Best new openings

Editors note

Don’t be hard on yourself if you’ve never heard of

The wood for the trees

It might sound hard to keep almost 100 square miles

Morocco 2-in-1

Marrakesh often serves as a winter escape for northern Europeans,

Golden boy

It may be 100 years since his tomb was first

1898 The Post, Ghent

Ask natives which their favourite Belgian city is and very

A year of unusual sports

Plot a journey of discoveries in sporting arenas across the

Going local (not in Acapulco)

Several British companies now have curated collections of accommodation in

More reasons to get out there

As nights lengthen, the Lumiere Festival returns to Durham on

Photo challenge: Motion

We reveal the winning images from our latest Instagram challenge, this month on the theme of ‘motion’

Life changer

Each month, a travel writer shares their most remarkable experiences from the road, reflecting on the trips that made them think a little differently about the world. In this issue, Duncan Craig on Sweden

Bothy conscious

Oliver Smith learns that the remote bothies of the Highlands are the perfect place to find silence, solitude, and serenity in the Scottish wilderness. Well, most of the time…

Snapshot from Paris

While preparing for my first trip to Paris, I read

Here comes the ride

In rural Tamil Nadu, India, vintage vehicles are being given a spectacular second life in wedding processions

What I’ve learned... travelling with children

Liddy Pleasants founded Stubborn Mule Travel, a family adventure-travel company, after cycling around Southeast Asia for five months with her young children

BEST IN TRAVEL 2020

Where is the best place to visit right now? This is the most hotly contested topic at Lonely Planet. We ask our writers, editors and social media family to come up with hundreds of places that are special right now, then whittle the list down to find the destinations that are most topical and unique, and where you can have a positive impact by visiting. Time to be inspired…

Higher ground

Simon Buxton journeys through our Best in Travel top country Bhutan, coming six steps closer to understanding the secrets of this remote and mysterious Himalayan kingdom

At the sharp end

Encounters on foot and horseback in eSwatini, the small African kingdom where immense creatures come surprisingly close

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE!

2020 marks 55 years since the world was transported to an Austrian meadow to hear Julie Andrews sing ‘T e Sound of Music’. In Salzburg, the magic of the musical vies with the true history of the von Trapps

Top 10 countries

This tiny Himalayan paradise operates a strict ‘high-value, low-impact’ tourism

Top 10 regions

A region once made rich by trade and travellers, the

Top 10 cities

The Salzburg Festival is turning 100, and this heart-stealer of

Best value

Azerbaijan is a destination with a low visiting cost when

Best of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, a city of wide boulevards and old-world style,

Eating in Tallinn

Tallinn’s fusion of quirky modern and fairy-tale medieval is unique

Fun times in Las Vegas

There’s nowhere like Vegas, – a dazzling oasis of earthy

Budget Shanghai

From the rickety charm of the Old Town to the

Lucha libre in Mexico City

Lucha libre means ‘free fight’, like the freestyle wrestling that

Rome

In a country where coffee seems almost as vital to

Brussels & the ninth art

Brussels is the European capital of the comic strip, known

Bombay food truck, Mumbai: Keema pav

Trading since September 2015, Bombay Food Truck is one of

Film and TV Locations

Legend has it that the Bocca della Verità – a

Mind the gaps

We’ve delved into our archives and pulled out this photo,