Tom Bartel

The Wise debit card should be among your financial tools when you travel abroad. This post is part of our Travel Skills for Travelers Over 50 guide — including everything we've learned about managing money, avoiding fees, and getting the best exchange rates when you travel internationally.

The UNESCO World Heritage site of the Belém Tower. We've been to Lisbon three times over 14 years, and it keeps surprising us. A city that was essentially rebuilt after a catastrophic 1755 earthquake, it wears its layers — Moorish, maritime, dictatorship, contemporary democracy — with a particular grace. Here's what to do with a few days there.

Kris takes in the K'alyaan Pole. At 35 feet (10.6 meters) tall, it commands the clearing where the Tlingit Sapling Fort once stood. Standing beside it gives you a sense of scale that photographs from a distance simply can't convey. Until recently, Alaska was the one state Kris and I had not visited. So when we finally made it to the Inside Passage with American Cruise Lines, Sitka was clearly an important stop.