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A local’s guide to the Sunshine Coast: ‘There’s more variety and natural beauty in the hinterlands’

The Sunny Coast – as locals know it – has a get-up-early culture, says Lonely Planet editor Jessica Lockhart. Between the busy beaches, bustling markets and afternoon live music, it’s also possible to find yourself alone in nature

The Guardian - AU

Fiji, Nepal… East Anglia? Why this quiet patch of England is among the best regions to visit in 2025

Half-timbered houses, artistic wool towns and coastline strewn with beaches helped this English region onto the coveted Lonely Planet list of destinations for travellers – Daniel Stables uncovers what makes it so special

The Independent UK

Lonely Planet names the top 30 destinations to visit in 2025 – and they might not be where you expect

Next year’s hot picks include Toulouse, Cameroon – and East Anglia

The Independent UK

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Lonely Planet review - Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth heat up beach-read travel romance

A novelist meets a financier two decades her junior at a writers’ retreat in Morocco, in this welcome addition to a flurry of age-gap romances released this summer

The Guardian - UK

Lonely Planet: release date, cast, plot, trailer and everything we know

Lonely Planet sees a reclusive writer suddenly fall for a younger man while in Morocco

WhatToWatch

The good tourist: can we learn to travel without absolutely infuriating the locals?

Author Paige McClanahan says there is a way to be your best self abroad – it starts by visiting fewer places and spending longer there. Can her approach end the growing anger around overtourism?

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: Our changing travel tastes, by guidebook sales

The Man Who Pays His Way: Comparing bestsellers over 30 years is enlightening

The Independent UK

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Where are the best places to see the Aurora Borealis?

Our guide to the most spectacular places to see the ethereally beautiful Aurora Borealis, from North America to Scandinavia

Advnture

Overseas over seas: how hard is it to travel internationally from Australia without flying?

Flightless travel is catching on in Europe, but it’s not always plain sailing in other parts of the world, as Sacha Shaw discovered

The Guardian - AU

The secret decision-making behind ‘best-of’ travel lists – and why they always seem to get it wrong

Arbitrary at best and greenwashing at worst, it’s hard to believe these lists are influencing the average traveller, writes Lucy Thackray

The Independent UK

Nairobi Tops Lonely Planet’s Best Cities List For 2024, Beating Paris And Montreal

Nairobi Named Best City to Visit in 2024 by Lonely Planet, Showcasing Its Vibrant Culture And Wildlife Safaris

Zenger

The Week in Detail: Pasifika MPs, 95bFM, and comic books

The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week.

Newsroom.co.nz

Making the Planet less Lonely

Lonely Planet, the book that was for many years a travellers’ bible turns 50 this year. But with instant information available anywhere, how will Lonely Planet keep up?

Newsroom.co.nz

The top destinations to visit in 2024 are completely unexpected

"We're confident Best in Travel opens up a year of incredible adventures," says Lonely Planet's Nitya Chambers.

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The Independent UK

Far north of Scotland named on Lonely Planet’s ‘must visit’ list

The region boasts the most intact and extensive blanket bog system in the world.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Kangaroo Island named No 2 must-visit region for 2024 by Lonely Planet

Karta Pintingga was picked for its ‘amazing beaches’, food, wine, wildlife and outdoor adventures

The National (Scotland)

Scottish region makes list of world’s best travel destinations for 2024

A SCOTTISH region has made a global list of the best travel destinations for 2024...

The Independent UK

The top 50 destinations to visit in 2024, according to Lonely Planet

Hotlist highlights sustainable and good-value cities, countries and regions

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The Independent UK

How Lonely Planet is planning for the future of travel

The Man Who Pays His Way: The original handbook for the hippie highway triggered a low-budget, high-reward travel revolution

The Week

A weekend in Tallinn: travel guide, things to do, food and drink

At the juncture between Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, Estonia is a geographic and cultural meeting place – and nowhere is this more evident than in its capital.

The National (Scotland)

Top travel guide puts Scottish island in 'best food regions in Europe'

A SCOTTISH island has been named in a top travel guide's list of the “best epicurean regions” in Europe ...

The Week

A weekend in Istanbul: travel guide, attractions and things to do

As the host city for the 2023 Uefa Champions League final, Istanbul is set to be gripped by football fever when the Atatürk Olympic Stadium welcomes Manchester City and Inter for Europe’s biggest club match on Saturday 10 June.

Daily Mirror

Brits flock to UK 'oasis' beach with £1 entry, dolphins and 'best sunset ever'

Lonely Planet has named Porth Iago as the best wild camping beach in Wales while the campsite adjoining won the North Wales category of Channel 4's The Perfect Pitch series

The Week

A weekend on the Isle of Wight: travel guide, attractions and things to do

Situated off the English south coast across the Solent, the Isle of Wight is England’s largest island and easily accessible via ferries, catamarans and hovercraft from Southampton, Portsmouth, Southsea, and Lymington.

The Week

Kyoto to Tokyo: a high-speed tour of Japan

In many ways, Japan is a country of contrasts. Ancient cultural traditions thrive in cities where some of the world’s most futuristic technologies are the norm. One season tourists ski in the north, and the next they surf in the south. And while the famed bullet trains traverse the country…

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