Hanoi rewards travelers who slow down — a thousand-year-old temple sits a few minutes’ walk from a French colonial prison, and a bowl of noodles eaten on a plastic stool can end up being the most memorable meal of the trip. Figuring out the things to do in Hanoi that are actually worth your time […]
Namibia is the kind of destination that feels almost otherworldly. From towering red dunes and ancient deserts to remote waterholes, historic towns, and abandoned buildings slowly disappearing beneath the sand, the Best Places to Visit in Namibia reveal a landscape shaped by nature, wildlife, and history. For travellers looking for something beyond the usual African […]
Some of the world’s best-known celebrations aren’t built around a monument or a parade — they’re built around a specific dish, crop, or communal meal. Food festivals around the world range from a one-hour tomato fight in a Spanish town of 9,000 people to a seventeen-day beer festival that pulls in seven million visitors, and […]
Search that phrase online, and you’ll find lists claiming entire beaches, forts, and even whole districts are “off-limits to Indians but open to foreigners”—almost none of it holds up. The genuine list of places in India where Indians are not allowed is much shorter and much stranger than the myths suggest: it’s built out of […]
Few countries pack as much festival density into a single calendar as Ireland. Between a national parade that reaches hundreds of millions of people worldwide, a fair that crowns a wild goat king, and a city — Cork — that seems to run a major festival every other season, festivals in ireland range from ancient […]
Named for its distinctive triangular silhouette, Tikona Fort is one of the most approachable hill forts near Pune — a half-day trip that pairs a genuinely easy climb with a 17th-century Maratha stronghold and, on a clear day, a full view of Pawna Lake curling around its base. This guide covers the fort’s history, the […]
Gulmarg—Kashmir’s “meadow of flowers”—is one of the few hill stations in India that genuinely earns its reputation twice over: a world-class winter-sports destination under snow and a wildflower-carpeted meadow the rest of the year. Whichever season you land in, the things to do in Gulmarg range from riding one of the world’s highest cable cars […]
Kashmir has no shortage of alpine lakes, but few pairs get the kind of reputation Tarsar and Marsar have earned among trekkers. The Tarsar Marsar Trek is a 7-day, moderate-difficulty route through the Aru Valley that visits both lakes on a single itinerary—an almond-shaped alpine lake and its quieter twin, separated by a ridge over […]
There is a particular kind of silence in Jim Corbett. India’s oldest national park is far more than a place to chase a tiger sighting. From early-morning jeep safaris and newly resumed elephant safaris to waterfalls, riverside temples, birding trails and the historic home of Jim Corbett himself, there are plenty of things to do […]
With over 17,000 islands, 700-plus languages, and religious traditions spanning Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Christianity, festivals in Indonesia cover a wider range than almost any other country’s calendar. The world’s largest Muslim population celebrates Eid al-Fitr on a scale few countries can match, Bali runs on its own 210-day ceremonial calendar entirely separate from the […]