At every bar in Peru you’ll spot Pisco on menus, in drinks, raised high in toasts, and quaffed with gusto. For many visitors it’s a first, and discovering a new spirit in a new city leaves travelers faced with a dilemma: embrace this new liquid and hope for the best … Read more
While travel remains stalled, we’re here to bring you inspiration for the trips you’ll take when life returns to normal. – TravelSquire Editors Sitting in Bosque el Olivar – Olive Grove Forest – surrounded by 1,600 olive trees, you wouldn’t know a bustling city of 10 million sits waiting a … Read more
Our travel may be temporarily interrupted, but we can still dream and plan. We’re here to bring you travel inspiration for the trips you’ll take when life returns to normal. – TravelSquire Editors TravelSquire named Machu Pichu and Cusco, Peru to our Top 28 Destinations for 2020 for good reason. … Read more
Peru suddenly popped onto every culinary traveler’s map in the last ten years – its exciting cuisine and incredible variety of ingredients propelling the city of Lima into the limelight. So how did Lima do it, and more importantly, where should you eat? Internationally Influenced Cuisine Anyone who has visited … Read more
A few puffs on a Marlboro and a damn good thrashing with some herbs – apparently that’s all it takes to stop a child from having nightmares. Or so the limpea healers in Quito’s San Francisco Market tell me. I show my polite, but not convinced face. Moments earlier I … Read more
Home to the volcanic Galapagos Islands teeming with strange and fascinating wildlife, impressive Andean peaks, and the lush Amazon rainforest, Ecuador is a country whose natural wonders attract travelers from around the globe. However, natural wonders aren’t its only treasure. Ecuador’s three largest cities, Guayaquil, Quito and Cuenca offer an … Read more
We just announced our picks for the most intriguing destinations for the upcoming year in travel. The list—which we’ve divided into 4 segments—includes something for every travel style. From urban destinations to cultural and foodie hotspots, and from destinations ripe for exploration and adventure to others that are probably new … Read more
We’ve just announced our top destinations for the upcoming year in travel. The list is divided into 4 segments and includes something for every travel style – from urban destinations to cultural and foodie hotspots, to places ripe for exploration and adventure, and locations that are maybe new on your … Read more
We’ve talked about it and debated it and now the TravelSquire’s team of editors has finally decided. We’ve chosen the most intriguing travel destinations for the upcoming year, not an easy task. Our 2018 choices cover a diverse geographic wish list stretching around the globe and our criteria is unbiased. … Read more
Ernest Hemingway came to the Peruvian Coast in 1956—partly to fish for black marlin, partly to oversee the filming of his monumental novel, The Old Man and the Sea. Almost 60 years after his visit, I, too, am heading to the Peruvian Coast. None of my magazine articles have been … Read more
To say that Costa Rica is a country of stark contrasts is an understatement. I mean, how can a country roughly the size of New Hampshire and Vermont combined, offer such diversity? Two distinct coastal regions, 12 microclimates, three major mountain ranges, dense rainforests, 500+ species of flora and fauna, … Read more
Buenos Aires is a huge city with thirteen million people living in the greater metro area. While it is low on the list of the top 20 largest cities by metropolitan area, most people don’t know that it’s the second largest city in South America (after Sao Paulo). In … Read more
I’m sitting on the terrace of the lodge, and as if by magic the evening’s backdrop draws gracefully towards me. Colored a faint bluish grey, the slanted curtain of water begins with a light tap, tap, tap, then slowly the downpour takes over. It is so naturally orchestrated, like … Read more
We Fell for Iguazu Falls Iguazu Falls has been called one of the greatest natural wonders on earth, and one of the places to visit before you die. Why then, did only one of us know it existed? Do you? And now that you have heard of it…read on … Read more
Walking on The Moon – the Atacama Desert Mars? The moon? The end of the earth? Those were the first three things that popped into my head the moment I touched down in Calama, Chile. It didn’t matter how much planning and researching I‘d done, nothing prepared me for the … Read more