May 28, 2012 • 6 min read
Candy sands, disappearing waves, transformed trolls - if life's a beach, these are its strangest days. These 10 beaches from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate…
May 28, 2012 • 6 min read
Candy sands, disappearing waves, transformed trolls - if life's a beach, these are its strangest days. These 10 beaches from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate…
May 14, 2012 • 4 min read
Some places stay persistently off the beaten track, despite their many charms. Here’s a sampling of places overlooked because of geography, chance and the…
May 10, 2012 • 6 min read
Can you believe your eyes? When it comes to these head-twisters, chances are you can't. Come around the globe with us on a tour of 'Did you just see what…
Apr 29, 2012 • 6 min read
The hordes come to these places for a reason. Don't hate them just because they're popular or you'll miss out! This excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000…
Apr 4, 2012 • 2 min read
This column originally appeared in Lonely Planet Magazine India whose chief consultant photographer Dhaval Dhairyawan reveals his top five photogenic…
Mar 23, 2012 • 3 min read
Ever imagined yourself riding horseback across the Eurasian steppe or haggling for carpets in an Uzbek bazaar? Silk Road romantics with a penchant for…
Mar 15, 2012 • 3 min read
At the end of a long day, a hot sento public bath can wash away your troubles, and that’s a pleasure worth sharing. Sento are a fading tradition but still…
Mar 14, 2012 • 6 min read
Tokyo is blessed with one of the world's most efficient public transportation systems. It's a city of 'paper drivers' - those who have licences but haven…
Jan 18, 2012 • 3 min read
With eight of the world’s 14 highest mountains, epic valleys and rivers with personalities that run from gentle to ferocious, Nepal is one of the most…
Jan 16, 2012 • 5 min read
Everyone needs to indulge their vices every now and then. In this extract from Lonely Planet's Best in Travel 2012, we bring you some of travel's…
Oct 26, 2011 • 2 min read
City trips aren't just for business travellers and adults looking for a grown-up good time, in fact in many ways cities can be ideal destinations for…
Aug 22, 2011 • 4 min read
Sometimes the really good travel stories are the ones where you feel a smidge of fear. Perhaps it’s because we all love scary stories, drawn from those…
Aug 10, 2011 • 1 min read
Thailand is one of the world's most popular holiday destinations, and with good reason - there's so much to do and the landscape is so varied that no…
Jun 27, 2011 • 5 min read
We've all got our own motivations for traveling, so why not the 7 deadly sins? Here are our pick of the places that epitomize them the most, and a few…
Jun 2, 2011 • 5 min read
While Indonesia’s volcanoes are often noted for the beauty of their spectacular peaks, steaming craters and view of the earth’s bubbling core, Mount…
Feb 22, 2011 • 5 min read
Valued throughout Asia for its beauty and elegance, jade is an especially desired keepsake for visitors to Taipei, which has hundreds of stores…
Dec 10, 2010 • 6 min read
Punctuate this year with meaningful experiences. Choose from options that girdle the globe - from cricket bats and birthday parties to sobering memorials…
Nov 11, 2010 • 4 min read
Markets are often the lifeblood of Indian communities, but in remote Chhattisgarh, where tribes people only recently adopted money for use as exchange,…
Aug 13, 2010 • 4 min read
Hong Kong is a city where high finance meets high fashion, and mega deals are closed in soaring skyscrapers. But if you look beyond the glass and steel,…
Jul 22, 2010 • 4 min read
It’s all very well spending much of your business trip cooped up in an air-conditioned office, with only the view from the 34th floor window to remind you…
Jul 13, 2010 • 4 min read
Hot water percolates up out of the ground from one end of Japan to the other. The Japanese word for a hot spring is onsen, and there are more than 3000 of…
Jun 30, 2010 • 3 min read
While in Donegal, Ireland a few years back, my friends and I heard from locals about some impressive cliffs near the fishing port of Killybegs going by…