Travel Stories

Aug 11, 2010 • 4 min read

Eating can be the best part of travelling. To get you inspired, here are some of the world's most mouth-watering iconic national dishes

Aug 10, 2010 • 3 min read

Visiting a winery in Spain was once an experts-only affair. After making an appointment you’d then be shown around, probably by the managing director, for…

Aug 9, 2010 • 3 min read

So much of travel is about coming face to face with history - literally, in some cases. Introducing six folks who've been preserved - through accident or…

Aug 6, 2010 • 1 min read

Italy has always been a tourist hot spot. In this five-part extract from Lonely Planet Magazine (Aug 2010), we recommend five alternatives to big-ticket…

Aug 5, 2010 • 2 min read

Bamboozled by the breadth of European travel information out there? Let's face it, it's a massive continent that you could easily spend delicious decades…

Aug 4, 2010 • 2 min read

In this five-part series taken from Lonely Planet Magazine (Aug 2010 issue) we show you just where to step off the tourist trail and start exploring the…

Aug 4, 2010 • 2 min read

In this five-part series taken from Lonely Planet Magazine (Aug 2010 issue) we show you just where to step off the tourist trail and start exploring the…

Aug 3, 2010 • 4 min read

Usually people will do anything to get out of jail, but with prison tourism on the rise, folks are now paying to get in. Defunct prisons all over the…

Aug 2, 2010 • 2 min read

In this five-part series taken from Lonely Planet Magazine (Aug 2010 issue) we show you just where to step off the tourist trail and start exploring the…

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 22, 2010 • 3 min read

You’re bored of boardroom sandwich platters, instant coffee, and water from crushable plastic cups. So forego the usual lunchtime doldrums on your next…

Jul 21, 2010 • 3 min read

Set in southern Italy, Matera, Basilicata is a little-known glinting jewel with scenery that is more moonscape than landscape. Such is the cultural wealth…

Jul 20, 2010 • 5 min read

Right up there with parades as one of the great simple timeless joys are fairs, state and county, little and big -- fairs where pigs are judged by girth,…

Jul 20, 2010 • 4 min read

These days do people really believe that the apostle James, a fisherman from the Holy Land, was buried at Santiago? Get the polygraph out and not many…

Jul 19, 2010 • 6 min read

Rome may not be the capital of the world these days, but it is still one of the most historically-packed cities. It’s cityscape as theatre, filled with…

Jul 19, 2010 • 3 min read

Rome has some eccentric hot spots – from macabre rooms lined with bones through to the massive burial grounds along Appian Way.  Here are some of Rome's…

Jul 16, 2010 • 2 min read

The French countryside has an appeal that is almost primordial in nature: beautiful land, temperate weather and fertile soil - what more could a society…

Jul 13, 2010 • 3 min read

From the peaks, rivers and canyons of the French Alps to the mountains and volcanic peaks of the Massif Central – not to mention 3,200km of coastline…

Jul 12, 2010 • 3 min read

As if its cultural bite wasn’t fierce enough, Italy boasts some of the planet’s most spectacular scenery, from icy Alps and epic lakes to vine-laced hills…

Jul 8, 2010 • 4 min read

Spain could be Europe's most exotic country. From soulful flamenco and delicious food to avant-garde architecture and cities, Spain is a beguiling mix 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…

Jun 15, 2010 • 6 min read

In this excerpt from Lonely Planet's 1000 Ultimate Experiences, we take you to the big-city districts you might not have heard of yet, but they're the…