Wood-paneled luxury hotel lobby with lounge seating

Where to Stay in Boston: Mandarin Oriental

Where you stay shapes a city trip as much as what you see. The Mandarin Oriental pairs a central Boston location with the kind of service and calm that make returning at the end of the day part of the experience.

The Brown Jug in Sandwich

Best Quick Gourmet at The Brown Jug in Sandwich

Some memorable travel meals come from a gourmet market instead of a restaurant. The Brown Jug makes it easy to assemble a picnic that fits the day instead of planning the day around a reservation.

Gilded Great Hall of The Breakers decorated with red poinsettias for the holidays, Newport

5 Festive Holiday Events at the Newport Mansions

Decked for the holidays, Newport’s Gilded Age mansions come closest to feeling lived-in: candlelight, towering trees, and rooms staged the way a Vanderbilt Christmas might have looked. It’s the season the grandeur turns warm instead of museum-cold.

Pink and orange sunset over the beach and dune grass in Sandwich, Cape Cod

An Off-Season Waterfront Weekend in Sandwich, Cape Cod

Sandwich is the oldest town on Cape Cod and the first you reach over the bridge, which makes it an easy off-season weekend when the summer crowds are gone. A boardwalk, a historic village, and empty beaches are the whole appeal in the quiet months.