Conde Nast Traveler

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editor’s letter

READY FOR ITS CLOSE-UP • Panama City has gone from merely a stopover to a bona fide stay

Just Like Old Times • These dazzling hotels are reimagining landmark buildings to celebrate the legacy of Casco Viejo, Panama City’s colorful old town

Melting Pot • The city’s inventive new restaurants and bars showcase the diversity of Panama’s people

THE INSIDER • The Panamanian musician and educator Danilo Pérez on his favorite spots in the jazz-crazy capital—including where he goes dancing with his family

BUILT TO LAST • Fashion designer Phillip Lim assembles a dream trip to Sri Lanka around one of his architectural heroes—and returns home full of fresh ideas

SUN IS SHINING • Jamaican reggae singer Lila Iké shares a musical itinerary through Kingston

INSPIRED BY GLENEAGLES

The Slow Road • Rather than rush from Tokyo to Kyoto by train, as most visitors to Japan do, Tom Vanderbilt chose to bike—coasting down country roads, spying snow monkeys, and refueling with hearty bowls of soba

Bread of Life • Throughout Armenia, chefs and restaurateurs are celebrating the country’s culinary heritage and history

Antiques Road Show • After buying a second home, in France, the designer Claire Vivier called up fellow designer Kate Berry to go on the ultimate shopping spree

On the Rise • With new hotels, climbing routes, and biking trails, Colorado’s low-key, high-elevation Western Slope is ripe for adventure

Continental Drift • For her first trip to Africa, aboard an HX Hurtigruten cruise ship, Sarah Greaves Gabbadon confronts her assumptions about what a homeland means

Creation Story • Modern-day craftspeople are bringing back traditional Arabian arts in Jeddah’s Old Town of Al-Balad

THE PAST IS PRESENT • Beguilingly complex Istanbul has done a lot of soul-searching in recent years. Lale Arikoglu digs into the city’s modern identity—while tracing the roots of her own

SANDS OF TIME • Sculpted by millennia, Chad is a place of ancient geology and epic grandeur. Aminatta Forna finds her place in it all

gather round • The secret ingredient in Philadelphia’s lauded food scene? The empathy of the locals behind it

easy does it • Beyond the bubble of Queenstown, New Zealand’s majestic Otago region offers the kinds of adventures you can truly appreciate only by slowing down

SHAILENE WOODLEY on FIJI