Places to bask in spectacular foliage this fall season

Autumn is a good time to travel—nicer weather, no peak summer pricing. Here are five spots that should be on your list

- Bloomberg

Call it foliage season, shoulder season, Q3 or plain old fall: It's the best time of year for big cities and big adventures, and it's coming up fast. In any constantly evolving metropolis, this is when restaurant rows and museum miles flash with glitzy new openings and exhibits, all of them ready to capture a local population that's spent the last few months decamped somewhere else. And autumn is your best chance to get better-than-summer weather in many beachy getaway spots—without peak summer pricing.

If you want to be in the right place at the right time, look no further. Here are five perfect-for-fall escapes.

UPPER EAST SIDE, MANHATTAN

In New York City, uptown has been downtown-ified. Madison Avenue has seen Covid-era store closures get filled in with youthful brands such as LA-import Violet Gray and flagships of of-the-moment brands like L'Agence. Unlike other prime shopping neighborhoods, the UES feels curated. You'll actually enjoy yourself as you stock up on Khaite trench coats, Still Here denim and Gorjana charm bracelets.

The restaurant scene here has never been more exciting. And on the hotel front, what's old is new again. The excellent Surrey is now a Corinthia hotel, with an outpost of Miami's beloved Casa Tua restaurant bringing social buzz to the first floor. Don't forget the area's art institutions, which are worth a revisit even if you've been many times. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has just reopened its renovated Rockefeller Wing, for instance, featuring new collections that highlight work from Africa, the ancient Americas and Oceania.

PAROS AND ANTIPAROS, GREECE