The shorelines of Lago Maggiore—also known as Lake Verbano—are divided between Italy and Italian-speaking Switzerland, and summer weekends on the lake are splendid, baroque, and reflective.
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A Self-Guided Tour du Mont Blanc
The Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is one of Europe’s most beautiful walks. Here’s how to pack, budget, and plan a 9-day trip around this magnificent massif.
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Allegra, Via Engiadina!
A luminous walk on the Via Engiadina quickly reveals why the Upper Engadine Valley has time and again attracted Europe’s brightest artists and philosophers to its grounds.
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At the Feet of Atlas: Two Weeks in Morocco
The Western Kingdom is a multifarious land with an array of colors underneath its desert cloak, as I discovered on a two-week journey through the Maghreb country in 2011.
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