Tired of the snow? Find yourself craving a bit of warmth and sunshine to get over the final hump of winter? In this Sunday’s Travel section, Jane Margolies offers some last-minute getaways, from an upscale surf lodge on the Gulf Coast of Florida, to a three-day cruise to the Caribbean. And for those who aren’t sick of the snow, Cindy Hirschfeld picks five of the top North American resorts for spring skiing.
Also this Sunday, Clifford J. Levy, the Times’s bureau chief in Moscow, explores a Russian diaspora that has emerged in Israel, including a bar in Jerusalem called Putin. Andrew Ferren gallery hops in the Murcia province of Spain. And John Holl crafts his own beer in New Hampshire. Other reports from the Amalfi Coast, Rome, London and Prague.