Weekend Trips🌎 Asheville
The Two-Hour Rule: How Far a Weekend Actually Reaches
A weekend trip is bounded by drive time in a way people consistently underestimate, and the honest limit is closer than it looks.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 21, 2026All Articles
Weekend Trips🌎 Islamorada
Weekends From Miami: The Keys, the Everglades and Inland
Miami's weekends run down a single highway into the Keys or west into swamp, and the two could not be more different.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 21, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Saugatuck
Weekends From Chicago: The Lake Decides Everything
Chicago's weekend geography is organised around Lake Michigan, and which shore you pick changes the whole trip.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 21, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Joshua Tree
Weekends From Los Angeles: Desert, Mountains or Coast
Los Angeles sits within three hours of desert, alpine forest, wine country and the Pacific, which is an unusual set of choices.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 21, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Beacon
Weekends From New York: What the Trains Reach
New York is one of the few American cities where a weekend away needs no car, because the rail network still works.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 21, 2026
🇪🇺 Madrid
Madrid in 48 Hours: Museums, Tapas and Day-Trip Timing
Discover the best of Madrid in a 48-hour weekend trip itinerary.
Staff
August 21, 2026
🌏 Istanbul
Istanbul Weekend Itinerary: Old City, Bosphorus and Bazaars
Explore Istanbul's Old City, Bosphorus, and Bazaars on a weekend trip from London.
Staff
August 19, 2026
Weekend Itineraries🌏 Kōya
Japan: Where a Weekend Reaches From Kyoto and Osaka
Kansai is dense enough that a weekend from Kyoto or Osaka reaches a mountaintop monastery or an island of contemporary art.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Niagara-on-the-Lake
Weekends From Toronto: Wine, Water and the Shield
Toronto's weekend map runs from vineyards an hour away to granite and pine three hours north, and the seasons swap them.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Blue Ridge
Weekends From Atlanta: The Mountains Are Closer Than the Coast
Atlanta sits at the southern end of the Appalachians, which puts real mountains ninety minutes away and the beach five hours.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Harpers Ferry
Weekends From Washington DC: Battlefields, Bay and Blue Ridge
Washington sits between the Chesapeake and the Appalachians, with more history per mile than anywhere else in the country.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026
Weekend Trips🌎 Friday Harbor
Weekends From Seattle: Ferries, Volcanoes and the Dry Side
The Cascades split Washington into a wet half and a dry half, and crossing them is the most useful weekend decision.
Weekend Trip Editorial
August 16, 2026