Travel Guides
The practical companion to our hotel reviews: how to go, when to go, and how to have the great destinations of the world on your own terms.
Where to Stay in Goa: Choose the Holiday Before the Hotel
North or South Goa? Our guide compares beach resorts, village stays and waterfront houses, with airport advice and hotel choices for different trips.
4 min read · September 21, 2026
GuideWhere to Stay in Mumbai: The Neighbourhood Comes First
Colaba, Marine Drive, Bandra or Juhu? A better Mumbai stay begins by refusing to cross the city unnecessarily.
4 min read · September 21, 2026
GuideJaipur: Palace Resort or Walled-City Haveli?
The garden and the bazaar offer different kinds of luxury. Choose which one you want to wake up inside.
4 min read · September 21, 2026
GuideRajasthan by Road: Jaipur, Fort Barwara, Udaipur and Jodhpur
Four stops, one excellent driver and enough time to let the desert state reveal itself beyond the palace gates.
6 min read · August 2026
GuideNew York for People Who Have Already Done New York
Skip the observation decks. The city's next layer is found on ferries, at lunch counters and in neighbourhoods that do not behave like attractions.
5 min read · August 2026
GuideLake Como Without the Circus
The lake is still transcendent. You simply need the right shore, the first ferry and the discipline not to chase every famous villa.
4 min read · August 2026
GuideMexico's Pacific Coast: Punta Mita, Mandarina and Beyond
North of Puerto Vallarta, the coast moves from polished peninsula to jungle reserve, surf town and wide, empty beach.
4 min read · August 2026
GuideKyoto at the Quiet Hours
The city has not lost its grace; it has lost the middle of the day. See it at dawn, after dinner and in the spaces between the famous temples.
5 min read · August 2026
GuideFrench Polynesia, Decoded: Choosing the Right Island
Bora Bora is not the only answer. Match the island to the trip you actually want, then accept that the distances are part of the experience.
5 min read · August 2026
GuideThree Days in Delhi: The City in Layers
Old Delhi at breakfast, modern India along the ceremonial avenues and a final evening in Mehrauli: a route through the capital that respects its scale.
4 min read · September 2026
GuideMumbai in a Long Weekend: Harbour to Bandra
Art Deco at dawn, Colaba after breakfast, a working lunch in Fort and one excellent night north of the sea link: Mumbai without pretending traffic is incidental.
4 min read · September 2026
Guide48 Hours in Tokyo, the Hotel Insider's Way
How to fall for the world's most overwhelming city in two well-planned days.
4 min read · August 2026
GuideWhere to Stay on the Amalfi Coast: Choose Your Vertical
The view is only half the address. The other half is how you get back to your room.
4 min read · July 2026
GuideYour First Safari: Spend on the Guiding, Not Just the Lodge
Choose one landscape, allow enough nights and understand what a game drive actually involves.
4 min read · June 2026
GuideParis for Grown-Ups: Fewer Reservations, Better Days
Choose a neighbourhood, give one museum your attention and stop treating dinner as a competitive sport.
4 min read · May 2026
GuideThe Maldives, Decoded: Choose the Island Before the Villa
Reef, transfer, meal plan, beach: the decisions that matter more than an overwater photograph.
4 min read · April 2026
GuideMarrakech: A Better Plan Than Getting Lost
Choose your base, organise the first arrival and leave enough space for the city to become intelligible.
4 min read · March 2026
GuideSri Lanka in Ten Days: A Route With Room to Breathe
Culture, hills and the south coast—plus what to cut when the journey starts doing too much.
4 min read · February 2026
GuideBarcelona Beyond the Sagrada: A Local's Rhythm
See the Gaudi landmarks, of course. But the city really opens up when you learn to eat late, walk the back streets and follow the neighbourhoods.
3 min read · April 2026
GuideKoh Samui, Unhurried: Beaches, Waterfalls and Where to Stay
Samui can be a party or a hideaway. Here's how to find the quiet coves, the jungle interior, and the right beach for the trip you actually want.
3 min read · June 2026
GuideBali, Two Ways: Jungle and Sea
The classic Bali trip splits the island in half: a few days inland around Ubud, a few more on the coast. Here's how to balance the two.
3 min read · June 2026
GuideRio de Janeiro, Properly
A first visit to Rio is usually spent in the wrong places at the wrong times. Here is the version that works: the beaches by hour, the hills by weather, and the neighbourhoods worth your evenings.
3 min read · August 2026
GuideBangkok for People Who Think They Know It
Beyond the Grand Palace and the rooftop bars, the city is doing something far more interesting. A guide to the river, the old quarters, and the food that never makes the lists.
3 min read · August 2026
GuideLondon in a Long Weekend
Three days in a city with four hundred years of things to do. The version that avoids the queues, the tourist restaurants and the mistake of trying to see everything.
3 min read · August 2026
GuideMorocco Beyond Marrakech
Most trips stop at the Jemaa el-Fnaa. The country that lies past it, the Atlas passes, the blue city, the Atlantic coast and the desert, deserves the extra week.
3 min read · August 2026
GuideDriving the California Coast, Slowly
Highway 1 is not a route between two cities. It is the destination, and the single biggest mistake is trying to do it in a day.
3 min read · August 2026
GuideThe Italian Riviera, Without the Crush
Portofino and the Cinque Terre in the weeks when you can actually move, plus the harbour towns either side that nobody photographs and everybody prefers.
3 min read · August 2026