Travel Stories

Jan 22, 2018 • 4 min read

Originally from Melbourne, Lonely Planet Local Kate and her partner made the move to Geelong over a year ago for its relaxed lifestyle. As a travel writer…

Jan 21, 2018 • 3 min read

It's just over two hundred years since Jane Austen died, and a little more since Pride and Prejudice, her most famous (and arguably her best) novel, was…

Jan 21, 2018 • 6 min read

It’s one of the world’s most spectacular archaeological sites, yet Machu Picchu has become a victim of its own popularity, with the 2017 introduction of a…

Jan 19, 2018 • 6 min read

Despite its small size, Belize is a mesmerizing combination of cultures and landscapes – a place that fully embraces its Central American and Caribbean…

Jan 19, 2018 • 4 min read

Sure, your friends will listen politely as you describe your trip to the Art Institute to see paint on the walls. But you'll stop them mid-yawn when you…

Jan 19, 2018 • 7 min read

Take revolutionary architecture, award-winning cuisine, an outsized musical legacy and top-flight museums, and wrap them all up in an easy-to-navigate…

Jan 18, 2018 • 5 min read

Nowhere in England packs as much historical might into as small a space as York. From Romans and Anglo-Saxons to Vikings and Normans, the list of former…

Jan 18, 2018 • 4 min read

In 2014, Lonely Planet Local Claire Bissell jumped on a plane to Amsterdam to be with her partner. She bought a bike, developed a taste for raw herring…

Jan 18, 2018 • 6 min read

Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries Russia produced towering figures of world literature, including Pushkin, Chekhov, Tolstoy and Solzhenitsyn. Many of…

Jan 18, 2018 • 5 min read

One of Russia’s more surprising travel trump cards is the lip-smacking diversity of what’s cooked in its kitchens and served in its restaurants and cafes…

Jan 18, 2018 • 4 min read

Monique became a Sydneysider (yes, that’s what they call themselves) when she was five. She’s lived all over the world but came home in 2005 because, well…

Jan 17, 2018 • 7 min read

Mention travelling to surf enthusiasts and the same places are bound to come up in conversation. Spots such as Oahu in Hawaii, Byron Bay in Australia and…

Jan 16, 2018 • 6 min read

It’s time to hail Havana as one of the world’s great art cities. The Cuban capital has never lacked artistic credentials, but a growing band of small…

Jan 16, 2018 • 4 min read

Known for being the city of dreaming spires and for having the oldest university in the English-speaking world, Oxford has more clout than most other…

Jan 16, 2018 • 4 min read

From John Belushi and Bill Murray to Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey, the roster of comedians whose careers launched from Chicago’s stages is staggering. In…

Jan 15, 2018 • 4 min read

Tourists associate the City of Brotherly Love with its most famous sandwich – the cheesesteak, created by South Philly hot dog vendor Pat Olivieri for his…

Jan 15, 2018 • 5 min read

Nashville's craft beer movement has found its groove. While craft breweries have existed here since the early days of America's beer-making renaissance, a…

Jan 15, 2018 • 5 min read

Stretching from the edge of the Red Sea to the highest point in Egypt, the Sinai Trail leads trekkers across scorched desert landscapes, past biblical…

Jan 12, 2018 • 5 min read

No visitor to St Petersburg should miss its world-famous historic and cultural highlights, such as the Hermitage, Peter and Paul Fortress and Mariinsky…

Jan 12, 2018 • 7 min read

The Tien Shan Mountains steal the breath from your lungs. It isn't just the height of this range shaped by the flow of melting glaciers, nor even the…

Jan 11, 2018 • 7 min read

There’s a buzz in Nashville. Achieving a perfect harmony of howdy ma’am Southern character and a hip, urban flair, Nashville exudes a personality all its…

Jan 10, 2018 • 4 min read

Central Helsinki contains a concentration of shops presenting the best of Finnish design in the capital, from kitchenware to jewellery and from textiles…