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Vermont travel writer Jen Rose Smith covers adventure, remote places, and traditional cuisine from a home base in the Green Mountains. Her articles have appeared in National Geographic Adventure, American Way, Nexos, Condé Nast Traveler, Backpacker, AFAR, Rolling Stone, USA Today, and Outside Online. Jen is also the author of six travel guidebooks to Vermont and New England, including the award-winning New England Road Trips.

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Against a backdrop of soaring small boat sales, a solo kayak trip in Vermont

Against a backdrop of soaring small boat sales, a solo kayak trip in Vermont

A camping trip by kayak was a quest for solitude in the waning summer.

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Mass tourism has troubled Mallorca for decades. Can it change?

Mass tourism has troubled Mallorca for decades. Can it change?

Long before overtourism became a pressing concern from Barcelona to Venice, the Balearic Islands were a bywor…

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Cyprus Is an Island Divided: Here's How One Woman Is Using Food to Help Heal the Island's Fractur...

Cyprus Is an Island Divided: Here's How One Woman Is Using Food to Help Heal the Island's Fractur...

"Food brings people together," says Psarias. "We feel happy, and that helps us to be more open to new ideas."

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Sinai Trail: Bedouin bet on Egypt's first long-distance hike

Sinai Trail: Bedouin bet on Egypt's first long-distance hike

The Sinai Trail crosses the territories of three Bedouin tribes -- the Tarabin, the Muzeina and the Jebeleya …

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Behind the mind-boggling human carpentry of Catalonia's castellers

Behind the mind-boggling human carpentry of Catalonia's castellers

Equal parts flesh and architecture, the castellers' craft is a kind of human carpentry, in which lean-limbed …

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Sleeping Alone in the Woods While Female

Sleeping Alone in the Woods While Female

I’ve hiked and camped alone for 15 years, and my love of solitude balances out the stress of waiting for the …

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As American national parks feel the strain, take the path less traveled

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| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Verified
A river of cars greeted Marti Pawlikowski, of Lancaster, Pa., when she arrived at Zion National Park in Utah this spring. “It took us 45 minutes to get through,” she said, adding that the delays didn’t stop once she entered the park as part of a Road Scholar tour. “Waiting in line for the shuttle in Zion reminded me of long lines in Disney World.” Last year, 26 national park sites saw record-breaking visitation. Now, many are in the thick of what looks like yet another blockbuster season.
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Sustainable Travel Trends to Watch, According to Virtuoso Advisors

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| Virtuoso Life Verified
Craftcations, destination farms, and tiny safaris are here to stay. Sleeping alfresco in a pop-up safari camp where elephants migrate. Taking a city break to tour First Nations art galleries and exhibits. Dining at an estate where garden, field, and forest dictate dinner menus. The best travel moments have a just-so quality: only in this landscape, or with these extraordinary hosts.
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A Trip on a Lobster Boat Is One of the Best Ways to See Maine’s Coast

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| The Wall Street Journal Verified
By Jen Rose Smith | Photography by Daniel Alexander Orr for WSJ On a spring morning, just off the coast of Portland, Maine, a Holland America cruise ship slid by, looming over the Lucky Catch, a 37-foot-long lobster boat. On the small vessel’s deck, a pair of traps containing skittering crustaceans had just been heaved aboard from 25 feet below the water. Passengers in orange aprons and work gloves crowded around.
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