No place evokes the high life like the Alps. Starting at the newly crowned gold-medal capital of Turin and heading north, we’ve dug up the best digs, greatest trips, deepest powder stashes, finest food, wildest nightlife, and more. Plus: Olympic venues of the past, revisited.
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Don’t let Syria’s penchant for evildoing fool you: Politics aside, the food’s great, the discos are thumping, and spectacular antiquities are perched on every cliff.
PATRICK SYMMES hits the road to Damascus one step ahead of the smart bombs and finds a land and people far more disarming than the bad guys who are in charge.