India is the kind of place where one trip can look completely different from the next. Head north and you could be trekking through the Himalayas, watching evening rituals unfold beside the Ganges in Rishikesh or exploring the palaces and bazaars of Rajasthan. Travel south and the pace shifts to Kerala’s palm-fringed backwaters, spice plantations, rich food traditions and tropical coast. In between, there are tiger reserves, Mughal monuments, remote river islands and colorful

Seeing the Northern Lights is one of travel's great “right place, right time” moments. Green, pink and sometimes red light can ripple across an otherwise dark Arctic sky, created when charged particles interact with gases high in Earth's atmosphere. The world's major Northern Lights hot spots sit within or close to the Arctic Circle, particularly northern Norway, Swedish and Finnish Lapland, Iceland, Greenland, Alaska and northern Canada. These high-latitude destinations offe

Spain can give you completely different vacations without once crossing the border. You could spend a week sailing between volcanic islands, retreat to a farmhouse in the mountains, gallery-hop through Madrid or make an entire trip out of Andalucía's Moorish architecture and tapas. That variety means choosing the best small group tour to Spain is less about finding a single winner and more about deciding what you actually want from the trip. Start with geography. Are you pict