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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 3

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

We asked our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree to tell us where they have travelled and to rate those destinations by 16 criteria (for example, which was the best ‘Value for money’ destination). More than 3000 people responded, and the results are now in. In this post we look at the popular…

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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 2

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

It’s no easy task deciding on your favourite countries to travel to. We asked our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree to tell us where they have travelled and then we asked them to rate those destinations by 16 criteria (for example, which was the best ‘Value for money’ destination). More than 3000…

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Lonely Planet Traveller’s Choice: the top destinations of 2013, part 1

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

At Lonely Planet, debates are constantly raging over our favourite countries for food, our best-value travel finds and our number one destinations overall. These debates culminate in our annual Best in Travel selections, but we wanted to throw that question to a wider crowd by asking our fans on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Thorn Tree…

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Capture the City quiz: can you identify the city from the photo?

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Many of the photos being submitted to our Capture the City photo competition, even if they’re not perfect guidebook cover photos, are really hitting the nail on the head and capturing the essence of the city in the photograph. Photographers are taking different approaches to the challenge: some go for the macro-level wide view of…

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Capture the City: 5 of our favourite photos so far

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Many beautiful photos are being submitted to our Capture the City photo competition, where we’re looking for the photo that best captures the essence of a city and would be perfect for the cover of a Lonely Planet city or pocket city guidebook. It’s a tough challenge: great photos aren’t necessarily great guidebook cover photos.…

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Smile! Lonely Planet’s guide to Happy travelling

Javier Panero Lonely Planet author

We travel for many reasons. Some people do it for strict business needs, others to see their loved ones and most of us for the sheer pleasure of getting away from the mundane and discovering new sights and adventures. The Lonely Planet offices, unsurprisingly, are full of people with hundreds of travel stories to share,…

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Which destination has changed your life the most?

Mark Broadhead Lonely Planet author

Change is at the heart of travel. While it might not be the reason we head out the door and cross oceans, it is an almost inevitable by-product. How can you interact with other people and cultures, be pushed out of your comfort zone, have your perceptions challenged and not alter a little inside? Obviously,…

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If you could travel to any city for the food…

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

If you could travel to any city in the world purely for the food, where would you go? A simple question, but one that cooked up a fair amount of menu indecision, sizzling debate and hunger-induced confusion when we posed it to the community on Lonely Planet’s Facebook page. Roughly half of the responses weren’t…

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Your travel highlights of 2010

Laura Lindsay Lonely Planet author

2010 has been an odd year for travel. Volcanoes, snow and strikes have all caused chaos for travellers, but it hasn’t been all bad. We asked the trusty travel community on Twitter what their travel highlights were for the past year, and so many of you got in touch it only seemed fair to share.…

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16 Chuck Norris travel tips

Andy Murdock Lonely Planet author

Chuck Norris is a man of many talents, especially if you believe the numerous feats touted on Chuck Norris Facts. As an international movie star, he has obviously been all around the world − in fact there’s even a bridge named after him in Hungary (kind of).  So it seems natural to ask: how does the…

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