Apr 17, 2018 • 4 min read
More than 200 islands lie within reach of Abu Dhabi’s coastline, scattered across the Gulf beneath cloudless blue skies. Easily accessible islands such as…
Apr 17, 2018 • 5 min read
A desert road trip just south of Abu Dhabi will transport you far from the city’s skyscrapers and malls and add a cinematic, sensory dimension to your UAE…
Apr 13, 2018 • 6 min read
A fortress of sheer stone guards Slovenia’s hidden valleys, each brimming with quiet glacial lakes, wooden shepherds’ huts, and deep gorges cut by cool,…
Apr 13, 2018 • 6 min read
A remote and still relatively undiscovered destination, Papua New Guinea is one of the few places left in the world where you can truly go off the beaten…
Apr 13, 2018 • 8 min read
When you live in a country as vast and varied as the US, it’s hard to decide where to spend that oh-so-precious family vacation. And the answer also…
Apr 12, 2018 • 5 min read
The drive from Molveno in the Brenta Dolomites to Riva del Garda on the north shore of Lake Garda takes only an hour, but the change in scenery and…
Apr 9, 2018 • 4 min read
The warmth of Portuguese people prompted Lonely Planet Local Emily McAuliffe to plant roots in Porto in 2016. In search of culture and adventure, she…
Apr 6, 2018 • 5 min read
Lonely Planet Local Clementine Logan moved to Nairobi for a job in journalism over five years ago and hasn’t looked back. She compares the city to the…
Apr 6, 2018 • 4 min read
Nairobi is a multifaceted African city undergoing dizzying development. It’s full of skyscrapers, crowded markets and congested roads, but is also dotted…
Mar 29, 2018 • 5 min read
You probably don’t need to be told that Hamburg has no shortage of cultural, architectural and artistic attractions, but once you’ve checked off the…
Mar 29, 2018 • 6 min read
The 470km-long Lebanon Mountain Trail traverses the full length of this tiny Middle Eastern country, passing through ancient cedar forests and olive…
Mar 28, 2018 • 6 min read
Sitting pretty on the Iberian Peninsula’s north coast, tiny Cantabria offers a completely different vision of Spain. Still largely unknown to outsiders –…
Mar 26, 2018 • 3 min read
It doesn’t take much time to realize that Havana has almost no tranquil open-air areas – the city vibrates with children’s improvised pelota (baseball)…
Mar 26, 2018 • 6 min read
The London Marathon is fast approaching (22 April to be exact) and if you’re one of those in training for it, good luck. But if, like thousands of others,…
Mar 23, 2018 • 5 min read
Despite its gritty reputation, Johannesburg is a fantastic city to get outdoors in. Trees blanket large swaths of town, rocky ridges provide sweeping…
Mar 22, 2018 • 4 min read
Often overshadowed by the popular Pamir Highway, Tajikistan’s Fan Mountains are a wonderland full of rugged alpine landscapes and stunning glacial lakes…
Mar 16, 2018 • 5 min read
Once only the domain of locals and snowbirds-in-the-know, Fort Myers & Sanibel is fast becoming a destination in its own right and a worthy alternative to…
Mar 15, 2018 • 7 min read
‘Up there – can you see them?’ Scanning the evening sky above the jungle, they were alarmingly easy to spot: hundreds of Pteropus vampyrus – or flying foxes –…
Mar 14, 2018 • 7 min read
On a drive up the eastern shore of Wisconsin, the road ends in Door County, a charming 75-mile peninsula sandwiched between Lake Michigan and Green Bay…
Mar 14, 2018 • 5 min read
You might imagine the Trans-Siberian as a lonely, melancholic train journey through a snowy plain. But it’s better visualised as a chain of really cool…
Mar 14, 2018 • 4 min read
Big blazing skies, slivers of secluded white sand and little more noise than the faint melody of bird song, the Frisian Islands offer everything you could…
Mar 13, 2018 • 6 min read
Kids love water parks. Adults do too. But after another ride down yet another plastic tube you might find yourself longing for something a little more…