While I love a big trending destination as much as the next traveler, the best travel moments happen in the places no one’s watching. | | | | | While I love a big trending destination as much as the next traveler, the best travel moments happen in the places no one’s watching. The guest house trail that’s barely organized. The sleepy mountain town with blissfully empty slopes, the neighborhoods humming right before they become headlines. I love that liminal moment when a place still feels like a secret and you get to meet it on its own terms. There is something addictive about following curiosity, not the algorithm. Take the detour, that’s where the story is. Check out tiny Gibraltar, for example, with its sun-kissed Mediterranean beaches, tapas and pub culture, and a heady history. This little gem may be the sleeper hit of your Southern Spain itinerary. | | | KONDIARONK LOOKOUT, MONTRÉAL, QUEBEC, CANADA | Captivating, cool and cosmopolitan are a few words I’ve heard to describe Montréal. It's twinkly in the winter, a festival capital in the summer and off-season, you’ll have the fabulous museums all to yourself. | | | Photography by: Lukas_Vejrik/Shutterstock, Claudia Gori for Lonely Planet, JRomero04/Shutterstock, VICTOR PONTES/Getty Images, Kevin Raub, Eva Blue/Tourisme Montréal | | | | THIS EMAIL WAS SENT TO YOU BY: LONELY PLANET PUBLICATIONS LTD. | 1101 RED VENTURES DRIVE, FORT MILL, SC 29707 | | | |
