Culture in Fez

editor’s note

Welcome to our annual 52 Best Weekends Away issue. It

BEHIND THE SCENES

What Team Lonely Planet has been up to this month

JUST BACK FROM... TANZANIA

Deputy editor Amanda Canning visited the Serengeti, on the trail

Postcards

WHERE YOU’VE BEEN AND WHAT YOU’VE SEEN

Urban adventures

Each month, we ask our Instagram followers to share their

Globettrotter

A WORLD OF TRAVEL NEWS AND DISCOVERIES

SOMETHING TO DECLARE

When enjoying the wonders of the aurora, spare a thought for the satellite operators

BACK TO OUR ROOTS

The latest travel trend? Getting a DNA test and planning

Where to go in 2018

LINE UP A YEAR OF SEASONALLY APPROPRIATE TRAVEL PLANS

GET OUT AND ABOUT

Here at Lonely Planet we’re big believers that there’s no

SAFE TRAVELS

It’s rarely been possible to retain and display important medical

Far out

Is pushing your travel boundaries at the top of your new year’s resolutions? Then book on to one of these exploration tours – all brand new for 2018

Easy Trips

THIS MONTH... hit the slopes in Switzerland, join the carnival in the Caribbean, eat, drink and be merry in Gothenburg and tune out in India

Get to know Gothenburg

Sweden’s second city is fast overtaking Stockholm in the Nordic

Measures of success

The winning recipe for last year’s World’s Best Martini competition

Catch the drift

Wrought-iron balconies in the French Quarter, colonnaded mansions in the

Mountain magic

The villages of the Alps feel like little worlds of

The Pointer

The Pointer is very much the pub of the moment,

CARNIVAL TIME

Few sounds conjure up the spirit of Carnival like the

Manor from heaven

The Cotswolds is the dewy-eyed vision of winter as presented

the art of the FLÂNEUR

Follow author Marcel Theroux on the trail of the flâneurs – the intellectuals, bon vivants and artist-poets who sought inspiration from the streets of 19th-century Paris

Under canvas

Connecting with nature is always easier when you’re sleeping out, looking for falling stars, listening to the wildlife and cooking over an open fire

Urban life swaps

From drinking like a Belgian to upgrading your wardrobe to Parisian standards, make the most out of your weekend by following the example of the locals in the know

Learn with the kids

Put away the smart phones and tablets! Spend quality time with your kids while pushing their boundaries on a weekend adventure

THE CARNIVAL BUILDERS

On the islands of Malta and Gozo, months of preparation climax in one weekend of creativity and chaos

Night adventures

Everything gets a little more interesting after dark, when natural wonders shine and bright lights beckon

Dirty weekends

Nothing rekindles the flame quite like a weekend away together, so head off on one of these mini adventures that’ll have you mastering flamenco in the city of its birth or getting mucky down on the farm

Escape to the forest

From scaling the lofty pines of Sweden to kayaking through shadowy Polish forests, we log the woodland weekends that go against the grain

Small-scale Denmark knows how to get the best from its land and sea. Head to North Zealand for prize produce and simple cooking

GORDON HENRIKSEN DOESN’T WANT ME TO get my hopes up

Gastronomic trips to the home of…

Salade Niçoise, spaghetti bolognese, deep-dish pizza and Emmental cheese. Stop salivating and start planning your foodie get-away

Britain’s most interesting self-catering

Why check in to a hotel when you can have a castle, a converted shipping container or even a haunted house all to yourself?

On thin ice

I started my career shooting the great migration in the

Shopping in Milan

Italy's fashion and design capital built one of the world's first big shopping arcades, and never looked back. Today, you'll find all the global brands of course, but the shops below offer a more distinctly Milanese experience

Best of the Dominican Republic

There’s much more to this Caribbean island country than all-inclusive resorts: discover some stand-out sights and experiences here, century-old colonial heart

Australia’s Great Ocean Road

The coast of Victoria that runs west from Melbourne is a landscape of wave-scoured cliffs watched by proud lighthouses, but also beach towns with great eateries - as you'll discover along its famous driving route

What on Earth?

1 Which islands are home to the only penguins to