Connections

Feb 27, 2013 • 5 min read

A trip to majestic, remote Antarctica is truly the journey of a lifetime. Calving icebergs, breaching whales, deep-diving seals and cavorting penguins are…

Feb 11, 2013 • 5 min read

Dodging Vienna's tourist traps and making the most of the Austrian capital on a tight budget is easy when you know how. Read on to learn how to see Klimt…

Jan 31, 2013 • 9 min read

Mystified by array of immunisations and the maze of sometimes contradictory information available for travellers? This basic guide can help you sort…

Jan 25, 2013 • 5 min read

Valentine’s Day: romantic or cheesy? Why shouldn't it be both? Let's face it - nobody does kitsch overkill quite as well as Americans. Here’s a list of a…

Jan 25, 2013 • 6 min read

From the giddy heights of romance and commitment to the best places to be miserable and alone, we've got places to suit, taken from Lonely Planet's 1000…

Jan 14, 2013 • 5 min read

Why settle for a card and flowers for this Valentine's Day? Travel, dang it! If you're thinking of venturing out, here are six ideas you probably hadn't…

Jan 11, 2013 • 3 min read

Keeping the kids entertained. Image by Meredith Winn Photography (Getty Images).

Jan 10, 2013 • 3 min read

The world's largest salt flat - Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni - is a surreal realm of mirages, where the bone-dry landscape reflects the sky like a mirror…

Jan 7, 2013 • 4 min read

'The Happiest Place on Earth'? Disneyland may lay claim to the cheesy slogan, but we like to think that Denmark's Legoland, though considerably smaller,…

Jan 7, 2013 • 5 min read

Danish culture gives children a beautifully natural place in society. Kids are, on the whole, neither spoilt nor overly scolded, and in Danish democratic…

Jan 7, 2013 • 4 min read

Just because your child only eats cheese sandwiches at home, travelling to countries with more exotic cuisines doesn't have to cause a hunger strike…

Jan 4, 2013 • 5 min read

Getting from A to B doesn’t have to be a journey to boredom for kids if you have a selection of travel games at the ready. When driving, games that take…

Jan 4, 2013 • 4 min read

The first time you contemplate hitting the road as a family can feel fraught with potential disaster – you envisage being stuck without vital wet wipes,…

Jan 4, 2013 • 4 min read

Fed up with the stresses and strains of a working life in London that left little time to spend with our two boys (then aged 6 and 3), my partner and I…

Dec 20, 2012 • 6 min read

Just because you have kids doesn’t mean you have to stop travelling altogether. In fact, bringing the kids along for your next Latin American adventure…

Dec 12, 2012 • 5 min read

We've all done it. A parent boards the airplane with a child in arms, and all the other passengers on the aircraft hold their breath, hoping that the…

Nov 11, 2012 • 3 min read

London is the most verdant city of its size in the world. Green spaces cover nearly 40% of Greater London: parks, squares, public gardens and cemeteries –…

Oct 30, 2012 • 3 min read

The cry of 'Are we there yet?' often really means 'When can we eat?' There's something about the joys of a road trip – hopping in and out of the car for…

Oct 25, 2012 • 5 min read

Coconut palms and aquamarine waters are only the beginning – Lonely Planet Traveller magazine takes you to five very different island escapes, from diving…

Oct 8, 2012 • 5 min read

Did the movie Contagion freak your scat out? Me too. In fact, I was initially barred from seeing the movie because my friends weren't sure I could handle…

Sep 28, 2012 • 5 min read

A beach in Tamil Nadu by Tracy Hunter. Creative Commons Attribution licence

Sep 7, 2012 • 3 min read

World-class diving awaits you in the underwater realms of the Solomon Islands. The marine biodiversity is exceptional, incredibly healthy reefs look like…