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.
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...
Sorrento is a charming little town in the southern part of Italy, looking out over the Bay of Naples. Its location on the popular Amalfi Coast makes it the perfect day trip from one of its bigger and more famous neighboring cities like Naples or Pompeii. In this...
Follow me on a five-day journey exploring three enchanting islands in the Florida Keys: Key Largo, Islamorada, and Key West. Spend your nights in exceptional boutique accommodations, experience exciting adventures, and dine on delicious island food. Day 1 in the...
Spring and fall are two of my favorite times to take a relaxing vacation. Kids are still in school, resorts and hotels are quieter, it is easy to get dinner reservations at spectacular nearby restaurants, and you don’t have to book months in advance to get a room....
San Francisco is just 15 minutes away from the Bay Area’s past and my own. Pacifica, which means peace, has a little brown church, an old train car, and restaurants where locals foxtrot and drink Manhattans. It’s also where my husband Rich and I bought our first...
As part of our pre-Feast Portland foodie adventure, we toured the highlights of Southern Oregon from the arid agricultural fields and scenic vineyards through the mountains to the coast. Discovering the southern Oregon coast was an eye-opener for this traveler who...
What do you get when you combine a New England postcard and Gilded Age glam? That would be Newport, Rhode Island. This coastal town is less than a two-hour drive from Boston, making it the perfect day trip. Newport—Gilded Age Glam Newport, Rhode Island is most...
When I think of hotels with rooftop terraces, destinations like Mexico, Vancouver, and Arizona come to mind. Not usually Astoria, Oregon. But, that's exactly what I've found at Hotel Elliott, and the view is beyond amazing. On one side is the Astoria-Megler Bridge,...
I had seen the marketing photos and read the opening announcements for this new resort in Pacific City, Oregon but I wasn’t prepared for the beauty that I encountered as I walked through their massive glass and wood front doors. The beauty before me was a...
Lincoln City, on Oregon’s scenic central coast, is a popular place in the summer with food and wine events, kite festivals, and a two-week-long music festival. Families come away with fond memories of beachcombing, roasting marshmallows over a bonfire, and hiking...