10 a.m. Navigate a dizzying market When Mexico City was still the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, the district of La Merced, in the southeastern edge of the Historic Center, served as a dock for goods from the mainland. There’s no water anymore, but with its thousands of informal vendors and 11 or so covered markets,…
8:30 a.m. Ski on Mars Cortina’s surrounding mountains are all dramatic, but to take a ski lift from Bai de Dones to Cinque Torri (“five towers”) is to arrive on an astonishing alternate planet of rugged limestone stacks well above the tree line. The area marks the beginning of one of Ampezzo’s most spectacular skiing…
9 a.m. Hit the (many) slopes Ikon Pass holders will want to schuss ski-only Deer Valley, which has added 10 lifts and more than 100 trails in the past year (single-day ticket from $219 in advance online). The resort’s impeccably groomed cruisers are tempered by legit expert terrain like the Daly Chutes and Centennial’s steep…
9 a.m. Meander through a market Chiang Mai’s creative side is on display every weekend in its markets. Jing Jai Market offers a well-designed circuit of shaded stalls and tasteful boutiques. At the orderly food pavilion, stop for fried quail eggs with spicy mushrooms and edible-flower salad (each about 30 or 40 baht). Locate Boro-Wanderers…
Across the country, wildfire fighters work for weeks at a time in poisonous smoke. Across the country, wildfire fighters work for weeks at a time in poisonous smoke. The government says they are protected. The government says they are protected. We tested the air at one fire to find out why they are still dying….
9 a.m. Have an award winner’s coffee Busan has a thriving coffee scene. One of the nation’s leading names is Momos Coffee, a cafe and roastery chain that has grown since 2007 from a 142-square-foot takeout shop to four locations in Busan. Part of its success can be attributed to the co-founder Joo Yeon Jeon’s…
9:30 a.m. Breakfast by the sea Start your day with a leisurely beachfront breakfast at Bar Casino, in a 19th century mansion with a facade adorned with portraits of famous explorers including Magellan and Columbus. The building never actually served as a gambling institution: “Casinos” were social clubs that sprung up across Catalonia in the…
8 a.m. Choose your breakfast-beach combo From the southwest, Fteri and Myrtos, probably the island’s most stunning shores, are a 40-minute drive up a road that hovers some 1,000 feet above the western shoreline. Fteri is accessible either by a 10-minute water taxi (€20 round-trip, departing every 20 minutes; first come first served) from Agia…
9 a.m. Fuel up, then roam the shops Start your day early at Born & Bread, a beloved neighborhood bakery in the area of downtown known as Petticoat Row (where, beginning in the mid-19th century, a cluster of women-owned shops transformed Nantucket’s commercial heart). Treat yourself to one of their sourdough breakfast sandwiches, stacked with…
7:30 a.m. Fill up on Cuban cuisine Hemingway once called Key West the “St.-Tropez of the poor,” but these days, the hunt for inexpensive meals there can feel like Jimmy Buffett’s hunt for a long-lost shaker of salt. The good news is that the city’s Cuban restaurants offer delicious food at reasonable prices. Sandy’s Café,…
