Stephen Hiltner is an editor, writer and photojournalist on The New York Times’s Travel desk. His work has won a range of prizes, including from the New York Press Club and the Society of American Travel Writers, which granted him their Grand Award — the prestigious Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year award — in 2022. A graduate of the University of Oxford and the University of Virginia, he joined The Times in 2016 after editing for six years at The Paris Review. You can follow his work on Instagram and Twitter.
This year’s 52 Places to Go list includes something for everyone — from remote villages to pristine waters to science centers to a region celebrating 150 years of Impressionism.
By Karen Hanley, Stephen Hiltner and Ruru Kuo
No matter why you travel, our list offers inspiration.
By The New York Times
Shoddy guidebooks are flooding Amazon. Their authors claim to be renowned travel writers, but are they A.I. inventions? And how big is the problem?
By Seth Kugel and Stephen Hiltner
Our columnist reviews the day’s puzzle. Warning: Contains spoilers!
By Stephen Hiltner
Parents often have high hopes when they take their children on vacations. But do kids see what their parents expect them to see? We tried to find out.
By Stephen Hiltner
To find out how children’s travel experiences differ from their parents’, we enlisted families around the world to share their perspectives — and their pictures.
By Derek M. Norman
Videos circulating online and reported on by Russian state media have raised questions about whether Ukrainian soldiers committed a war crime.
By Malachy Browne, Stephen Hiltner, Chevaz Clarke-Williams and Taylor Turner
Videos circulating online and reported on by Russian state media have raised questions about whether Ukrainian soldiers committed a war crime.
By Malachy Browne, Stephen Hiltner, Chevaz Clarke-Williams and Taylor Turner
Five photographers with deep connections to India, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Thailand share one of their region’s signature dishes.
By Poras Chaudhary, Andrew Faulk, Lauryn Ishak, Chang W. Lee and David Terrazas
A Times journalist spent three months capturing a contemporary portrait of Hungary’s capital, where he lived for several years as a child in the early ’90s.
By Stephen Hiltner