7:30 a.m. Fill up on Cuban cuisine Hemingway once called Key West the “St.-Tropez of the poor,” but these days, the hunt for inexpensive meals there can feel like Jimmy Buffett’s hunt for a long-lost shaker of salt. The good news is that the city’s Cuban restaurants offer delicious food at reasonable prices. Sandy’s Café,…
8 a.m. Shop in Greenport like it’s 1881 Have a hearty, old-school breakfast at Nookies in the restored 1950s-era Silver Sands Motel, on 45 acres at the end of Silvermere Road in Greenport. After a maple-perfumed, Bunyanesque slab of French toast ($15), enjoy a beach walk or walk back to the Main Road on Silvermere,…
8 a.m. Savor fresh-baked biscuits With numerous trees lining its streets, it’s no surprise that the town of Duck is a designated bird sanctuary. Start the day with breakfast beneath the boughs at Treehouse Cafe + Coffee. Their flavorful biscuits are made onsite from a family recipe. For tradition with a twist, order the Southern…
9 a.m. Head to Columbia Road Columbia Road Flower Market is perhaps one of the most popular attractions in East London. On any given Sunday, people can be seen walking the streets with a bouquet tucked under their arm or wrestling onto a train with a monstera plant. A warning: it gets incredibly busy. Arrive…
9 a.m. Discover the belly of Marseille Indulge in a flaky, slightly sweet chicken pastilla (3 euros) from the Boulangerie O’Coin Gourmand Pains Traditionnel et Gourmandises before heading for a café crème (2 euros) at the Bar de l’Est, a bare-bones, decades-old café on the Marché de Noailles. Sit facing outward toward the market, on…
7 a.m. Head for the high country Get an early start before the desert sun heats up the Dale Ball Trails, a 24-mile network of interconnected hiking and mountain-biking trails in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just east of downtown. Anyone not yet acclimated to the altitude — over 7,000 feet —…
By Ingrid K. Williams Photographs by Tony Cenicola Ingrid K. Williams, a regular contributor to the Travel section, lives in Brooklyn and often visits the Hudson Valley. April 10, 2025 For a weekend escape within a two-hour (or so) drive or train ride of New York City, the Hudson Valley is hard to beat. There…
The airplane’s cabin doors closed hours ago, you’re fastened into your seat and you’re still on the ground, going nowhere fast. What gives? Tarmac delays may be routine, but that doesn’t make them any less of a nightmare. And these instances of passenger purgatory only seem to be getting more frequent for airlines flying in…
7 a.m. Walk — or ride — off those carbs Most of your breakfast needs can be solved at Rise + Roam Bakery in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where chef Jessica Haney makes seasonal quiche, cinnamon rolls and classic biscuits (prices start at $4). Afterward, pick up your favorite style of caffeine at the Mad Dogs & Englishmen…
10 a.m. Explore a Roman settlement How often do visitors to Hungary think about the Roman Empire? At the Aquincum Museum and Archaeological Park in the Óbuda district, the history of the imperial outpost on the Danube takes center stage (adult entry, 3,000 forints). Grab a flat white (1,990 forints) and a Korean-style egg drop…
