From cruise cabins to boathouses to off-grid inns to five-star hotels, The Independent ’s travel desk has rested their heads everywhere from Cambodia and Patagonia to Scotland’s Wester Ross and ...

Think cruises aren’t for you? Think again. From small, design-led ships to expedition voyages, Deanna O’Connor navigates the ...

From cargo-passenger hybrids in French Polynesia to glamorous riverboats on the Nile, small ships offer a more intimate, ...

Located along the Hudson River in Jersey City, Liberty State Park offers panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline, the Statue ...

The darkest places in the U.S. provide the best stargazing opportunities. From coast to coast, here's where to go for ...

Meteor showers. Planetary alignments. Supermoons. Black moons. The Milky Way. The northern lights. Partial solar eclipses. "Pinwheels" in the sky. The year 2025 was a great one for astronomy, and 2026 ...

For the first time in three years, Highway 1 has fully reopened from the Big Sur coastline to San Luis Obispo County.

All it takes is one big group trip to realize that not everyone goes on vacation for the same reason. To one traveler, a beach is a place to be horizontal, big hat on head, cocktail straw in mouth. To ...

Meghan Markle has her plans, maybe even a vision board tucked somewhere in Montecito, that reveals how she wants 2026 to go Meghan Markle has lofty goals and ambitions set aside for 2026 and they ...

Angelenos have been making the drive to Big Bear for more than a century, chasing cooler air in summer and snow in winter. As ...

From Portland’s Centennial neighborhood to Gresham and Happy Valley, there are people who can't afford to live in those areas without the government's help. Advocates call for specialized support as ...