48 Hours on Gozo: Why Malta’s Sister Island Deserves More Than an Afternoon
Most visitors to Gozo only spend a few hours on the island. They come over on a boat trip from…
48 Hours in Cartagena: A Local’s Guide to the Old City and Rosario Islands
Plan 48 hours in Cartagena with a local’s tips: old city walks, dinner at Celele, a sunset cruise, and a…
What Final Wishes Taught Me About Luxury
As a young person growing up in the rural South, I experienced more responsibility than most. I lost both of…
24 Hours, 150 Million Years: Inside a Dinosaur Dig in Wyoming
“Humans are actually closer in age to dinosaurs of the Cretaceous period than Cretaceous dinosaurs are to those of the…
48 Hours in Dakhla Oasis, Egypt’s Western Desert
I love the desert, and every desert has its oases. Egypt has quite a few, and they are surprisingly different:…
The Other Side of the Brochure: An Ecuador Founder’s Story
From planting coffee as a Galapagos volunteer to co-founding Midland Travel, Valérie Frossard’s honest look at staged tourism versus the…
48 Hours in Nagoya: Ghibli Park, Golden Shachihoko, and the City I Almost Treated as a Stopover
Nagoya is often reduced to a change of trains between Tokyo and Kyoto. Give it two days, however, and the…
What a Storm on the Adriatic Taught Me About Luxury
On our first night aboard, my husband, Joe, was braced in the doorway of our cabin while the yacht pitched…
What Getting Lost Taught Me About Travel, Adventure and Finding Yourself
I was supposed to stay in the town I grew up in. I had a very humble upbringing in the…
Four Days Beyond the Frontier: Crossing the Yin Mountains
It is difficult to explain how much fun it is to drive through the desert, and the powerful sense of…
48 Hours in Athens: My Perfect Two-Day Athens Itinerary
For some, planning the perfect 48-hour trip can feel daunting. Thankfully, for me, after years of traveling the globe, I…
Caves, Baboons, and Iron Age Tribes: Tanzania Was Nothing I Expected
Born in the Soviet Union and growing up in post-Soviet Ukraine, I never could have imagined that I would one…
Mala Vila: A Biophilic Forest Retreat Hidden in the Woods Near Zagreb
I came to Mala Vila at the very end of a long research trip through continental Croatia, and I chose…
The Reset Beyond the M25: An Honest Escape to The Knockholt Retreat, Kent
The first surprise at The Knockholt Retreat is not that it feels remote. It is how little distance you need…
Vuglec Breg Review: Restoration Through Connection, in Hrvatsko Zagorje
I spent five early-summer nights based at Vuglec Breg, using the estate as the anchor for a research trip through…
