2026 marks 250 years since American independence, and the celebrations are everywhere. But the version we’d travel for isn’t in Washington or New York. It’s in the small towns that have been celebrating the same traditions for generations, where summer festivals still feel like they belong to the community rather than the visitor. These aren’t […]
Category: History
A Secret Weekend: Slow Days in San Marino
San Marino feels like a secret you almost don’t want to share. While much of Italy heaves with tour groups, this tiny republic in the hills above the Adriatic still moves at an unhurried, old‑world pace, very much what parts of Italy felt like 20 years ago. San Marino is one of the world’s smallest […]
Corfu for Easter: The Island’s Most Memorable Weekend
Easter is like a sunrise in the Ionian. The villages and harbours start to wake after the winter. Bleary-eyed taverna owners open shop, sweeping terraces and cleaning their grills. The sound of drills and hammers renovating shop facades replaces the winter noise of chainsaws cutting firewood. Domestic Greek travel booms, with cities like Athens and […]
Hidden Sharm: Beyond the Sunloungers
Sharm El Sheikh has an easy, obvious appeal: reliable winter sun, warm seas, and that blissful feeling of swapping grey skies for blue ones. With daytime temperatures sitting in the mid-20s through winter, it’s no surprise travellers from across Northern Europe treat the Red Sea as their cold-season escape. But there’s a catch. If you […]
Naples: A City You Don’t Need to Escape From
Search for “things to do in Naples” and you’ll be told – repeatedly – to leave Naples.Take a day trip to Positano. Hop on the ferry to Capri. Ischia. Train to Sorrento. As if a city of nearly a million exists only to escort you elsewhere. But Naples doesn’t need you to leave it to […]
A Grand Egyptian Reverie: Antiquity’s Splendor at the Newly Unveiled GEM
Trip summary: After years of anticipation and nearly two decades of construction, Cairo’s Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has just officially opened its doors, marking a new era for archaeology and cultural discovery worldwide. Poised on the edge of the Giza Plateau overlooking the legendary pyramids, GEM is set to become one of the world’s major […]