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Since the Eurostar launched in 1994, air travel has reduced between London and Paris. Justin Foulkes / Lonely Planet

Feb 14, 20205 min read

How sustainable are planes, trains and coaches on top European routes?

An enormous MoonPie is sliced up at MoonPie Over Mobile in Alabama.

Feb 11, 20203 min read

Amtrak service will be returning to the Gulf Coast for the first time since Hurricane Katrina

Train travel can be an conscious way to satisfy your wanderlust. Bonita Cooke / Getty Images

Feb 11, 20205 min read

10 tips for taking a long-distance train with kids

The Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris draws more than 3.5 million visitors each year. Maxal Tamor / Shutterstock

Feb 11, 20206 min read

Cemetery tourism: an ethical traveller's guide to graveyards

Climbing Takao early in the morning means minimal crowds on the trails. MMpai / Shutterstock

Feb 5, 20204 min read

Self-reflection not selfies: why Tokyo’s Mt Takao trek is a perfect complement to Mt Fuji

Home to 39 % of the world's total marine mammal species and numerous other wildlife, protecting the oceans around Todos Santos are a matter of global importance. Stuart Westmorland / Getty Images

Feb 5, 20208 min read

How one eco-resort is removing plastic from Todos Santos

Sunrise at Uluru in the heart of Australia's Outback.

Feb 4, 20206 min read

Why now is the time to plan a trip to Australia

View of the Pacific Ocean from the hills of Pismo Preserve

Jan 30, 20201 min read

California opens miles of coastal hiking and biking trails to the public

The pristine North Beach on Heron Island. Bruce Hood / Getty Images

Jan 28, 20205 min read

How to have a sustainable visit to the Great Barrier Reef

Jan 27, 20201 min read

Go heli-hiking from a polar vessel with a low eco-footprint

Tents pitched on the mountainous Senaru rim with Mount Rinjani (Anak Rinjani) in the background.
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Jan 27, 20205 min read

How to be sustainable on your hiking trip

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Jan 24, 20206 min read

How to visit Puerto Rico after the earthquakes

Close-up of a bunch of wild garlic (ramsons) freshly picked and placed on mossy forest ground, next to a reusable cotton bag. Ideal image for themes of organic food, foraging and sustainability, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-09T22:31:57.000Z, User: Norma.PrauseBrewer_LonelyPlanet, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Europe 5, other: Norma Brewer

Jan 24, 20202 min read

China becomes latest country to announce ban on single-use plastics

The Jerusalem Church (Jeruzalemkerk in Flemish) in Bruges, Belgium. A unique medieval chapel and a part of The Adornes domain., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-03T11:22:23.000Z, User: aniabartoszek, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing-WIP, client: Belgium & Luxembourg 10, other: Ania Lenihan

Jan 21, 20202 min read

Bruges' first electric tourist boat has set sail

Göreme, Turkey - 08 10 2024: Hot air balloon ride over Love Valley, Cappadocia. Breathtaking experience. Alien Anatolian landscapes., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-09T22:31:57.000Z, User: Norma.PrauseBrewer_LonelyPlanet, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Europe 5, other: Norma Brewer

Jan 21, 20201 min read

Lonely Planet Experiences are a new way to explore the world

view of the Alps, Geneva lake and Montreux cityscape with colorful flowers in foreground on a sunny summer day, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-03T18:59:06.000Z, User: fabricencoredesign31, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing-WIP, client: Experience Switzerland 1, other: Fabrice Robin

Jan 20, 20202 min read

These ski chalets will reduce your bill if you make sustainable choices

A dip in crystal clear water is just the tonic for jetlag. sarayuth3390 / Getty Images

Jan 18, 20206 min read

A date with the ocean in Mo'orea, French Polynesia

Tourists use a new cable car system to reach Kuelap, a fortified citadel built by the Chachapoya indigenous people between the 6th and 11th centuries, from the town of Nuevo Tingo, in the Amazon region in northern Peru, on March 15, 2017. The 4.4-km ca...

Jan 16, 20202 min read

Peru launches massive reforestation programme at Machu Picchu

©Artur Debat/Getty Images

Jan 15, 20202 min read

Thailand bans single-use plastic bags

Anaa is an island paradise for those looking to travel off the beaten track. SageElyse / Shutterstock

Jan 14, 20205 min read

The beautiful French Polynesian island you've never heard of

2J0ABFY Roda de Bera, Spain - February 20, 2022: TGV Euroduplex high-speed train of Ouigo Espana SNCF on the Madrid - Barcelona high speed rail railway line n
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Jan 9, 20202 min read

Barcelona is banning older vehicles from entering Europe’s largest low emissions zone

Toronto Canada, August 20, 2024; A full train view of a Via Rail sleek modern Siemens train set passing by a green forest area., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-02T17:28:21.000Z, User: mvm_lonelyplanet, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Experience Canada 1, client: Global Publishing-WIP, other: Virginia Moreno

Jan 9, 20202 min read

Travelling by train in Germany has just got cheaper

A towering reddish-brown rock formation stands against the night sky, illuminated by the stars of the Milky Way

Jan 7, 20208 min read

Astrotourists love these Dark Sky Communities for urban stargazing

RIGA, LATVIA - JULY, 26. Door of the old apartment building in art Nouveau style on Alberta street on July 26, 2015. The house was built in 1905 by Konstantins Peksens in Riga, Latvia.
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Jan 5, 20202 min read

Visit two new countries by train in 2020 with a Eurail Global Pass

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Dec 30, 20194 min read

How cities around the world managed overtourism in 2019

A woman with long medium brown curly hair sits in a wicker egg chair holding an orange juice in a mason jar. Letters in a distressed shabby chic aesthetic sit on the top of the chair reading I Love Island.

Dec 23, 20198 min read

How climate change is forcing the travel blogging industry to evolve

A view of the causeway leading to the island of St. Michael's Mount at low tide.
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St. Michael's Mount Causeway, Cornwall

Dec 18, 20195 min read

Inside the UK's longest sleeper train journey

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Dec 14, 20191 min read

You'll soon be able to munch on public fruits in Copenhagen

A man jumping into the water at the naturally formed 'Devil's Pool' at Victoria Falls.

Dec 12, 20196 min read

Is Victoria Falls drying up?

Bundling visas is one way you can shave your long-term travel budget. maybefalse / Getty Images

Dec 11, 20196 min read

How to budget for a trip around the world

LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 19: King Charles III, the Queen Consort, the Princess Royal, Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence, the Duke of York, the Earl of Wessex, the Countess of Wessex, the Prince of Wales, the Princess of Wales, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess of Sussex, Peter Phillips and the Earl of Snowdon follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and sceptre, as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her State Funeralon September 19, 2022 in London, England. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and ascended the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland on September 8, 2022, and is succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III. (Photo by Danny Lawson - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
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Nov 29, 20191 min read

The Queen wants to hire a director of travel to help make royal journeys more eco-friendly

Tokyo, Japan, May 1 2025, passengers the Shinkansen (bullet train) in Japan, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-10T16:47:28.000Z, User: rhylton_redventures, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Lonely Planet, client: wip, other: Rhianydd Hylton

Nov 26, 20192 min read

Stay in this Australian eco cabin designed by Matthew McConaughey

Woman kayaking at a mangrove forest in the Everglades.
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Nov 25, 20194 min read

Three sustainable ways to experience the Everglades

A condor flies in front of the moon at Pinnacles National Park, California. NickLustPhotography / Getty Images

Nov 24, 20195 min read

Call of nature: 9 rewilding schemes you can visit in the USA

Nov 21, 20192 min read

This budget airline plans to operate net-zero carbon flights by offsetting fuel emissions

Michinoku Shiokaze Trail in Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

Nov 19, 20198 min read

Why Japan’s Michinoku Coastal Trail is the best hike I’ve ever done

Copenhagen, Denmark, August 16th 2023 Photo Of Elephant Gate And Tower Carlsberg, most famous landmark of the Carlsberg district in Copenhagen..the original brewery site of the Carlsberg Brewery, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-10T16:35:55.000Z, User: sevelynd12, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56500 - T&R or Kids, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Dream Trips of Europe, other: Sharon / Dortenzio

Nov 19, 20192 min read

Now there's an easier way to explore Copenhagen's neighbourhoods

SIEM REAP, CAMBODIA - SEP 9:Visitor at the bayon on Sep 9, 2012 in Angkor. Angkor was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1992. is one of the four major miracle in Oriental.
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Nov 19, 20192 min read

Cambodia is ending elephant rides at Angkor Wat

Brussels, Belgium - October 30, 2018: The E320 Eurostar International High Speed passengers Train waiting in the Brussels North railway station., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-01T16:30:47.000Z, User: dermothegarty77, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Western Europe 16, other: Dermot Hegarty

Nov 18, 20191 min read

How Eurostar plans to become more eco-friendly

Dionysos or Dionisos cave for god of wine temple inside cavern rock formations at Iero beach on Ikaria island, Greece, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-05T19:42:02.000Z, User: LP_YKhanna, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: LP, client: App Content, other: Yuvraj Khanna

Nov 14, 20192 min read

Faroe Islands will (temporarily) close to tourists again in 2020 but here's how you can still visit

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - APRIL 19, 2024: Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future demonstrating in the streets of Stockholm., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-02-07T08:33:14.000Z, User: pinkjozie64, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP (for books) , client: Sweden 9, other: Jo-anne Riddell

Nov 14, 20191 min read

Greta Thunberg is hitching a ride across the Atlantic with a YouTube family

Sarah Stocking's skirt made from banana tree bark on Rapa Nui

Nov 6, 20191 min read

These incredible places are at risk, according to the World Monuments Fund

Stockholm, Sweden - July 15, 2023: Electric Bikes for Rent Ridemovi Parked at Street in City Centre., License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-09T22:12:31.000Z, User: Norma.PrauseBrewer_LonelyPlanet, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP, client: Europe 5, other: Norma Brewer

Nov 6, 20192 min read

Is this the greenest way to see the Northern Lights in Svalbard?

Visitors explore the ruins of Machu Picchu.
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Nov 1, 20193 min read

From Machu Picchu to Notre Dame: 25 of the world's at-risk cultural places

A Woman Hiker Among Stunning Peaks and Forest. North Cascades National Park, Washington, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-09-16T17:29:21.000Z, User: meg3348277, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing-WIP, client: Lonely Planet 'USA 13', other: Megan Cassidy

Oct 25, 20192 min read

These new rules hope to reduce crowds on the Pacific Crest Trail

Aerial of Market Street in downtown San Francisco, as seen from Twin Peaks.
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Oct 23, 20192 min read

San Francisco's busiest street is set to undergo a radical transformation

The biodomes of the Eden Project

Oct 18, 20192 min read

Cornwall's Eden Project to be powered by the 'hot rocks' beneath it

A cruise ship sails beyond a cove with icebergs in bluish light in Greenland.

Oct 15, 20192 min read

These images highlight the terrible beauty of Greenland’s disappearing ice

Cyclists on a street in Copenhagen

Oct 12, 20193 min read

Why Copenhagen is among the top cities in Europe for a green travel break

A bronze bust of a man stands on a plinth in a village. Snow covers the ground, and snowy mountains are pictured in the distance.

Oct 7, 20191 min read

Take a trip on the first hybrid electric cruise ship

Sep 27, 20198 min read

8 ways to avoid breaking Venice's tourist rules

Most operators have cancelled cruises to Antarctica this year © David Merron Photography / Getty Images

Sep 24, 20192 min read

Airbnb is sending travellers on an all-expenses paid trip to Antarctica

Sep 24, 20196 min read

How to photograph Yosemite like Ansel Adams

Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve is a lush, biodiverse protected area located in Costa Rica, renowned for its mist-covered landscapes.

Sep 23, 20191 min read

Costa Rica recognized by the UN for its efforts to combat climate change

Sep 18, 20192 min read

Discover why this airline is replacing its Brussels flight with a high-speed train

Happy mother and daughter taking selfie and volunteering, cleaning up garbage in park
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Sep 18, 20192 min read

You can reduce your carbon footprint and travel light with this self-cleaning t-shirt

A man casts a fishing pole into a mountain stream surrounded by tall pine trees.

Sep 16, 20195 min read

Alone with the river: the world's best places for fly fishing

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Hiker on logging trail between western red cedar (Thuja gigantea) in autumnal forest, forest with giant live trees, Grove of the Patriarchs Trail, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA

Sep 11, 20193 min read

A more peaceful National Park experience could be coming soon

Schiphol, the Netherlands. March 13 2025. Schiphol Airport at night with parked overnight layover aircraft at gate, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-12-12T11:49:11.000Z, User: pinkjozie64, Editorial: true, purchase_order: 56530 - Guidebooks, job: Global Publishing WIP (for books) , client: amsterdam 14, other: Jo-anne Riddell

Sep 8, 20192 min read

The couple travelling all over the world - without ever boarding a plane

A woman holding a cup under an umbrella during a snowstorm waits at a blue obwarzanek stall in Kraków.

Sep 6, 20193 min read

Strap in: a "polar coaster" could be heading for the US

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