North America Travel Stories

Sep 20, 2011 • 6 min read

While many visitors to Canada – especially those who think Canadians live under a permanent blanket of snow – are surprised to learn that wine is produced…

Sep 15, 2011 • 3 min read

The sweet temptation of street eats seems to be lurking around just about every other corner in Mexico. With food stalls galore and roaming vendors out in…

Sep 13, 2011 • 5 min read

Have you had a good plummet lately? No? Well, if you'd like to add an adrenaline rush and an element of danger to your next trip, we've pulled together a…

Sep 12, 2011 • 3 min read

When the 110-mile White Pass & Yukon railroad opened in 1900, it carried thousands of stampeders from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse in the Yukon, Canada…

Sep 6, 2011 • 7 min read

Having been snatched from the very jaws of environmental disaster lends a certain added drama to these wilderness regions.

Aug 30, 2011 • 5 min read

Guidebook research may sound like a dream job, but mostly it's grueling hard work pounding the pavement. So who can blame a road-weary travel writer for…

Aug 22, 2011 • 4 min read

Sometimes the really good travel stories are the ones where you feel a smidge of fear. Perhaps it’s because we all love scary stories, drawn from those…

Aug 5, 2011 • 6 min read

Yoga in India, cooking in Vietnam - in this extract from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we find those 10 iconic experiences that are as…

Jul 6, 2011 • 7 min read

Fashion, food and music all take their cues from the past, so why not a little travel with a vintage twist? Here’s our down-the-years guide to yesterdays…

Jul 5, 2011 • 2 min read

The East Coast doesn't have to be all high power and high speed. Get yourself to these easy beaches for some serious kicking back.

Jun 30, 2011 • 6 min read

What happens when obsessions become collections? In this excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we explore 10 of the more eccentric…

Jun 27, 2011 • 5 min read

We've all got our own motivations for traveling, so why not the 7 deadly sins? Here are our pick of the places that epitomize them the most, and a few…

Jun 9, 2011 • 3 min read

Drinking and holidays go together quite well, don't you think? There's a certain romance to sipping a cocktail in a strange city, and there's no better…

Jun 6, 2011 • 6 min read

Strikingly tall structures perched on rough windswept coastlines hearkening back to an earlier seafaring time in history, lighthouses are a constant…

Jun 2, 2011 • 4 min read

Like most budget travellers, the word that makes my eyebrows leap the highest is 'free'. While the you-get-what-you-pay-for statute makes it uncool to…

May 15, 2011 • 7 min read

Worried that the economy might put a crimp in your travel plans next year? Never fear: travel doesn't have to break the bank. Your currency may be…

May 4, 2011 • 4 min read

To the crowd of young Mexicans carrying on behind the swinging doors of a pulque parlour one Saturday afternoon, participating in a cultural revival is…

Apr 29, 2011 • 5 min read

Here's our pick of the perfect destinations for the best food without a face – and three for vegetarians to avoid…

Apr 15, 2011 • 3 min read

Every week in the US is a national park week, but only this week (April 16-24) is National Park Week, when all 394 of the nation's great natural and…

Apr 5, 2011 • 8 min read

Pacific Northwesterners like to say that surviving the long, gray, rainy winters hinges on two things: beer and coffee. But what people drink here is just…

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…

Apr 1, 2011 • 6 min read

Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2011 brings you the cities where history's best artistic talents had their imagination fired - and left a legacy of their…