New York is five boroughs, and the one most trips are built around is Manhattan: Times Square, Central Park, Broadway and the ferry to the Statue of Liberty, with a subway that runs all night. Three airports serve it. LaGuardia is in northern Queens about six miles from Manhattan, JFK is on Jamaica Bay in…
Atlanta is Georgia’s capital and its largest city, built on a ridge south of the Chattahoochee River in the foothills of the Appalachians, with more tree cover than any other major American city. A first visit usually runs through the Georgia Aquarium, the World of Coca-Cola and Centennial Olympic Park, the Martin Luther King Jr.…
The Strip isn’t in Las Vegas at all; it sits just outside the city limits in Paradise and Winchester, and the airport, Harry Reid International, is in Paradise too, which is why the drive from the gate to a Strip hotel is so short. Downtown is the other Las Vegas, the older casinos along Fremont…
New Orleans sits on the Mississippi River in Louisiana, in the river’s delta south of Lake Pontchartrain and about 105 miles upriver from the Gulf. The French Quarter is the old heart of the city, French and Spanish Creole buildings on streets like Bourbon, and the city is known for its music, its Creole cooking…
Miami sits on Biscayne Bay in southeast Florida, the county seat of Miami-Dade, with Miami Beach on a barrier island across the bay. PortMiami is the busiest cruise port in the world by passengers and by cruise lines, Little Havana is on the west side of the city, and Wynwood is an art district of…
Denver sits in the South Platte River valley at the western edge of the High Plains, 12 miles east of the foothills of the Rockies, and its official elevation is exactly one mile. Union Station and Lower Downtown are the center of a first visit, Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the concert venue near Morrison about ten…
Orlando is the inland city in the middle of Florida, 42 miles from the Atlantic and 77 from the Gulf, and the theme parks south and west of the city are the draw. Walt Disney World is about 21 miles southwest of the city in Bay Lake, Universal is the one major park inside the…
Jacksonville straddles the St. Johns River in the northeast corner of Florida, about 12 miles south of the Georgia line, and by land area it’s the largest city in the contiguous United States. The Beaches, the oceanfront towns east of the city, are the draw for a first visit, with Riverside and Avondale the neighborhoods…
Fort Lauderdale sits on the Atlantic 30 miles north of Miami, with seven miles of beach and 165 miles of canals and waterways threaded through the city, which is where the Venice of America name comes from. Las Olas Boulevard runs from downtown out to A1A and the beach, and the corner where it meets…
San Juan is a U.S. territory, so flying to it counts as a domestic trip. Old San Juan holds the city walls and the two forts, El Morro and San Cristóbal, and the hotels line Condado and Ocean Park beaches to the east. The airport is in Carolina, in the Isla Verde resort district, a…
