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.
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...
Come along for a five-day journey exploring the Florida Keys. Here are the best places to stay, unforgettable experiences, and the best food. Follow me on a five-day journey exploring three enchanting islands in the Florida Keys: Key Largo, Islamorada, and Key West....
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....
Pacifica, on the California coast, has a little brown church, an old train car, and restaurants where locals foxtrot and drink Manhattans. San Francisco is just 15 minutes away from the Bay Area’s past and my own. Pacifica, which means peace, has a little brown...
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 famous...
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 the...
Riding a pedal-powered car down old railroad tracks, walking in a nature reserve and staying overnight in a tiny house—well, that’s an ideal overnight trip for me. And I found it all in an unlikely place: while wandering tiny Bay City (population 1292) on the Oregon...