Sep 2, 2022 • 19 min read
On a sailing and hiking expedition in the remote Faroe Islands, Sebastian Modak finds a place where the lines between myth and history – and beauty and…
Aug 11, 2022 • 10 min read
RAGBRAI, Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa: the world’s oldest, largest and longest bicycle touring ride.
Aug 4, 2022 • 6 min read
Chris Dong takes an overnight vacation from Manhattan to the Rockaways and discovers the magic of a city getaway.
Jul 26, 2022 • 7 min read
Gothenburg is one of the most sustainable cities in the world: here's your itinerary for a green city getaway.
Nov 1, 2021 • 14 min read
Behold the ultimate wildlife spectacle: The Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra through the Serengeti.
Apr 26, 2021 • 2 min read
Geoff Crowther passed away recently in New South Wales, Australia. Geoff’s pioneering writing was instrumental in the early days of Lonely Planet.
Mar 19, 2021 • 8 min read
One year ago while on assignment in Peru, travel writer Marco Ferrarese received news that his parents had contracted COVID-19 at home in Italy. They…
Feb 18, 2021 • 9 min read
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…
Dec 6, 2020 • 11 min read
Orla Thomas visits Norway’s Lofoten Islands to find that the surrounding Arctic waters are far more than a scenic backdrop – the sea is the islands’ lifeblood,…
Nov 12, 2020 • 10 min read
Oliver Smith travels to the remote borders of Montenegro, Albania and Kosovo to set foot in a once-forbidden mountain wilderness where, today, walkers are…
Oct 22, 2020 • 12 min read
Take a trip to the hermit kingdom – North Korea – to discover first-hand a land and its people behind the headlines.
Oct 16, 2020 • 13 min read
Beyond the glitz of the Italian lake district, we meet the locals who are preserving centuries-old traditions.
Oct 3, 2020 • 12 min read
In this travel essay from 2011, Amanda Canning reports on the archipelago of Lamu, just off the coast of Kenya, where medieval stone streets trace a history…
Sep 3, 2020 • 16 min read
In this essay from 2009, Tahir Shah visits Damascus, Syria, two years before the country would be thrown into civil war. Here's what he experienced.
Aug 27, 2020 • 14 min read
From the archives: In this piece from 2009, journalist Fergal Keane returns to Hong Kong 12 years after the end of British rule and finds a city perpetually in…
Aug 13, 2020 • 11 min read
In Lonely Planet's new book, Epic Surf Breaks of the World, pro surfers and surf writers share what makes these top US surfing spots so special to them.
Aug 12, 2020 • 5 min read
Paul Clammer reflects on his decades-long love affair with Beirut.
Aug 12, 2020 • 6 min read
While working from home, Jack Boswell wondered "would my boss even know if I was miles away?" He became a secret digital nomad to find out.
Aug 5, 2020 • 5 min read
Traveling to meet the Tsaatan, the reindeer herder tribe of East Taiga, one writer finds a childhood dream fulfilled.
Aug 4, 2020 • 4 min read
Frontline nurse and photographer, Cohan Zarnoch, shares images she took of tribespeople on her travels in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Namibia and Morocco.
Jul 12, 2020 • 7 min read
Writer Geri Moore shares her experience in Wadi Rum, a harsh but beautiful desert landscape in southern Jordan.
Jul 11, 2020 • 21 min read
Retrace the steps of groundbreaking women like Esther Morris, Isabella Bird, and Sacagawea on this women's history road trip through Wyoming.