Food and Drink

Jun 21, 2012 • 4 min read

It’s early August in Vancouver and across a pristine city beach - driftwood-strewn, tide pool dotted, hemmed by forest and twinkling in the sun - dashes a…

Jun 20, 2012 • 4 min read

Jim Haynes has a CV that just won’t quit. A Louisianan raised in Venezuela, Haynes did his US military service in Edinburgh, started a theatre in London’s…

Jun 20, 2012 • 11 min read

Roadtripping in Autumn can be an especially photogenic time, and the US affords some lush landscape to motor through. Here are 10 trips for fall across…

Jun 20, 2012 • 3 min read

London’s best bars and pubs as chosen by Lonely Planet Staff and Twitter followers

Jun 20, 2012 • 4 min read

In this extract from A Moveable Feast, Don George, editor of this new collection of food travel tales, reflects on the inseparable, wonderful relationship…

Jun 20, 2012 • 2 min read

Once a religious holiday within Ireland, St Patrick's Day is now an international celebration. We've scoured our travel guides and chosen a few surprising…

Jun 20, 2012 • 2 min read

More than six million people have read Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert's account of her year-long trip through Italy, India and Bali. But seriously, how…

Jun 20, 2012 • 2 min read

Vancouver needs more than a day, but its bite-sized neighborhoods – easily reached by metro or bus – allow plenty of experience with a single day to…

Jun 20, 2012 • 5 min read

Edinburgh Festival is a singular event most accurately referred to in the plural. In the general vicinity of August a host of festivals come to town…

Jun 19, 2012 • 5 min read

From crafts and medieval architecture to haute cuisine and cocktails, enjoy the very best of Stockholm with Lonely Planet Magazine's guide.

Jun 19, 2012 • 4 min read

If a night on the town in New York City for you means knocking back mojitos at an über slick Manhattan rooftop bar or single-malts at a swanky Wall Street…

Jun 19, 2012 • 3 min read

It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It's the world's second most valuable commodity (after petroleum), and it will almost certainly play a…

Jun 18, 2012 • 5 min read

After a lucky 1896 panning discovery ignited the Klondike Gold Rush in Canada’s Yukon Territory, thousands of nugget-eyed North Americans stampeded in for…

Jun 17, 2012 • 2 min read

Our insider tips on accommodation, free wi-fi, ordering coffee, and museum and transports passes, for the perfect Roman holiday:

Jun 15, 2012 • 5 min read

Traditionally known for its wine and olives, Israel and the Palestinian Territories have also become a haven for locally brewed beers in recent years…

Jun 15, 2012 • 3 min read

Planning a long, languid meander across Europe? Of course, this continent's food is rightfully reverred, but if you're not clever you can easily run out…

Jun 12, 2012 • 4 min read

With pristine waters, cute local beaches and an impressive network of walking trails, the picturesque wine-growing region of Lavaux is one of Europe's…

Jun 11, 2012 • 2 min read

Ornate, colourful, marinated in tradition – a taste of Portugal can be very filling. Here are some digestible insider tips:

Jun 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Who doesn't love throwing a blanket down on a sunny patch of grass, cracking open a box of sandwiches and getting down to the serious business of high…

Jun 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Italy's super-charged capital boasts one of the world's most inspiring cityscapes. Take the landscape as your cue: Rome is the ideal place to realise your…

Jun 10, 2012 • 2 min read

It's a well-known fact that Rome is on the top of every stomach's must-visit list. Afraid of filling up on bucatini alla amatriciana or carciofi alla…

Jun 10, 2012 • 4 min read

Head to the heel of Italy's boot and discover a region with reasons to celebrate local food all year round. Gourmet heaven, thy name is Puglia!