Local Voices

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3 min read • Dec 20, 2022

Stockholm-based street-style photographer Verona Farrell shares her favorite tips on eating, drinking and shopping in the Swedish capital.

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7 min read • Dec 7, 2022

With rows of Christmas trees lending the sidewalks their piney scent and twinkly lights everywhere you look, New York is magical around the winter holidays. 

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6 min read • Dec 7, 2022

Picking the Bahamas or Jamaica is a wonderful choice indeed – and a very tough one. We’ve asked two opinionated writers to make the case for each.

• shopping

• activities

3 min read • Dec 2, 2022

London writer Caroline O'Donoghue explains why she always takes visitors to the South Bank, the West End and...M&M’s London.

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3 min read • Nov 30, 2022

Sir Ranulph Fiennes tells Lonely Planet about his most recent trips, his must-pack items and two countries still on his bucket list.

• museums

• art and culture

4 min read • Nov 26, 2022

Paris culture expert Lindsey Tramuta sings the praises of the Musée Gustave Moreau, whose intimacy and eccentricity might beat out the Musée d’Orsay.

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7 min read • Nov 23, 2022

Since Oʻahu and Maui both dazzle, it’s no easy task to decide which Hawaiian island to visit. We’ve asked two writers to make the case for each.

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6 min read • Nov 4, 2022

Just how different are Dubai and Abu Dhabi? Two writers go head-to-head to make their case for their chosen destination.

• beaches

• activities

6 min read • Oct 25, 2022

Experience the leisurely pace of this elegant capital through beach days, steak dinners, carnival celebrations and much more.

• fashion and clothing

• art and culture

6 min read • Sep 9, 2022

Influencer Tania AbuZeid Dahbour knows where to live your best (night)life – and keep the kids happy – in Abu Dhabi

• art and culture

• art

9 min read • Aug 19, 2022

Award-winning painter and artist Hashel Al Lamki is a part of the lifeblood that animates Abu Dhabi’s artistic heartbeat

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6 min read • Jul 25, 2022

By leading and experiencing a wide range of activities, Hala Krunz embodies the Abu Dhabi spirit of adventure.

• lgbtqia

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17 min read • Jun 17, 2022

Drag queens always know what's good. Here are their top tips for the most unique US pride destinations in 2022.

• hiking

• activities

11 min read • Jan 10, 2022

For the Sherpa people of Khumbu, the tourism of Mount Everest is both a livelihood and a source of unspeakable hardship.

• sports

• activities

5 min read • Sep 17, 2021

From kava to feasts, music to rugby, here are the best ways to connect with the Fijian people and experience the islands like a local

• architecture

• art and culture

11 min read • Sep 14, 2021

From compelling museums to some of the best beaches in the USA, San Diego teems with great free things to do.

• black travel

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8 min read • Aug 3, 2021

As the world opens up, a Kenyan traveler stays home and dreams of adventure.

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8 min read • Jul 29, 2021

Writer Simon Moya-Smith goes in search of a cold one in sweltering Albuquerque. He also finds a place where stereotypes go to die.

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10 min read • Feb 18, 2021

Sure, I’m going to miss my apartment, my job, and my income. But what I’m really going to miss is every single one of the 70 million visitors projected to come…

• history

• art and culture

13 min read • Oct 16, 2020

Beyond the glitz of the Italian lake district, we meet the locals who are preserving centuries-old traditions.

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5 min read • Apr 24, 2020

Duncan Garwood has spent 15 years travelling around Italy for Lonely Planet. Here he explains why he is not giving up on this wonderful country, and you…

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5 min read • Apr 3, 2020

Seville is a city of architecture and cultural festivals, it's the kind of place where having a local's perspective is key to experiencing it all.