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2 weeks ago | matadornetwork.com | Suzie Dundas

Azores News Airports + Flying by Suzie Dundas Jun 11, 2025 For the first time ever, travelers on the US West Coast can now fly directly to one of the most beautiful islands in Europe: Terceira Island, in the Azores. It’s a brand new route offered on TAP Air Portugal, flying from San Francisco to Terceira. It began on June 3, 2025 and will be a weekly service that opens a lesser-visited corner of Portugal to a vast new audience. It’s a first for West Coasters Photo: antonio gama/Shutterstock...

2 weeks ago | matadornetwork.com | Suzie Dundas

Vancouver Sporting Events Restaurants + Bars by Suzie Dundas Jun 9, 2025 Vancouver is a city where diversity, community, and a passion for being active and outdoorsy converge. So, no surprise: Vancouver’s sports bars are busy as can be during hockey, baseball, and — of course — soccer game days. Sports bars are more than places to watch games, but places to make friends (or foes), cheer on international teams or Team Canada, or find a whole new community of supporters from the other side of...

2 weeks ago | matadornetwork.com | Molly O'Brien

Colorado Epic Stays by Molly O'Brien Jun 9, 2025 Palisade, Colorado, is a laid-back, scenic small town on Colorado’s Western Slope, roughly 3.5 hours West of Denver and 4.5 hours East of Salt Lake City. The quaint town might be best known for peach orchards, vineyards, wine tasting, and agritourism treks — but it’s also a hub of a basecamp for mountain bikers and outdoor activity seekers. It’s a one-of-a-kind getaway, and a destination that’s not overrun with corporate chains or...

2 weeks ago | matadornetwork.com | Stratton Lawrence

Belize Epic Stays Beaches and Islands by Stratton Lawrence Jun 9, 2025 The shark swimming an arm’s length away isn’t interested in me at all. But I can only think of the shark. People come to the Belize Barrier Reef to snorkel and dive with nurse sharks, rays, sea turtles, and tropical fish. I’ve come for the reef and to experience Alaia Belize, a stylish escape in the town of San Pedro on Ambergris Caye, Belize’s largest island. I can see it 600 yards away across the water, safe from the two...

3 weeks ago | matadornetwork.com | Suzie Dundas

Sustainability News National Parks by Suzie Dundas Jun 6, 2025 Each year on June 8, people around the world celebrate “World Oceans Day,” paying tribute to the blue heart of our planet — and highlighting the extreme challenges facing the oceans today due to human activities. The ocean covers more than 70 percent of Earth’s surface, generates most of the oxygen we breathe, and supports an extraordinary diversity of life. But the world’s oceans, and the many communities and billions of people...