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Eden, serves local game in its restaurant and house-cured meats in its delicatessen. Cazador, a longtime staple of the residential neighborhood Mt. Just 10 minutes on foot from the newly renovated downtown, for instance, takes you to Hugo’s Bistro, where a regular clientele, including many lawyers, dines on unfussy French-inspired food that takes advantage of New Zealand’s fertility: Saffron, wasabi and truffles, among other delicacies, are grown in the country. Restaurants that have been germinating while the country’s borders were closed are now ready to be sampled by all. AnneLise Sorensen Andy Haslam for The New York TimesĪuckland is usually considered the entry point for the rest of New Zealand’s natural attractions, but travelers just passing through can miss that it’s also the culinary capital (sorry, Wellington).

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And now the past is getting a refresh: The Kilmartin Museum is reopening with expanded exhibits and new experiences that delve into the region’s relics and flourishing natural life, including Moine Mhor (Great Moss), one of the few remaining raised bogs in Europe, above which looms the Iron Age hill fort of Dunadd.įor full immersion into the Scotland of yore, stay at the moody 16th-century Kilmartin Castle, which was recently transformed into a boutique hotel, with vaulted ceilings, copper tubs and a wild swimming pond. Wander among majestic stone circles, standing slabs that jut from the earth, burial cairns and rock carvings of concentric rings, expanding like ripples from a drop of water. This verdant valley on Scotland’s wild west coast is one of the most significant prehistoric sites in Britain, yet it’s largely off the visitor circuit imagine Stonehenge without the crowds. The sun rises over Kilmartin Glen as it has for thousands of years, illuminating an ancient landscape of more than 800 archaeological monuments sprouting in the mist.

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Craig Mod Andrew Faulk for The New York Times An hour west by car: Lake Tazawa and dozens of world-class hot springs. Azumaya serves up all-you-can-eat wanko soba, which comes served in dozens of tiny bowls Booknerd offers classic Japanese art books and Johnny’s, a jazz cafe, has been open for over 40 years. There’s also fantastic coffee, including one of Japan’s third-wave originators: Nagasawa Coffee, whose owner, Kazuhiro Nagasawa, is so committed to his beans that he uses a vintage German-made Probat roaster, which he personally imported and restored. One draw is an ancient castle site turned into a park. The city is filled with Taisho-era buildings that mix Western and Eastern architectural aesthetics as well as modern hotels, a few old ryokan (traditional inns) and winding rivers. Morioka’s downtown is eminently walkable. Circumscribed by mountains, it lies a few hours north of Tokyo by Shinkansen, the Japanese high-speed rail lines. The city of Morioka, in Iwate Prefecture, however, is often passed over or outright ignored. Now, travelers are beginning to stream back to popular destinations like Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka. Until this past October, Japan maintained some of the most stringent travel restrictions of any major country. Isabella Kwai Tom Jamieson for The New York Times Big changes, yes, but a wealth of new choices, too.

A cast of a titanosaur, the largest creature ever to walk the planet, will make its European debut at the Natural History Museum, and late-night obsessives can head to newly opened dance clubs like the Beams. There’s also the revamping of Battersea Power Station, an iconic former coal-fired power plant, into a shopping and leisure hub, and a new line on the Underground will directly connect Heathrow Airport to the central boroughs.

But the city continues to juxtapose old traditions and new possibilities, offering something for everyone who loves culture, history, art and nightlife.įor fans of the royal family, and maybe a few naysayers, the crowning of King Charles III, Britain’s first coronation in seven decades, will be the main event in May.

Between an altered post-lockdown landscape, sensational changeovers at 10 Downing Street and the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there is no doubt that London is in transition.

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