At AFAR, we believe that (nearly) anywhere in the world could be a place to go in 2013. Maybe it's because we subscribe to the choose-your-own-adventure approach to travel. That said, the following 13 places really stand out for us this year. Some are emerging destinations just coming...

This summer Eddy Bourdages, 33, and his mother, Mireille Anderson, 57, made their first trip to Italy. "We wanted to open an authentic Neapolitan wood oven pizzeria, so we went to the source," says Bourdages. Anderson has owned L'Odyssée Bistro & Steakhouse in Labrador City, in eastern Canada, since 2008....

Where in the world is the best street food? Well, a lot of it is in Asia, where there is no stigma against pedestrian consumption and a perpetual plethora of choices. AFAR Deputy Editor Jen Murphy compiles a Wanderlist with great tips for eating like a local all...

"It feels like a gold rush again in the San Francisco Bay Area, and with the tech dollars have come plenty of great new restaurants, bars and shops. Fall is a gorgeous time to visit the city. Here is a Wanderlist of what to do and where to...

"Buongiorno Signor," said Umberto, the head waiter at Hotel Missoni's Cucina restaurant. By the beginning of the third day of my stay, the staff knew what I drank with breakfast. An espresso doppio was delivered to my table a minute later. "Prego," the server said.

You'd think I was in...

Inspired by The Daily Show, a political satirist took to the airwaves of the fledgling democracy. Now he'll talk shop with the master.

"You have to meet Bassem! He is the Egyptian Jon Stewart." That's what a friend told me last July...

The documentary Pelada follows two ex-college soccer players across four continents, playing pick-up soccer games wherever and whenever they can (watch the trailer below). The game's power--as discovered in games played in places from a Bolivian prison to a garbage dump in Kenya--is the intimacy it creates between strangers, and...

From helping rebuild earthquake-damaged communities to working on Meerkat-conservation efforts, volunteer vacation opportunities abound. Many packages combine a few days of volunteer assistance with sightseeing for the best of both worlds.

See more vacation ideas at Afar.com.

When I stepped into the grand lobby of Québec's Le Château Montebello, I felt like I was entering Paul Bunyan's living room. Giant timbers braced a three-story-high...

The following story appeared in the January/February 2012 issue of AFAR Magazine.

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Alphonsus "Stan" Stanislas stretched a pole above our heads and slid it along a branch of a cacao tree. Using the blade at the end of the pole, he cut a squashlike...

Since launching AFAR magazine in 2009, we've wondered how we might create events that bring the spirit of experiential travel to life. Immediately after the fall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February, AFAR's founders Greg Sullivan and Joe Diaz traveled to the country. In the midst of post-revolution euphoria,...