Conde Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler magazine is filled with the travel secrets of celebrated writers and sophisticated travelers. Each monthly issue features breathtaking destinations, including the finest art, architecture, fashion, culture, cuisine, lodgings, and shopping. With Condé Nast Traveler as your guide, you'll discover the best islands, cities, spas, castles, and cruises.

The Editor’s Letter

Conde Nast Traveler

Africa Is Calling • The continent where life began is so much more diverse than many Westerners understand. Naledi K. Khabo, one of its foremost advocates, explains how travelers are beginning to see these ancient lands anew

Safari Shake-Up • In Botswana, a country renowned for its considered approach to wildlife protection, this reinvented camp is taking things to the next level, with a minimal carbon footprint and a spotlight on regional craft

Community Spirit • In Seattle’s Japantown, businesses continue to thrive in the face of historic challenges

Resorting to Change • The pandemic threatened the livelihoods of countless hospitality workers in the Maldives—and has created new challenges for those who are still employed there

It Takes a Village • A mother and son’s restoration project in the quiet hills of Transylvania promises to carry tradition into the future

Pride of Place • After more than a century, Barrio Logan remains the stronghold of San Diego’s Chicano culture

Find Yourself • As we begin planning trips again, many of us will be seeking opportunities to explore who we are, how we got here, and what we can learn from those who came before us. That’s the essence of heritage travel, whether you’re tracing your genealogical history or just seeking a more meaningful connection with your family

A Mother’s Way • Traveling to Japan showed Jennifer Flowers a previously unseen, deeply illuminating side of the woman she’d known her whole life

Here, There, and Everywhere • When you’re a third-culture kid, wandering is often the only way to feel grounded

Memory Bound • The vacation journals Sallie Lewis’s grandparents kept are now family heirlooms and a continual source of inspiration

Perfect Strangers • The Jakarta of Sebastian Modak’s youth is not the Jakarta of today—and he’s okay with that

All in the Family • The surprising discovery of relatives in Brazil turns a brief layover in São Paulo into a spontaneous conduit for connection

Far and Near • Despite numerous visits to her mother’s beloved Ponza, Jessica Silvester still hasn’t cracked its code

Beginning at the End • For BIPOC travelers, skewed DNA test results can make heritage trips harder to plan. But a few determined operators are changing the equation

The Old Countries • These programs are bringing young adults back to their motherlands

Where My Ancestors Prayed • What can we learn about ourselves by piecing together the lives of those who came before us? As Alex Schechter finds out, more than we think

Lay of the Land • As a typically sulky teenager, Mary Holland didn’t always appreciate her family’s vacations to the South African bush. But with time comes perspective—and now, an insatiable love of the untamed

Skin Deep • In Hawaii, tattoos become a way to honor the past, even while breaking from it

If These Walls Could Talk • Growing up in Dallas as the child of immigrants, Priya Krishna struggled to connect with her Indian heritage. A day at her father’s ancestral home in Uttar Pradesh changed that

You Got Your DNA Results. Now What? • A step-by-step guide to planning a great trip around them.

The Long Way Home • A recent ancestry test inspired Chavonna Frazier to visit Sierra Leone. She was so moved by her experience she is uprooting...