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Last fall, starting in September, I traveled and wrote a story about affordable European destinations for Condé Nast Traveler’s February issue. By October, with the economy tanking, it was clear that the piece would have even more relevance, and how all of us–magazine editors and travelers alike–were going to have to think increasingly about good …

Between November and April I tend to live a pretty nomadic lifestyle, traveling both for work and to visit friends and family. On a recent trip to the Mayan Riviera (as I mentioned in my last entry), I stayed in numerous places, both high-end and low-key, so I thought a lot about the importance of …

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Everything you would expect, plus a whole lot more for a whole lot less: Ondine Cohane finds four rising destinations that rival the qualities of the familiar classics without either the crowds or the cost. How does $2,500 a week sound, including the flight across the pond? The quest begins with a Mediterranean port, then …

I’ve just completed a jaunt along Mexico’s Mayan Riviera (more on that soon), and although I still have another month or so on the road, word of new openings in my adopted country, Italy, has been tempting me home. If you are heading that way this year, here are some places that you, too, should …

It’s the New Year, a time of resolution and change for all of us. Of course, nothing will exemplify the new hope and direction of 2009 more than the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President in Washington, D.C., on January 20. Before the huge and challenging work starts, there will be a slew …

Away from the island’s familiar sweet spots, a new generation of Sicilians is reshaping its wine, food, and hotels: "Our vocation," says one, "is to make Sicily less rough but still authentic." Mission accomplished. Ondine Cohane discovers an old place with a new lease on life

In my last post I wrote about some of my favorite things of 2008; now it’s time for my 2009 wish list. This is not supposed to be definitive, but it is, as I look onto a snowy Times Square, a sampling of where I might go if I had unlimited time and more sizable …

Travel in 2009? With Wall Street and Main Street gasping, and paranoia rampant? Well, we can think of no better time to shut off CNBC and get a breath of fresh air. Each year, we comb the globe looking for the emerging places that will be on everybody’s lips two years from now (and when, …