Tag: gardens
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2 Days in Kanazawa: Gardens & Gold Leaf Traditions
Kanazawa feels like Kyoto’s quieter cousin. With immaculately preserved samurai and geisha districts, Edo-era lanes, one of Japan’s top three landscape gardens, and a centuries-long love affair with gold leaf, the city offers a deep sense of history without the crowds. Once a wealthy castle town during the Edo period, Kanazawa escaped WWII damage, allowing…
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Sintra: So Much More Than a Day Trip from Lisbon
Gothic wells, misty forests, castles in the clouds—Sintra is where Portugal feels like a fairytale. We stayed overnight (and you should too!)