Travel essays by region
Eleven regions, ninety-one essays — from the Dalmatian coast to the Andes, Tokyo's neighbourhoods to the Faroese cliffs, Cairo's medieval streets to the Antarctic peninsula. Pick a part of the world and start there; the rest can wait.
23 essays
Europe
Featured: Split: a love letter, plus a guide
19 essays
Asia
Featured: Tokyo, slowly: a city of thirteen million that rewards patience
10 essays
North America
Featured: Mexico City: the high-altitude metropolis that took a decade to be discovered
10 essays
Oceania
Featured: Tasmania: Australia's island state and its wild Southwest
10 essays
Africa
Featured: Sossusvlei: the dunes of the Namib and the country around them
8 essays
South America
Featured: Salar de Uyuni: the white horizon and the highest desert in the world
4 essays
Middle East
Featured: Petra: a week in the rose-red city of the Nabataeans
2 essays
Polar
Featured: Antarctica: ten days on the seventh continent
2 essays
Central America
Featured: Monteverde: the cloud forest in the Costa Rican highlands
2 essays
Caucasus
Featured: Yerevan: the pink city under Ararat
1 essay
Central Asia
Featured: Samarkand: the blue domes on the Silk Road