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Trips: Summer Travel

U.S. + Canada

  • 7 Family Cruise Ideas for Summer

    Caribbean, Europe, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii

    Cruisers can be choosers. Here, seven splashy options, whether you have your sights set on Alaskan glaciers, Caribbean beaches—or simply the kiddie pool on the top deck.

  • A Family Vacation on Maine's Pemaquid Peninsula

    Pemaquid Harbor, Freeport + Mid-Coast

    Pemaquid Peninsula remains a thankfully untouristed region just north of Boothbay Harbor, full of Down East Maine flavor. The Lincoln County News (www.mainelincolncountynews.com) and the Lincoln Count

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  • BBQ Tour of America's South

    Nashville, Tennessee, Lexington, Raleigh, Kansas City

    Every morsel of barbecue tells a story, starting with the meat: if it’s sausage, you’re in or around Austin, Texas. Mutton? Owensboro, Kentucky. Whole hog might be eastern North Carolina, western Tenn

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  • Cast Your Anchor off Bar Harbor, Maine

    Bar Harbor, Downeast + Acadia

    Down east Maine is dotted with private islands—Oar, Clapboard, Chanterelle—where couples can play Yankee castaways. One of our favorites is the four-acre Spectacle Island, a short boat ride from Bar H

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  • Devouring Vancouver's Cowichan Valley

    Victoria, Victoria + Vancouver Island, Sooke, Duncan, Cowichan Bay

    If you live anywhere south or east of, say, Vancouver, you’ve probably not heard of the Cowichan Valley. This bucolic corner of Vancouver Island keeps a low profile, even by Canadian standards, whic...

  • Exploring Southern Maine's Beaches

    Ogunquit, York, Kittery, Kennebunkport + The Southern Beaches, Freeport + Mid-Coast

    Sandy beaches, wild blueberries, rowboat rides, and lobster at least once a day! Look no further than the state’s southern coast for summer as it was meant to be. The southern shore is Maine’s beachsi

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  • Massachusetts' Best Clam Shacks

    Ipswich, Northeast Massachusetts, Essex

    Maine may have lobsters, but if you’re looking for the quintessential fried clams, head straight to Massachusetts.

  • Mini Trip: Gooseberry Beach, Rhode Island

    Newport

    Protected by granite boulders and grassy dunes, Gooseberry's conditions are ideal for swimming or splashing in tidal pools.

  • Mini Trip: Maine's Popham State Park

    Freeport + Mid-Coast

    Proving that midcoast Maine isn't all rocky coves, this state park boasts over a mile of fine sand.

  • Mini Trip: Myers Creek Beach, Oregon

    Gold Beach

    In summer, the dunes here blaze with purple and yellow flowers, and windsurfers—drawn by the waves, strong winds, and shallow sloping beach—fill the horizon.

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