Our Wander experts help guide you to coastal towns and villages Around the World or Across the Streeet™. Find out where to stay, learn about resorts, and get dining tips when you visit a coastal destination.
Surrounded by green hills and vineyards, La Lomita Ranch makes a great base for exploring Highway 1 and the Central Coast. Although La Lomita Ranch is less than a 10-minute drive from San Luis County Regional Airport, it feels like a million miles away. Green hills...
Orlando is a great place to visit for a girls' getaway. The weather is usually bright and sunny. Here are some things to plan for your Orlando girls' getaway. The best-laid plans don’t always work out how we imagine, but somehow, things do work out for the best. This...
All-inclusive resorts, when done well, are an easy and fun way to vacation. Here is what I discovered at three amazing all-inclusive resorts in Mexico. I never understood the appeal of all-inclusive resorts, even luxury ones. These packaged vacations, which allow you...
The Texas Gulf Coast offers museums, an aquarium, an aircraft carrier, and beaches. Here's where to go during a weekend in Corpus Christi. For those yearning for the sound of crashing waves one day with a cultural excursion into art and history museums on another,...
Emerald Isle, NC, is one of five coastal towns that make up the Crystal Coast on Bogue Island. Here's what to do during your coastal getaway. Though not as well-known as the Outer Banks, Emerald Isle, NC, and the entire Crystal Coast are gaining a reputation for being...
Escape to the quiet side of Acadia. From hiking to painting on the beach, here are the top things to do on Schoodic Peninsula in Maine. Much like a gale of wind, Acadia National Park blew me away with its rugged, natural beauty along Maine’s Atlantic Coast. The deep...
Cornwall's east coast was an extraordinary solo-travel adventure. I found outstanding people, places, and lots of unexpected. When you hear Cornwall, England the name might bring images of wild seas crashing against towering cliffs. Vast brooding heaths where...
Head to Florida's southwest coast for outdoor fun, great food, beaches, and history. Explore fun things to do around Fort Myers Beach. I opened floor-to-ceiling shutters inside my room at Outrigger Beach Resort. I caught my breath as I gazed on sparkling Gulf waters,...
Little River Inn sits on the Mendocino Coast. The Coombs family creates a haven for visitors from which you can enjoy the magnificent coast. Cally Dym is known as the 'Goddess of Little River.' That's what locals call her, but shy, modest Cally would never speak of...
As we sat in our homes, “leaving only for essential travel,” we dreamed of places we’d like to go. And, we started plotting out some post-closure travels where it would be safer even though the threat of Covid-19 still lingered. The Long Beach Peninsula in Southwest...