Dancing Till Dawn at a Music Festival in Albania
A weeklong music-and-wellness festival on the beach is just one reason visitors are now flocking to a country that was sealed off to the world for decades.
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Wildfires and Heat Transform Italy and Greece Into Tourism Nightmares
Record heat and wildfires have turned summer holidays into nightmares and called into question the future of cherished tourist destinations.
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A High-Water Year for River Rafting
All that snow in the West? It’s water now, and it’s providing a banner season for white-water rafting. Here are five rivers to run this summer.
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Read Your Way Through Maine
Reading and writing are deeply valued in Maine. The novelist Lily King recommends fiction, nature writing, memoirs, children’s books and inspiration for writers.