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Two young adult friends enjoys a peaceful moment on the water with paddle boards and a faithful pet dog. The sun illuminates the scene, casting a golden glow. Shot in Austin, Texas, USA.
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Two women and their dog paddleboarding on a lake in Austin, Texas

Aug 25, 20236 min read

The 8 best places to visit in Texas

Dad and daughter in Tokyo, Japan

Aug 25, 20237 min read

The best things to do with kids in Tokyo

Ulaanbaatar is the capital and largest city of Mongolia.
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Aug 25, 20236 min read

11 ways to travel through Mongolia on a budget

Apricot Blossoms and Highway with Snowy Mountain View in Hopar Valley; Shutterstock ID 2301060871; your: Claire Naylor; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online ed; full: Pakistan when to go
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Aug 24, 20236 min read

The best times to visit Pakistan

Sayulita, Mexico - September 16, 2021 - street photography of red VW Beetle vocho, a hat shop, and surfboards on Sayulita Beach; Shutterstock ID 2045735411; your: -; gl: -; netsuite: -; full: -
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Aug 24, 20234 min read

Copy My Trip: Town-hopping along Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit

Ouidah, Benin January 10 2015 Children are singing and dancing at the voodoo festival at the beach; Shutterstock ID 1380863018; your: Jennifer Carey; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online Editorial; full: Things to know before visiting Benin
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Children are singing and dancing at the voodoo festival at the beach in Benin.

Aug 23, 20236 min read

11 things to know before traveling to Benin

Aug 23, 20237 min read

Total Trip: what I spent over a (very) affordable long weekend in Tirana, Albania

Woman tourist hiking, Chile travel, Bertran lake and mountains beautiful landscape, Chile, Patagonia, South America, License Type: media, Download Time: 2025-11-18T19:34:09.000Z, User: bhealy950, Editorial: false, purchase_order: 65050 - Digital Destinations and Articles, job: Lonely Planet Online Editorial, client: Best time to visit Chile, other: Brian Healy

Aug 23, 20236 min read

When to visit Chile: a season-by-season guide

MILAN, ITALY - DECEMBER 29, 2017: Interior of Main concert hall of Teatro alla Scala, an opera house in Milan (1778). La Scala regarded as one of the leading opera and ballet theatres in the world.; Shutterstock ID 1206172552; your: -; gl: -; netsuite: -; full: -
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Aug 23, 20232 min read

Simple Pleasure in Milan: How to get a La Scala opera ticket for less than €15

Daily life images from Potamos, the beach of Epanomi town near Thessaloniki, Greece. Potamos beach is 20km away of the airport "Makedonia", and 30 km away from Thessaloniki city, in northern Greece. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Aug 22, 20234 min read

What is the towel movement taking over Greece's beaches?

City traffic just before sunset.
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Aug 21, 20234 min read

How to get around in Benin

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Aug 21, 20236 min read

The best times to visit the USA

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Aug 20, 20238 min read

Getting around in Chile is one of South America's great adventures

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Aug 20, 20236 min read

17 things to know before traveling to Mongolia

Aug 18, 20235 min read

Visit Cartagena, Spain, in September for ancient battle reenactments and costumed revelry

Photo taken in Sharm Ash Shaykh, Egypt

Aug 17, 20235 min read

7 top tips for exploring Egypt on a budget

Aug 17, 20234 min read

Copy My Trip: 6 days road-tripping all over El Salvador

Aug 17, 20239 min read

I had yearned to visit New Zealand since age 11. Thirty-four years later, I manifested my dream

Hiker enjoy the Panoramic view on the terraces of the Lost City (Ciudad Perdida) in the Sierra Nevada de Sante Marta- Santa Marta/ Magdalena/ Colombia
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Aug 16, 202310 min read

9 of the best hikes in Colombia

Aug 16, 20235 min read

Berlin in 5 Shops: flea market finds and club-friendly styles

Aug 15, 20236 min read

Copy My Trip: Glamping and hiking at Utah’s Bryce Canyon and Capitol Reef National Parks

BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - AUGUST 04: Several people sitting on terraces in PlaÃ§a dels Angels del Raval, on August 4, 2022, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona City Council has advanced by one hour the closure of restaurants, food vending and terraces in Joaquim Costa street, PlaÃ§a dels Angels del Raval, Escudellers street and George Orwell square in the Gotic neighborhood, Ciutat Vella district, to reduce nighttime noise and pollution in the Acoustically Tensioned Night Time Noise Zones (ZATHN) of Ciutat Vella. Restaurant activities in these zones will advance their closing time from 3 to 2 a.m., terraces will close at 11 p.m. during the whole week, and food stores, such as small supermarkets, will have to close at 10 p.m. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)
BARCELONA CATALONIA, SPAIN - AUGUST 04: Several people sitting on terraces in Plaça dels Angels del Raval, on August 4, 2022, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Barcelona City Council has advanced by one hour the closure of restaurants, food vending and terraces in Joaquim Costa street, Plaça dels Angels del Raval, Escudellers street and George Orwell square in the Gotic neighborhood, Ciutat Vella district, to reduce nighttime noise and pollution in the Acoustically Tensioned Night Time Noise Zones (ZATHN) of Ciutat Vella. Restaurant activities in these zones will advance their closing time from 3 to 2 a.m., terraces will close at 11 p.m. during the whole week, and food stores, such as small supermarkets, will have to close at 10 p.m. (Photo By David Zorrakino/Europa Press via Getty Images)
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Aug 14, 20233 min read

Table for (no) one: Are Barcelona restaurants banning solo diners?

Denver, Colorado - August 28, 2021: People enjoy the farmers market at Union Station in the summer, downtown, in the LoDo (Lower Downtown) neighborhood.; Shutterstock ID 2038528649; your: Claire Naylor; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online editorial; full: Denver budget
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Aug 13, 20237 min read

12 ways to experience Denver on a budget

Pakistan Landscape of Himalayas mountains in autumn
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The Himalayan mountains in Pakistan in autumn

Aug 13, 20236 min read

The 11 best places to visit in Pakistan

A cute young girl holding a doll in her hands and making hand signs / symbols while on an outdoor expedition on a holiday / vacations while traveling
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Aug 13, 202310 min read

11 of the best things to do with kids in Pakistan

Ahu Tongariki, Easter Island.

Aug 12, 20233 min read

Do you need a visa to go to Chile?

Horseriders in mongolian wilderness; Shutterstock ID 4176595; your: Claire Naylor; gl: 65050; netsuite: Online editorial; full: Mongolia getting around
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Aug 12, 20236 min read

The best ways to get around in Mongolia

Aug 11, 20234 min read

A new culinary trail puts you at the center of French gastronomy

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Aug 11, 20234 min read

Living between two cities has worked wonders for my mental health

Latin American female friends between 25 and 30 years old looking at the cell phone leaning against the wall of the red wall while looking at social networks outdoors on the city street, she points with her index finger what she sees on the cell phone screen, the girl is African American with wavy brown hair and the young man has wavy hair with white skin.
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A man and woman leaning against a wall in Bogotá while smiling and looking at a smartphone

Aug 11, 20235 min read

Everything you need to know about getting around Bogotá

Aug 10, 20236 min read

A Total Trip Pembrokeshire: What I spent on a family break in coastal Wales

Travelers at airport in Maui trying to leave after wildfires

Aug 10, 20232 min read

Hawaii asks Maui visitors to postpone travel plans

Manarola, Cinque Terre - train station in small village with colorful houses on cliff overlooking sea. Cinque Terre National Park with rugged coastline is famous tourist destination in Liguria, Italy
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Aug 10, 20233 min read

Scenic routes, tourist trains and vintage carriages – what we know about Italy’s great train plans

People drinking and eating in a beer garden on the Karlshöhe hills with panoramic Stuttgart city view in the background

Aug 9, 20235 min read

You’ll see this everywhere: Stuttgart Stäffele

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Aug 8, 20235 min read

England’s last wild-camping refuge saved as campaigners win legal battle against landowners

Sunny summer morning in Zermatt village with Matterhorn in view.

Aug 8, 20234 min read

Are the Alps a good spot for a summer vacation?

CHICAGO - JULY 01: Children check out the view from the Ledge, a new glass cube that juts out from the 103rd floor Skydeck of the Sears Tower, during a media preview July 1, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. The 1,353 foot high observatory will open to the public tomorrow. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Aug 8, 20239 min read

How to visit Chicago with kids: bring the wee ones to the Windy City

A stylish group of friends chatting and drinking together on a night out at an open air nightclub.
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Friends drinking outside in Berlin

Aug 7, 20234 min read

You’ll see this everywhere: Spätis in Berlin

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Aug 4, 20236 min read

Copy My Trip: Galloping with giraffes on safari in Kenya

ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 20: Atop the Acropolis ancient hill with Parthenon temple in background, tourists hide from burning sun during a heat wave on July 20, 2023 in Athens, Greece. The Acropolis of Athens and other archaeological sites in Greece announced reduced opening hours due to the heatwave conditions. Parts of Europe continue to experience extreme conditions of the Cerberus heatwave, dubbed Charon. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
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Aug 4, 202310 min read

Europe's extreme weather: what to expect in each country if you're traveling in August

VENICE, ITALY - AUGUST 02: Gondoliers proceed slowly near the Sospiri Bridge near St. Mark's Square due to too much traffic on August 02, 2023 in Venice, Italy. UNESCO officials have included Venice and its lagoon to the list of world heritage in danger to review, along with Ukraine's Kyiv, and Lviv. The UN cultural agency deems Italy not effective in protecting Venice from mass tourism and extreme weather conditions. (Photo by Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images)

Aug 4, 20233 min read

Unesco recommends Venice for its World Heritage in Danger list

Hiking the Isle of Skye

Aug 3, 20234 min read

How much of Scotland can I experience in a week?

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Badagry, Nigeria: slave port on the Atlantic Ocean - gate of no return, where the slaves captured by the local rulers were shipped to the Americas - for over a thousand years (8th to 20th centuries) slaves were traded by land to the muslim countries to the north and from the 17th to 19th centuries to the Americas.

Aug 2, 20237 min read

7 of the best beaches in Nigeria

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A smiling young woman hiking with a man in the sunshine

Aug 2, 20233 min read

When is the best time to visit St Lucia?

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Aug 2, 20234 min read

A new exhibit in Alabama shares stories from the survivors of America’s last slave ship

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Aug 2, 20235 min read

7 years walking the world: what the ultimate slow travel trip taught me about life

Aug 1, 20234 min read

Copy My Trip: A week in Australia's dramatic Top End

Jul 31, 20238 min read

8 incredible train journeys in South India

Little tourist holding traditional bavarian bread called pretzel on the town hall building background in Munich, Germany. Preschooler boy enjoy travel with his parents
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Jul 30, 20236 min read

The best things to do with kids in Munich

Woman wearing shorts on a suspension bridge looking to a waterfall in Ecuador. Self-Portrait catch-all release.
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A woman looking over the side of a suspension bridge at a waterfall in Ecuador

Jul 29, 20234 min read

Do I need a visa to visit Ecuador?

Young friends buying arepas on the city streets from a street vendor.
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Jul 29, 20235 min read

9 of the best things to eat in Colombia

Castries, Saint Lucia - December 22, 2015: A woman and child walking towards a helicopter prior to boarding

Jul 28, 20236 min read

How to get around the mountainous island of St Lucia

Daughter and Mother enjoying glass of wine together on the porch patio in Costa Rica
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Jul 28, 20235 min read

My mother had dementia – and a trip together helped me understand her condition

Jul 27, 20234 min read

A Total Trip: what I spent on dining, drinks and museums during a weekend in Paris

Rota Vicentina, Fisherman's Trail in Portugal.

Jul 27, 20236 min read

A hike through history along Portugal’s Fishermen’s Trail

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A black couple standing in front of their jeep and looks at a digital camera

Jul 26, 20235 min read

The ultimate St Lucia road trip: come with us round de island

Jul 25, 20234 min read

San Diego in 5 shops: mid-century decor, SoCal-made gifts and more

USA, Colorado, Denver
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Jul 25, 20235 min read

The best neighborhoods to base yourself in Denver

Landscape with beach and Palma de Mallorca town, Spain
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Jul 25, 20234 min read

Copy My Trip: 24 hours in Palma - Mallorca's cultured capital

Young couple with urban bicycle in city park in Autumn.

Jul 25, 20235 min read

How to get around Denver, the gateway to the Rockies

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