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If you’re the classic backpacker type, I’m guessing glamping isn’t quite your thing, we’re guessing glamping isn’t quite your thing. You’d rather rough it in a tent and blow most of your budget on tickets and drinking money. It’s a solid deal if it means you can go wild for a few days, jamming out […]

The word has more importance today in the travel industry because globalization is increasingly making places look alike and also making tourists look for the same pleasures wherever they go. It’s a kind of vicious cycle: Destinations see what draws tourists to other destinations and so try to provide similar services and attractions and come

How to Get from the Airport Without Going Full Tourist Venice has two airports. Because of course it does. From Marco Polo Airport: Take the Alilaguna boat for around €15. It’s slow but iconic. Or hop a bus to Piazzale Roma for around €8, then walk or waterbus it. From Treviso Airport: It’s Ryanair land.

“Lake Como, it seems to me, touches on the limit of permissibly picturesque,” he wrote in 1934 in his travel book Beyond the Mexique Bay, “but Atitlán is Como with additional embellishments of several immense volcanoes. It really is too much of a good thing.” The same could be said About the country itself. Guatemala

Yeah, many shows are filmed on studio sets, but to make a scene feel authentic, some crews travel all over the world. Take The White Lotus, for example; this season was shot in Koh Samui, Thailand. Or Game of Thrones, which was filmed across multiple locations in Northern Ireland. Naturally, when the cameras start rolling

From Plane Seat to Medina Street: Airport Arrivals Without Regret Marrakesh Menara Airport is small, chaotic, and somehow always smells faintly of mint tea. To the city centre: Don’t get in a random taxi unless you enjoy bartering before breakfast. Instead: Bus 19: Around 4 MAD (less than €0.50)—cheap, slow, and actually kind of a

With summer fast approaching, you haven’t got much time left to figure out where to head. If you’re someone who can’t handle the heat, you might think your options are limited. But don’t worry; Kiwi is here to fill you in on the new Coolcation trend and help you find out where you can enjoy

How to Arrive in Nice Without Looking Clueless From the Airport Nice Côte d’Azur Airport is literally in the city. Chic. From Terminal 1 or 2, hop on the Tram Line 2 (€1.70, legends only) and ride it straight to Jean Médecin in the city centre in under 25 mins. Tickets are valid for 74

But the most remarkable thing about him was that I knew him. “Brian?” I said as he made his way down the aisle. “Sig? What the hell—?” “Yeah, exactly. And you?” We had gone to university together and occasionally bumped into each other at parties or on campus, but we had never been close and

When I finally visited, I was amazed at how much history and culture seemed to be forgotten there. I came across churches that dated back centuries in Ohrid, and thought about the importance of Ohrid as a medieval religious centre. Likewise, in Skopje, I thought about the odd collective of Ottoman, Yugoslav, and modern references