Ways to explore
Day trips
The best escapes you can do there and back in a day. 80 picks across 36 destinations.
The best of the best
Antelope CanyonGrand Canyon South Rim Day Trip
The one canyon bigger than Page's reputation — the South Rim via the back door: US 89 to Cameron, the Desert View Watchtower first, then twenty-three miles of rim-edge overlooks to Grand Canyon Village.
Fort LauderdaleEverglades Airboat Tour
The gator show forty minutes from the beach — airboats skim the sawgrass river west of the city, wild alligators sunning the levees, with the roar, the spin, and the guide who knows every bull gator by name.
OrlandoKennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
NASA's launch headquarters on the Space Coast, about 45 minutes east — see the real Space Shuttle Atlantis and a towering Saturn V moon rocket, meet an astronaut, and tour the launch areas.
BarcelonaMontserrat Monastery and Mountain
The saw-toothed mountain an hour from Barcelona, with a Benedictine monastery wedged into its cliffs, the Black Madonna, one of Europe's oldest boys' choirs and trails to summits above the clouds.
DublinCliffs of Moher Day Trip from Dublin
Ireland's most dramatic coastline in one long, guided day — sheer Atlantic cliffs rising to over 200 metres, the moonscape of the Burren and a stop in Galway city, all by coach from Dublin with no driving on the left required.
FlorenceSiena & San Gimignano Day Trip
Tuscany's two medieval rivals in one day — Siena's shell-shaped Campo and striped Duomo, San Gimignano's fourteen towers over vineyard hills, with Chianti or Monteriggioni between: the day trip that completes Florence.
ParisPalace of Versailles
Louis XIV's staggering royal palace just outside Paris — the dazzling Hall of Mirrors, opulent state apartments, and vast formal gardens with fountains, the Grand Trianon, and Marie Antoinette's estate.
PragueKutná Hora and the Sedlec Ossuary
The medieval silver town an hour from Prague, with the soaring Gothic Cathedral of St.