Travel
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Jaisalmer Is the Desert City That Makes You Understand Why People Built in Gold
Every Indian city has its colour. Jaipur is the Pink City. Jodhpur is the Blue City.…
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Riga Is the Baltic Capital That Does Everything Tallinn Does and Then Some
The three Baltic capitals — Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius — are compared to each other the…
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Plovdiv Is the Oldest Continuously Inhabited City in Europe and Almost Nobody Goes There
Plovdiv has been continuously inhabited for approximately 8,000 years, making it among the oldest continuously inhabited…
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Namibia Is the Most Cinematic Landscape on Earth and It’s Barely on Anyone’s List
There is a photograph — taken at Deadvlei, in the Namib Desert, at sunrise — that…
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Puglia Is the Italy That the Rest of Italy Has Been Keeping Quiet About
Italy is the most overdescribed travel destination in Europe and possibly in the world. The superlatives…
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Split Is the Croatian City Where People Actually Live Inside a Roman Palace
The concept of a living city inside a Roman palace sounds like the premise of a…
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Marrakech Is the City That Arrives Before You’re Ready for It
Most cities give you a moment to find your bearings. You arrive, you check in, you…
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Porto Is the City That Lisbon Visitors Should Have Gone to Instead
The comparison between Porto and Lisbon is the Portuguese version of a conversation that exists in…
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Cartagena Is the Most Beautiful City in South America and It Knows It
The photographs of Cartagena are accurate. This is the first thing worth establishing, because the photographs…
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Kyushu Is the Japan That Tokyo Visitors Don’t Know They’re Missing
Japan’s tourism infrastructure is so good, and so thoroughly documented, that a visitor arriving for the…
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Taipei Is the Best City in Asia That Nobody Puts on Their List — and That’s Their Loss
There is a conversation that happens among people who have travelled seriously in Asia, usually after…
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Sarajevo Is the City Where Every Century Left Something Behind
There is a street corner in Sarajevo where you can stand and see, in a single…