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Susmita is a travel editor at Dotdash Meredith for Travel + Leisure.

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San Miguel de Allende Was Just Voted the No. 1 City in the World - Here's How to Plan a Visit

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Discover the best hotels, restaurants, and things to do with this San Miguel de Allende travel guide.

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Go Ahead, Try the Tourist-Trap Restaurant

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By Susmita Baral Verified
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Going to Thailand and eating nothing but cheeseburgers feels like a culinary faux pas. Traveling to Italy without eating pasta twice a day seems a minor personal tragedy. And if a restaurant worker abroad is yelling at me from the sidewalk while waving a giant English-language menu, I’m going to dissociate and keep walking. Suffice it to say, depending on where you fall on the spectrum from “I travel for food” to “food is merely sustenance,” I may be an annoying person to travel with.
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One of the World’s Most Innovative Seafood Chefs Opened a Glamorous Cape Town Restaurant With a 7-course Tasting Menu Original

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By Susmita Baral Verified
| Travel + Leisure Verified
In early 2026, Mount Nelson, A Belmond Hotel, Cape Town welcomed Amura by Ángel León, the celebrated Spanish chef’s first restaurant in Africa. León is known for pushing the boundaries of sustainable seafood, and at Amura, he focuses on the waters around Cape Town. “Amura is inspired by the meeting point between two great oceans and two coastal cultures.
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A Luxury Hotel Concierge Reveals the Florence Attractions Tourists Overlook—and Where Locals Really Go Instead Original

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As the capital of Tuscany and the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence has no shortage of world-famous landmarks. It’s also one of Italy’s most beloved destinations, earning a place in Travel + Leisure‘s World’s Best Awards Hall of Fame and claiming the No. 1 spot on the 2026 Best Cities in Europe list, as voted by readers. But beyond the iconic sights are the restaurants, neighborhoods, and hidden corners that only locals know. Few people know a city better than its hotel concierges.
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