Nov 18, 2010 • 2 min read
When something has the Unesco pin attached to its lapel, you know it's worth seeing. You go to Paris, you see Notre Dame - rightfully awarded because it's…
Nov 18, 2010 • 2 min read
When something has the Unesco pin attached to its lapel, you know it's worth seeing. You go to Paris, you see Notre Dame - rightfully awarded because it's…
Oct 20, 2010 • 4 min read
To say that the tourist trail through Western Europe is well-travelled is an understatement. In fact it’s so well-travelled it’s not a mere trail, but a…
Oct 10, 2010 • 4 min read
South Africa's Mother City, with its cloud-draped Table Mountain, golden beaches and bountiful vineyards, captures people's hearts.
Oct 5, 2010 • 3 min read
To eat and drink in Italy often verges on the sublime, and at any time of year there are markets, shops and restaurants groaning with fresh seasonal…
Oct 4, 2010 • 3 min read
Strike up a conversation with an Australian abroad and you’ll inevitably uncover a national quirk: the obsessive quest for a 'decent' coffee. It will…
Oct 1, 2010 • 2 min read
Snow, ice, water, rock, sky. The stark surroundings of Antarctica and the enormity of its ice shelves and mountain ranges make for an elemental beauty…
Sep 28, 2010 • 4 min read
The central steppe of Patagonia, South America’s southern frontier, sweeps eastwards for thousands of miles from the foot of the Andes Mountains.
Sep 27, 2010 • 6 min read
Located just over an hour’s drive out of Melbourne, Victoria's Yarra Valley is a flat, sprawling region peppered with more than 50 wineries, cute-as-pie…
Sep 26, 2010 • 2 min read
This is an excerpt from the food and drinks chapter of Lonely Planet's Tokyo guide.
Sep 24, 2010 • 3 min read
Just as the climate changes from south to north in New Zealand, so do the local speciality foods of each region. Chefs carefully seek the very best and…
Sep 23, 2010 • 3 min read
Lonely Planet's New Zealand guidebook is full of great ways to cover the whole of this surprisingly large country.
Sep 17, 2010 • 4 min read
With just a week to spare in Lebanon, that tightly packed powerhouse of Middle Eastern history perched beside the Mediterranean, you can – with the help…
Sep 17, 2010 • 3 min read
When it comes to watering holes, like other sybaritic pursuits, the bar is set higher in New York. Whether you're looking for a shady speakeasy, a new…
Sep 15, 2010 • 4 min read
While Portland, Oregon may be attracting culture vultures from all over, Portland in Maine happily flies under the art radar, attracting only the savviest…
Sep 8, 2010 • 2 min read
Always the bridesmaid, never the bride, Sweden's Malmö has always played Dannii to Copenhagen's Kylie. Yet, in just over a decade, this one-time urban B…
Sep 7, 2010 • 2 min read
You know your Egg chair from your S chair, but have more 'cool' than 'kroner'. The bad news: 'Copenhagen' and 'cheap' don't usually share the same…
Sep 6, 2010 • 4 min read
It may seem hard to maintain a ritual of cleansing in Phuket, Thailand’s centre of sin and decadence, but once a year it’s easy to join in with the Thais…
Sep 3, 2010 • 4 min read
Seoul is transformed every decade by its citizens’ energy and love of the new. Here's how to spend a perfect day in the capital of South Korea.
Aug 27, 2010 • 3 min read
They say there are more microbreweries in Colorado than any other US state… or maybe it’s that there are more microbreweries per capita than any other US…
Aug 27, 2010 • 3 min read
Reykjavík may seem like a mystifying place, but this two-day itinerary will have you feeling like a hearty local.
Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read
Four or five centuries ago, British food was sensational, featuring a dizzying range of local and imported ingredients and flavours. Then it wasn’t – the…