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Places to Escape at Home

We all need to escape every once in a while, and it's often impossible to hop on a plane or into a car. That's why it's so important to set up at least one or two "getaways" within your own home, wh...

Cheap Escapes: Neighborhood Tours

One of the things we love about our hometown of Chicago is its neighborhoods—there are so many that you feel you've never seen the whole city, no matter how many streets you've visited. The same i...

Great Lakes Escapes

We might not have an ocean coastline here in the Midwest, but we do have the world's largest freshwater lake system, and some amazing beach towns that go with it. From Wisconsin to Michigan to Illin...

Roundup: Best Rooftop Escapes

In the city, it's hard to find a quiet space outside unless you go up. Rooftops are the urban version of an open meadow—vast and calm. On top of a high-rise, the traffic below is distant and dim, ...

Mini Escapes: How Would You Spend an Extra Few Hours?

Last Friday, we found ourselves able to leave work early, with a full two hours of unscheduled time on our hands. We walked to the Art Institute of Chicago, where we strolled around the sculpture ga...

Get the Boutique Hotel Look at Home

One of the things we love about Escapes month is all the inspiration it provides for making our homes a little bit more stylish, luxe and comfortable - in other words, more like a boutique hotel. We ...

Clip File: Best of Escapes Month

August has been an inspiring month. All of the escapes we've explored on AT have allowed us to get outside of our own homes for a minute and return regenerated, with new ideas and fresh perspectives...

Roof Garden by mabarchitects

If we lived in this building, we could escape every night to our rooftop paradise overlooking the streets of Athens. Like many major cities, Athens suffers from a shortage of public parks and yards....

Reader Escapes: Splendor in the Grass Continued
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Name: Regina, AT Editor Location: Kansas Tallgrass Prairie Link: Flint Hills Ranch Description: During last year's Escapes Month, we escaped to the Tallgrass Prairie of Kansas. We were there to find...

Reader Escapes: Jessica's Easy Belize
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Name: Jessica, AT Editor Location: Tobacco Caye, Belize Link: Tobacco Caye Lodge Description:I just returned from a week on Tobacco Caye, Belize. Life on this tiny island, located just south of Bel...

Hotel Rooms by United Designers

Yes, we've been going a little hotel-mad lately, but it's Escapes month and hotels provide some of the best bedroom inspiration you can find outside the home. Our picks for today include rooms aroun...

Reader Escapes: Lisa's Nicaraguan Service Adventure
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Name: Lisa S. Location: Managua, Nicaragua Link: Hostels Central Description: I travel to Nicaragua via a nonprofit called Love Light and Melody to provide support to an impoverished community calle...

Global Inspiration from Italian Hotels

All the Italian escapes from AT Readers have us dreaming of a trip to Tuscany. (Check out this getaway and this one for starters.) We found a virtual escape the other day that kept us busy doing not...

Roundup: Reader Escapes
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Who needs a travel agent when AT Readers have been recommending so many great getaways? So far, we've received a bunch of good vacation tips, but we've still got another week left in "Escapes Month....

Reader Escapes: Robin and Tom's Dolce Vita
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Name: Robin and Tom Location: Tuscany, Cinque Terre, and Milan, Italy Link: Podere Castellare in Tuscany Description: Italia = La Dolce Vita! It was our first trip to Italy, but it was by far the b...

Reader Escapes: Gràcia's Mediterranean Holiday
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Name: Gràcia F. Location: Peníscola, Spain Link: The Palasiet Description: My only (for now!) summer escape has been to Peníscola, which is only 40 miles from my home in Spain, but new to me. It'...

Reader Escapes: Jim's Jamaican Getaway
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Name: Jim G. Location: Negril, Jamaica Link: The Rockhouse Description: The Rockhouse is located in a secluded spot on the far west of the island, far away from the mega-resorts like Sandals, Hedoni...

8 At-Home Escapes

The times when you most need a getaway are usually when you're dealing with daily life. After a busy day or a long work week, it helps to have a place in your own home where you can unwind. We've ro...

Reader Escapes: Kristina's Trip to Tuscany
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Name: Kristina O. Location: Sovicille, Italy Link: Il Bareto Description: My parents rented the bottom floor of a house in Tuscany to celebrate my brother's coming back from Iraq in one piece - it's...

Reader Escapes: Sarah's Grecian Getaway
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Name: Sarah E. Location: Zakynthos, Ioanian Islands, Greece Link: The house I stayed in is privately owned by my friend's family but they own a resort just down the road: The Peligoni Club. It's a w...

Reader Escapes: Send Us Your Getaway Photos
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Escapes Month is in full swing and we want to hear from you, our readers, about your favorite summer vacation escapes. Send us your photos and description, and if they're chosen we'll send you a free ...