Hikers, kayakers, environmentalists and those who love fine dining and world-class wines will find their own personal Nirvana in New Zealand’s fabled National Park.

New products can solve travel problems, from using a cell phone safely while driving to cold feet on airplanes and unmentionable odors anywhere.

Low-key pampering is what a stay at Inn on The Cove & Spa is all about.

New Hampshire’s White Mountains don’t have an “off-season” -- there’s plenty to see and do all year round. In the heart of the mountains, Nestlenook Farm offers luxury in any season.

The Round Barn Farm in Waitsfield, Vermont, is a hilltop haven of warm hospitality, luxurious lodgings and -- in the summer -- grand opera.

The paintings of the Blue Rider School reflect the vivid colors of the Bavarian landscape, scenes travelers can enjoy today from the comfort of Alpenhof Murnau

Drive just a few miles inland from the golden sun-drenched beaches and it’s an altogether different Algarve. That’s where we found Monte do Casal, a luxurious and welcoming hide-away amid cool leafy gardens.

Vermont-grown ingredients transcend mere vegetables, meat and cheese in the inspired menus of Swiss-born Chef Michael Kloeti.

In an art-filled get-away, we admire one of Boston’s great art museums, the latest work of one of the world’s greatest architects, and return to a hotel with its own museum of contemporary art.

Visitors to Madrid couldn’t ask for a better location than the Hotel Hospes, facing onto Plaza de la Independencia, opposite the entrance to the beautiful Retiro Park and alongside Calle Serrano, the smartest shopping street in Spain's capital.