Travel

After several years of staying home, next year is shaping up to be the year of travel.

Mangrove swamps, rockland hammocks and seagrass beds – all essential to the Florida Keys’ ecosystem – beckon visitors to Curry Hammock State Park.

We’re sharing our best insider tips for your next trip to Portugal, including a section on tips for visiting Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve.

Footsteps in empty hallways, ghostly apparitions, lights flickering on and off and things that go bump in the nights.

Determined not to join the sad Lost Luggage Club whose membership is exploding in Europe, I vowed to pack for six weeks in a carry-on.

Looking for a pristine mountain escape? Chetola Resort & Spa in Blowing Rock, North Carolina is offering a bevy of end-of-summer lodging packages: • Midweek Package: Special rate when staying midweek, plus a $50 resort credit.

Marriott Puerto Vallarta in Mexico has a gorgeous infinity pool, six restaurants, kids’ area with pool and dozens of complimentary chairs and umbrellas on the beach.

You don’t have to be Batman to enjoy Bat Cave, North Carolina.

You’re going to need a bigger ocean.

“I really love this place,” my husband, Chris said.

Just four hours from Raleigh, Abingdon is a perfect getaway for a long weekend.

It’s got everything you need to know about visiting a U.S.national park.

Can’t you just picture yourself lounging by the pool with magnificent views of the red rocks at the Magical Sedona Home? Or dine on the patio with valley views.

As travel restrictions slowly but surely start to ease across the globe – what does holidaying look like in 2021?

We found cabins we love in every state, from a historic home that is a replica of a president’s home to cabins  built on organic farms.

What better way to bid summer farewell than cruising the Carolina coastline on a trail dotted by our seven lighthouses?

You don’t have to be a J.R.R. Tolkien fan to stay in this adorable Hobbit Knoll inspired by The Shire dwelling in “The Lord of the Rings” and other books.

These waterproof boots support your ankles, are lightweight and don’t need breaking in before you hike.

No need to sacrifice luxury when you bed down for the night in one of these gorgeous luxury treehouses near Asheville, North Carolina.

Declared a National Natural Landmark in 1974, the dunes were dangerously close to urban development until a local resident planted herself in front of the oncoming bulldozers.

My husband wants me to try this thing called “camping.”

At this rainforest retreat you can sleep in one of 19 bungalows built on stilts to accommodate the rising water levels of the wet season.

Imagine yourself lounging on a patio, a chilled glass of Pacheca Branco Grande Reserve in your hand, overlooking the vineyards of a lush 18th-century estate and vineyard in the Douro Valley in Portugal.

Over a year ago, my family began planning a reunion in Tennessee. Fortunately, we were able to modify our travel plans instead of canceling due to coronavirus.

As we participate in the Great International Shut-in, we noticed people posting beautiful photos from their neighborhoods. We asked if we could make them into postcards and share them with our readers.

No more marathon road trips or flights taken just to get a passport renewed in time.

Travel writer Jason Frye knows North Carolina, a state he fell in love with during vacations when he was growing up in West Virginia. He’s written several guidebooks about the Tar Heel State and his two latest are “Moon North Carolina: With Great Smoky Mountains” and “Moon North Carolina Coast: With the Outer Banks.”

Thanks to B.B. King’s relentless touring schedule – appearing in 342 shows in 1956 – he was known worldwide as “The King of the Blues.” He reworked a 1951 blues song, “The Thrill is Gone,” lifting it to a Grammy award in 1970.

Listen carefully in the juke joints, restaurants or the impressive interactive museums in Tunica, Cleveland, Clarksdale and Indianola, and you’re bound to hear fans talking about their love of the blues – many with international accents.

While you may think of camping sites, lodges and cabins for park accommodations, some offer lodging a bit more out-of-the box. We recently stayed in a 1970s barrel cabin in Unicoi State Park in North Georgia, so named because it’s shaped like a giant barrel.