Travel Stories

Jun 30, 2017 • 5 min read

Don’t let Porto’s architecture fool you. At face value its slender buildings appear to house little more than pokey apartments or hole-in-the-wall cafés,…

Jun 30, 2017 • 4 min read

Bubbling with life at any time of day – and often long into the night – Malasaña is Madrid’s hippest neighbourhood. Surrounding Plaza del 2 de Mayo and…

Jun 26, 2017 • 5 min read

I travel the world for a living, making videos of the places I visit, people I meet and experiences I get to have. These videos inspire people of all ages…

Jun 26, 2017 • 6 min read

US- Cuba relations have rarely been straightforward. The path to improvement is often a case of two steps forward, one step back. After several years of…

Jun 22, 2017 • 4 min read

There’s no doubt that Bali has all the ingredients for a relaxing holiday. What is entertaining for grown-ups, however, might not always be fun for kids.

Jun 21, 2017 • 5 min read

You’ve enjoyed city delights in Waikiki and Honolulu – now it’s time to escape to Oʻahu’s North Shore. From sunrise yoga salutations and sips of Hawaiian…

Jun 21, 2017 • 5 min read

Lonely Planet Local Marissa Tejada is a travel writer, journalist and blogger who has been living in Athens for eight years.  What she loves about the…

Jun 15, 2017 • 7 min read

Manga comics, blazing neon, speeding trains, supersized pedestrian crossings – Japan might not immediately inspire a vision of traditional romance, but…

Jun 14, 2017 • 8 min read

China may have one Great Wall, but it also has many great walls. Military defenses were long an important architectural feature of cities throughout the…

Jun 7, 2017 • 5 min read

It wasn’t so long ago that the Calzada de Amador was nothing more than a strip of tarmac used to link the capital to the small islands of Naos, Perico and…

Jun 6, 2017 • 6 min read

Montenegro’s capital Podgorica is reminiscent of a teenager: a cheerful and lovely companion, yet confused about its identity and having a hard time…

Jun 6, 2017 • 4 min read

Lonely Planet Local Kira Tverskaya has been a Moscow dweller for over 16 years. A lot has changed in Moscow in recent times – from the appearance of bike…

Jun 5, 2017 • 4 min read

On the fringes of the Kalahari Desert in Namibia, the Living Hunter’s Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi functions both as an open-air education facility for the…

Jun 1, 2017 • 6 min read

As the former HQ of the Hapsburg Empire, the Austrian capital has a flabbergasting stash of cultural and art treasures – more than you could ever hope to…

May 31, 2017 • 6 min read

Lonely Planet Local Ksenia Elzes was born and raised in St Petersburg and has lived there for almost 30 years. Petersburgers might joke about the weather…

May 31, 2017 • 6 min read

For a long time the cuisine of Iceland was spoken about in hushed tones, if at all – they eat what? Fermented shark? Sheep’s head? But these days,…

May 25, 2017 • 5 min read

With black volcanic deserts and verdant valleys, steaming geothermal springs and glacial rivers, plummeting ravines and precipitous ridges, it's no wonder…

May 25, 2017 • 4 min read

The classics are the classics for a reason and this round-up of iconic wildlife encounters is no exception.

May 24, 2017 • 7 min read

If you love trekking but can’t live without wi-fi or banana pancakes, stop reading now. Snaking off from Nepal’s legendary Annapurna Circuit, the wild,…

May 23, 2017 • 5 min read

Relaxation means something different to everyone. Perhaps you love laying out on the beach and paddling in turquoise waters; maybe you’d rather soak up…

May 22, 2017 • 5 min read

Sequinned revellers, shiny pants, pilgrimages and historic towns – July certainly has a lot in store for the culture-conscious traveller.

May 19, 2017 • 5 min read

This round-up of adventures is all about getting out into the wilds – go in search of walrus, whales and polar bears around Norway’s Arctic archipelago;…