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Kenya’s safari lodges have started offering travelers everything from spa treatments to quad biking excursions, but few allow their guests to run unaccompanied in such a wild environment. At one family-run lodge in Laikipia, Emma McClelland swaps a game drive for an unforgettable, adrenaline-packed morning — and hopes she can outrun obese hippos. LAIKIPIA, Kenya — Just outside the fenceline lay a dead giraffe, deflated as a popped balloon.

Skip the scene and head north of the highway, where artists, baymen, quiet beaches, and family traditions reveal the East End's enduring soul. SPRINGS, New York — My mom swears her first memory is looking down at her new red shoes on the front step of a weathered saltbox in Springs, New York. Her grandparents bought the modest house in the 1940s so their kids could escape the sticky summers in Queens.

Want an off-beat alternative to an Italian countryside vacation? Fathom contributor Erik Trinidad visits Kairos Farmhouse, an organic olive farm turned intimate agritourism retreat in Muğla, Türkiye. I sat atop a hill, surrounded by rows of grapevines, glass of wine in hand — of course. A slight briny breeze wafted in from the brackish waters of Lake Bafa some kilometers away. The Mediterranean sun prepared its daily descent below the horizon among a display of pink and orange hues.

As international brands arrive and development accelerates, Turks and Caicos is entering a new chapter. A journey from Providenciales to South Caicos and Pine Cay reveals where travelers can still find the quiet beaches, unhurried rhythms, and understated luxury that first made the islands unforgettable. I saw a terrible thing on Instagram recently.

On our subscriber newsletter Way to Go, we solve the mysteries our readers send in to the Travel Shrink. Got a vacation crisis you can't solve? Drop us a line. The doctor is in. In this session, we examine the best way to book a hotel. The internet made hotel booking easier than ever. It also concentrated enormous power in the hands of a few companies. Here's a look at who owns what, how the system works, and why booking direct often pays off.

A long-awaited opening from the family behind Le Sirenuse in Positano brings effortless glamour to Nerano — without disturbing the quiet magic that has made this corner of the Amalfi Coast beloved for generations. Regular readers of Fathom (and frankly anyone who talks to me about my travels) will know how much I love the Amalfi Coast and Nerano in particular.

Minneapolis has been in the news this year for all the wrong reasons. This rich, diverse city didn’t deserve to be in the crosshairs of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, nor its extremely violent tactics. But faced with this crisis, Minneapolitans and their leaders showed the world they are a model of civic unity, neighborly cooperation, and peaceful resistance. When political commentator Sally Kohn visited last fall, she discovered the culinary side of the city.

On a quick getaway across the pond, Sally Kohn finds the tartan, tahini, ribbons, garden, and hotel bar that make four days in London cozier than cozy. She traveled in the autumn but found delights that would please at any time. There’s a song about Paris in springtime which, of course, I wholeheartedly endorse, but I’d like to suggest that we need a song about London in the fall. I have two arguments for this. First, fall always feels busy.

Kelley McMillan Manley didn’t lose her adventurous travel spirit to motherhood. She brought it to Italy. All fall, a low-grade hum of guilt followed me. Every time I declined an opportunity to lean into motherhood — volunteering for the PTA, coaching lacrosse — a wave of anxiety surged through me. I began to wonder: What kind of mother am I? First, a bit of context. Domesticity is not my natural state.

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