Shopping

Jul 31, 2012 • 4 min read

Sweeping, landmark-studded boulevards, lamp-lit stone bridges, art nouveau cafes and graceful gardens...France's photogenic capital is the world's most…

Jun 27, 2012 • 5 min read

This is an excerpt from the Shopping chapter of Lonely Planet's New York City guide.

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…

Mar 9, 2012 • 3 min read

When Winter Olympic host Vancouver hogged the international spotlight in 2010, many people around the world believed they were seeing images of British…

Feb 15, 2012 • 4 min read

Now more than ever, visiting Las Vegas is not just about gambling. A stopover in Sin City these days is all about the headlong, hedonistic pursuit of…

Feb 7, 2012 • 3 min read

With Stockholm Fashion Week currently taking place (6 to 12 February), Sweden’s prowess for fashion is on full display. While the city’s Nordic chic style…

Jan 12, 2012 • 4 min read

Big-booted Italy and its volcanic little brother Sicily are firmly in the spotlight for travelling Europhiles, but what about the other island? Sardinia,…

Jan 5, 2012 • 4 min read

The arrivals hall of Faro airport is flooded with golf club-toting tourists every day, and multimillion-dollar yachts bob in the resort-style harbour of…

Nov 8, 2011 • 5 min read

Picture the glow of Medieval squares illuminated by thousands of sparkling lights. Imagine gingerbread-style stalls where artisans offer traditional…

Aug 27, 2011 • 4 min read

What? You mean there's other stuff to do in Agra apart from seeing the Taj Mahal? You bet there is.

Jun 14, 2011 • 3 min read

Finland has long been regarded as the least flashy, and the most quirky and enigmatic, of the Nordic countries. Though Helsinki might be regarded as a…

Mar 8, 2011 • 3 min read

Every Japanese department store worth its hand-harvested sea salt has a depachika, a basement food hall offering an array of high-quality comestibles…

Feb 22, 2011 • 5 min read

Valued throughout Asia for its beauty and elegance, jade is an especially desired keepsake for visitors to Taipei, which has hundreds of stores…

Jan 17, 2011 • 3 min read

London's a great city no matter which way you look at it, but melancholia has no GPS and sometimes you can find yourself feeling down, even in your dream…

Dec 8, 2010 • 5 min read

Nothing gives you an insight into local shopping like a loud and sprawling market. Come with us on a global tour of some of the world's greatest markets -…

Dec 2, 2010 • 3 min read

Beneath the mantle of glitz and glamour, Dubai's subtle and seductive charms could easily be overlooked. But lift the cloak of this glittering diamond…

Nov 1, 2010 • 6 min read

Toss aside your preconceptions, and come with us on a tour of the greatest comeback cities in the world, with this excerpt from Lonely Planet's Best in…

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.

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 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 • 5 min read

A Bible-toting Elvis kisses a giddy couple who’ve just pledged eternity in the Chapel of Love. A blue-haired granny feeds nickels into a slot machine…