Nov 5, 2011 • 4 min read
Florida does two things better than just about any place in America: beaches and theme parks. If you’re traveling with kids, that can be your itinerary –…
Nov 5, 2011 • 4 min read
Florida does two things better than just about any place in America: beaches and theme parks. If you’re traveling with kids, that can be your itinerary –…
Nov 3, 2011 • 3 min read
They grow their mammals and geysers big up in Yellowstone, America’s first national park and Wyoming’s flagship attraction. From shaggy grizzlies to giant…
Oct 26, 2011 • 3 min read
City trips aren't just for business travellers and adults looking for a grown-up good time, in fact in many ways cities can be ideal destinations for…
Oct 7, 2011 • 4 min read
When thinking about travelling with children, as adults we tend to focus on one angle: how do we have fun (and stay sane) while travelling with our kids?
Jun 29, 2011 • 2 min read
I fervently believe that travel is one of the best educations any parent can give to a child – especially during their impressionable teenage years…
Jun 28, 2011 • 3 min read
Children adore Montréal. As if running around in the snow, on the beach or in the woods all day wasn't fun enough, everywhere you turn those crafty…
Apr 15, 2011 • 2 min read
It’s here! Almost. The biggest English royal wedding since, well, the last one. On Friday 29 April, 2011, billions around the world will turn their rapt…
Apr 4, 2011 • 5 min read
The world's gaze will be squarely set on the British Monarchy April 29, when the cute couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, tie the knot. As interest…
Apr 1, 2011 • 2 min read
The USA's Pacific Northwest is known for its magnificent landscape, its cities of progressive thought and innovation, its music and its coffee. It's a…
Jan 11, 2011 • 3 min read
Winters in Beijing can be brutal, with temperatures commonly dropping to minus 10 degrees Celsius or worse. It doesn't stop the locals, though. Rather…
Jan 5, 2011 • 2 min read
Cowboys and miners, plus a few mountain men, were the first to eke out a living in Arizona after the Spanish. The Old West history remains current in…
Oct 12, 2010 • 4 min read
"Nobody's looking for a puppeteer in today's wintry economic climate," complained the unemployed Craig Schwartz, the character portrayed by John Cusack in…
Sep 23, 2010 • 3 min read
Lonely Planet's New Zealand guidebook is full of great ways to cover the whole of this surprisingly large country.
Sep 20, 2010 • 4 min read
If you have ever balked at the notion of a long Indian road trip with small children – but nevertheless longed to get back to the good old days of the…
Sep 16, 2010 • 3 min read
It's not often we have teenagers in the office (except for teenagers at heart), so we asked Lonely Planet work experience student Camilla Stephenson to…
Aug 8, 2010 • 3 min read
Continental Croatia meets the Adriatic in Istria, the heart-shaped peninsula just south of Trieste in Italy. While the bucolic interior of rolling hills…
Jul 22, 2010 • 4 min read
It’s all very well spending much of your business trip cooped up in an air-conditioned office, with only the view from the 34th floor window to remind you…
Jul 16, 2010 • 3 min read
Picture your kids running on a wide expanse of sandy beach surrounded by hills of sweeping grass. They're building sandcastles, catching hermit crabs,…
Jul 11, 2010 • 1 min read
These recommendations are taken from Lisbon Encounter, which is Lonely Planet's short trip guide to the city.
Jul 5, 2010 • 3 min read
Named for the eucalyptus fumes that tint the air from a distance, the Blue Mountains have long been a hill sanctuary for stressed-out Sydneysiders. With a…
Jan 22, 2010 • 1 min read
In 2009, the travel world was rocked by swine flu and ’staycations’, but what about 2010? In an extract from Lonely Planet Magazine’s January 2010 edition…
Sep 17, 2009 • 6 min read
Memphis, home of stars. Graceland? Tick. Peabody Hotel? Move over with your blue suede shoes, King - the web feet are hitting the red carpet. The Peabody…