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TRAVEL

		Travel Guide: Mexico City Take our three-day travel guide to Mexico City to discover this vibrant city‘s best cultural, natural and historical landmarks. By Ayden Fabien Férdeline

		Travel Guide: Bird-Watching in Mexico A writer heads to Mexico not to shake it with her pals or lounge on the beach, but to meet up with some new fine-feathered friends.

		Best Sausages in L.A. L.A. gets serious about haute dogs.
		Caribbean Getaway Guide Eat, play and hit the beaches of Barbados, Dominica, Aruba, Mustique, Turks and Caicos with our five-part Caribbean travel guide.

		Strathcona Provincial Park Gourmet fare, unlimited outdoor adventure and posh accomodations in British Columbia's oldest provincial park.

		Haida Five-0 Travel north to Haida Gwaii for the continent's coolest (and coldest) surf spot.

		Hooked Gimli, Manitoba, is home to the sweetest freshwater fish in the West. Hail the pickerel.

		Big Sur A go-to guide for classic Big Sur

		Similkameen Similkameen-the new Okanagan?

		Secret Mexico How to leave the beaten path in Mexico

		New Zealand Golf Is it the most important wine region in the world or the most overrated? We head to southwest France to suss out the truth about this rich and famous wine region.

		Sooke, BC A foodie tour of South Vancouver Island.
		8 New Spas The best rooms to relax in across the West.

		Bordeaux, France Is it the most important wine region in the world or the most overrated? We head to southwest France to suss out the truth about this rich and famous wine region.

		Rocky Mountain Vine Vino and biking meet in the American Rockies.
		Peak Form A visit to Arthur Erickson’s cabin in the woods.

		School of Fish A practised angler heads to Northwestern Montana’s legendary Kootenai River to learn the zen-like art of fly-fishing from a master caster.

		Wandering the Willamette To truly appreciate the wines of Oregon's lush countryside, you've got to go and experience the characters and stories that lie behind every bottle.
		San Diego We’re chowing down in San Diego.
		Okanagan Vinns Okanagan Vinns: when the hotel meets the vineyard.

		West of Everything Thanks to the late sculptor Donald Judd, the isolated serenity of Marfa, Texas, has become the latest-and most unlikely-destination on the contemporary art scene.

		Shuswap Once a setting for lazy summer afternoons on houseboats (and not much else), B.C.’s Shuswap region has a whole new game. Forty minutes north of Kamloops, a parcel of 15 miniature communities has become a playground for nature lovers and foodies. PLUS.. Casting for Giants The century-old sturgeon of the Fraser River present a daunting challenge to aspiring anglers.

		Culver City From the hottest commercial galleries to striking new public spaces, we take you on a tour of America’s most dynamic and exciting art scene.

		Going Coastal Little Miss Sunshine Coast.

		Dallas Once known as a rough and ready town, modern Dallas now mixes great art and modern architecture with a little football, making it the Southwest’s most interesting city.

		Cold Spa Our fearless correspondent faces down absolute zero.

		Desert Hot Springs Desert Hot Springs, a mid-century Mecca.

		Ski Vail

		Ski Fernie '

		Ski Switzerland '

The Baja town had done some growing up in the past few years.

Above-water bungalow + brilliant azure = island paradise.

Kapalua has it all: surf, mountains and good eats.

		Holland Holland may be famous for tulips and windmills but it’s the fantastic design scene that has everybody talking.

		San Antonia 'San Antonio sheds its dusty image in a big way.

		Spokane 'Spokane anchors the Inland Empire.

Northern Idaho stakes it's claim as the hot new golf destination.

India, famous for its palaces and forts, also features some more transitory treasures-like the Royal Bengal Tiger.

Penticton is the perfect base for jumping into the wine wonder that is the Naramata Bench.

		Hot Springs The hot springs of B.C. will melt your worries away.

		Utah 'The Greatest Snow on Earth' may be Utah's licence plate slogan, but mitten-free adventures around in the this majestic corner of the state.


The Tenderfoot Chronicles	True North	Alaska
A dedicated urban-dweller gets in touch with his inner cowboy in Colorado.	On your next trip to Kelowna, head north to Vernon. You'll discover the Okanagan the way it used to be.	A cruise ship virgin boards a luxury five-star floating hotel bound for the wilds of the Last Best Place

		Flathead Valley Wade into Montana's Flathead Valley, home to fine arts, fisherman and foodies.

		Kamloops With a handful of stunning new courses, Kamloops has been transformed into a golfing nirvana.

		Kettle Valley With a handful of stunning new courses, Kamloops has been transformed into a golfing nirvana.

		Lawn Bowling With a handful of stunning new courses, Kamloops has been transformed into a golfing nirvana.


Wisconsin	Luxury Road trip	Seattle
Kohler, Wisconsin, seems an unlikely travel spot unless you like golf, spas and high-end design.	The West has four properties deemed worthy of the Relais & Châteaux badge-here’s the 411 on them	A visit to the other side of Seattle.

		Cowichan Meet Canada’s first Slow community.

		Heli-Ski As ski season winds down, helicopter skiing takes flight in the Kootenays.

		Hong Kong, High & Low Back-to-back tours reveal the very different sides of one of the world’s sky-high cities.

		Back to Rancho Rancho Santa Fe, California, takes it easy.


Scotland	Western Hammans	Sebastopol
Scotland, once infamous for it's cuisine, has turned the locavore corner and emerged as a great food destination.	The ancient ritual of Hamman is good clean fun	The funky authenticity of small town California.

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