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Features & Essays
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Meet the Women Reviving Portugal’s Winemaking Traditions
From the Dão region to the Azores, women—who were once banned from winemaking—now make up an exciting part of the biodynamic scene.
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Italy Broke My Heart—Ten Years Later, I Went Back
How a family trip to Puglia and Ischia helped heal my Italian love trauma.
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What 100 Mediterranean Grandmothers Shared About Leading Happy Lives
Author Anastasia Miari shares the lessons she gleaned from researching her new cook book ‘Mediterranea.’
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On a Cliffside in Oman, Para-Athlete Zainab Al-Eqabi Finds Her Freedom
“I'm not the woman with one leg," says Al-Eqabi of solo travel, “I'm just Zainab.”
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How Freediving Brought Me Back Into My Own Body
In this excerpt from her new memoir, Fetishized, writer Kaila Yu finds peace with her identity through freediving.
Women Who Travel Power List 2025
Your Horoscope
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelYour October 2025 Horoscope: This is the Month to Lock In
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelYour September 2025 Horoscope: A Season of Change Is Here
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelYour August 2025 Horoscope: Take Some Risks This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelJuly 2025 Horoscope: Travel Hiccups Might Change Your Plans for the Better
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelMay 2025 Horoscope: Be Selfish on Group Trips This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelYour April 2025 Horoscope: It's Time for a Pilgrimage, Whatever That Means for You
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelYour March 2025 Horoscope: This Month Will Bring a Fork in the Road—Proceed Accordingly
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelFebruary 2025 Horoscope: Travel May Be Messy—But You'll Learn Something
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelJanuary 2025 Horoscope: Say Yes to Spontaneous Getaways This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
Women Who TravelDecember 2024 Horoscope: Let Travel Hiccups Lead to Unexpected Adventures
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Women Who TravelNovember 2024 Horoscope: Pump the Brakes on Travel Planning This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.- Women Who Travel
Your October 2024 Horoscope: Travel Will Reveal Big Truths About Your Friendships
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels. - Women Who Travel
Your September 2024 Horoscope: Consider Your Travel Companions Carefully
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels. - Women Who Travel
Your August 2024 Horoscope: Travel Mishaps Are Likely This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels. - Women Who Travel
July 2024 Horoscope: Trips Will Be Dramatic, For Better or Worse
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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How I Travel
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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Style & CultureHow I Travel: Poet Joy Harjo Plays Sax in Her Hotel Room
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: June Squibb 'Smoked Like Crazy' Her First Time in First Class
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Tracee Ellis Ross Does Not Want Adventure on Vacation
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Kristin Davis Learned to Sleep on Planes While Filming Sex and the City
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Natasha Rothwell Goes on Museum Tours Alone
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Ruth Reichl Loves the Philly Food Scene
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Keke Palmer Wants to Get Woo Woo in Bali
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
Style & CultureHow I Travel: Zoe Saldaña Vows to Actually Read Her Book This Vacation
We peek into the airport routines and bizarre quirks of the world's most well-traveled people.
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Shopping
Everything you need to hit the road.
News & AdviceTraveling Can Impact Your Menstrual Cycle—Here’s How to Manage It
How to plan your trip around your menstrual cycle, according to experts
Readers' Choice AwardsThe Best Luggage in the World: 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards
We asked, you answered: These are the best luggage brands to bring on your travels.
ShoppingAsk a Local: Exploring Johannesburg's Creative Scene With Architect Sumayya Vally
From pan-African eats to record-breaking bookstores, here's where to go for a real sense of the South African city.
ShoppingMZ Wallace's Metro Tote Is the Most Versatile Bag I Own
It seamlessly transitions between work, travel, and everything in between.
ShoppingThe Ultimate Beach Vacation Packing List
Sunscreen's a given, but it's not the only necessity.
ShoppingThe Best Backpacking Tent for Every Type of Adventurer
Whether you're a beginner or planning a trek with the whole family.
Book Club
Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
ShoppingWomen Who Travel Book Club: 9 New Books to Dive Into This Summer
Exciting new favorites by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Joan Didion, and Eleanor Wilde.
Women Who TravelWomen Who Travel Book Club: 11 Releases Worth Bookmarking This Spring
These new books about wanderlust, objective sexuality, and the fear of the unknown have our editors hooked.
ShoppingWomen Who Travel Book Club: The Best New Books to Read This Winter
From historical novels to raunchy essay collections.
ShoppingWomen Who Travel Book Club: The Best New Books to Read This Fall
Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
ShoppingWomen Who Travel Book Club: 13 New Books for Your Summer Reading List
Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
ShoppingWomen Who Travel Book Club: 14 New Books to Add to Your Spring Reading List
Our editors and contributors share their favorite new titles.
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Your December 2025 Horoscope: Slowness Is a Virtue This Month
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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10 Books We Can't Wait to Dive Into This Fall
Our editors share their favorite cozy season reads.
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Your November 2025 Horoscope: Wrong Turns May Lead You to Something Better
Professional astrologer Steph Koyfman reads your monthly horoscope—and spells out how it may shape your travels.
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Cruise
Meet the Woman Helping Steer Some of Alaska’s Most Adventurous Cruises
39-year-old Chief mate Laci Gist opens up about meditative midnight whale encounters and the realities of working at sea.
Food & Drink
On the Isle of Skye, These Women Chefs Are Helping Reshape the Region's Cuisine
As this remote Scottish island continues to swell as a tourist destination, a group of women driving its food scene seek to show everything their land has to offer.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: An Old Friend Returns
Meredith Carey, co-founder of the pod, reunites with Lale.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Jessica Nabongo on Her Global Cookbook and House Hunting in Senegal
195 countries, 195 recipes—plus, how she seeks to challenge conventional narratives of travel storytelling.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Hiking Through Italy, Gilded Age Homes, and Bombastic State Fairs
Pop culture critic Kristen Meinzer returns to the podcast to share her latest whereabouts, from the venerated Via Francigena pilgrimage route to the Minnesota State Fair.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Dorthe Nors on Escaping to Her Idyllic Danish Cottage
The writer returns to chat with Lale about Scandinavian summer.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Author Freya Bromley Talks Wild Swimming, Cornwall, and Puffin Encounters
Bromley joins Lale to talk about the restorative power of nature.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Blair Braverman on the Pleasures and Perils of the Wilderness
The writer-adventurer joins Lale to swap Alaska stories and talk Antarctica.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: The Allure of European Night Trains
Monisha Rajesh details all the magical chaos that ensues when chasing dusk across Europe's most legendary railways.
Wellness & Spas
Six Senses Douro Valley Is Pioneering a New Perimenopause Program
Six Senses recently launched new female health programming to help navigate this stage of life. Writer Erin Florio checked into the wellness pioneer's Douro Valley property in Portugal to learn more.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Carol Moseley Braun on a Travel-Filled Political Career
The first Black woman elected to the US Senate and former US Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa has some stories to tell.
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Women Who Travel Podcast: Comedian Heather McMahan Can't Get Enough of Italy and Cruises
McMahan joins Lale in the studio to share tales from both.