Travelogue

• sustainable travel

• connections

7 min read • Jul 26, 2022

Gothenburg is one of the most sustainable cities in the world: here's your itinerary for a green city getaway.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

14 min read • Nov 1, 2021

Behold the ultimate wildlife spectacle: The Great Migration of wildebeest and zebra through the Serengeti.

• travelogue

• connections

2 min read • Apr 26, 2021

Geoff Crowther passed away recently in New South Wales, Australia. Geoff’s pioneering writing was instrumental in the early days of Lonely Planet.

• travelogue

• connections

8 min read • Mar 19, 2021

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…

• local voices

• connections

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…

• books

• art and culture

0 min read • Dec 14, 2020

Travelling solo is one of the most life-affirming, enlightening things you will ever do. Just ask these eight women.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

12 min read • Dec 6, 2020

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,…

• wildlife and nature

• activities

10 min read • Nov 12, 2020

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…

• history

• art and culture

12 min read • Oct 22, 2020

Take a trip to the hermit kingdom – North Korea – to discover first-hand a land and its people behind the headlines.

• 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.

• history

• art and culture

12 min read • Oct 3, 2020

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…

• history

• art and culture

17 min read • Sep 3, 2020

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.

• history

• art and culture

15 min read • Aug 27, 2020

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…

• sports

• activities

10 min read • Aug 13, 2020

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.

• history

• art and culture

5 min read • Aug 12, 2020

Paul Clammer reflects on his decades-long love affair with Beirut.

• digital nomad

• connections

6 min read • Aug 12, 2020

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.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

5 min read • Aug 5, 2020

Traveling to meet the Tsaatan, the reindeer herder tribe of East Taiga, one writer finds a childhood dream fulfilled.

• digital nomad

• connections

4 min read • Aug 4, 2020

Frontline nurse and photographer, Cohan Zarnoch, shares images she took of tribespeople on her travels in Tanzania, Ethiopia, Namibia and Morocco.

• wildlife and nature

• activities

7 min read • Jul 12, 2020

Writer Geri Moore shares her experience in Wadi Rum, a harsh but beautiful desert landscape in southern Jordan.

• history

• art and culture

20 min read • Jul 11, 2020

Retrace the steps of groundbreaking women like Esther Morris, Isabella Bird, and Sacagawea on this women's history road trip through Wyoming.

• air travel

• destination practicalities

4 min read • Jul 10, 2020

As many wannabe travelers ask themselves whether they should stay or go, Lonely Planet provides an argument in favor of traveling abroad.

• lgbtqia

• connections

6 min read • Jul 9, 2020

Aviation journalist, John Walton, tells Lonely Planet about his experiences as a gay traveler.