical place in the Sunshine State. Often called "The Other Florida", with its deep-rooted history, rolling hills and Southern-style hospitality, Leon County is a different kind of Florida waiting to be explored.
Alentejo is a large region in southern Portugal known for its wide plains, cork oak forests, whitewashed towns, and slower rural pace. Stretching from the Tagus River to the Algarve and from the Atlantic coast to the Spanish border, it covers much of the country’s interior farmland and wine-producing territory.