Europe

An American crossing Turkey by bus sets out to trace the spread of Islam across Anatolia, only to find his journey unexpectedly tracked by an undercover police officer at a …

A traveler in Istanbul is left without a place to stay when her friend fails to arrive on time, but she finds herself dropped into a community of strangers, who …

On a night out in Madrid, Spain, an American finds herself drawn into conversation with a Spanish movie director, whose entrancing passion for his art–his duende-leaves lasting lessons on the …

As part of our ‘Travel Writers Test AI Travel Advice’ series, we set a writer loose on the streets of Barcelona, where he must obey a ChatGPT-generated itinerary. Can AI …

In Kraków’s Jewish Quarter, a traveller reflects on its gentrification–from the scene of historical atrocities to a magnet for bohemian tourists–as she considers the validity of her own sense of …

This story was selected as a finalist in our “A Human Moment” travel writing competition sponsored by Travel Lemming. Sitting alone in a jazz café, a traveller hears a familiar …

A traveler in Vatican City arrives during the Pope’s dying moments to experience the panic and mourning caused by his passing. While the city awaits the news, he browses the …

We set our correspondent loose on the streets of Tallinn, Estonia, to put the latest travel advice to the test. First, Thom Brown rigorously follows an itinerary generated, on demand, …

Inspired by Ibn Battuta’s travelogue, “The Rihla,” an author, digging beyond Marbella’s shallow and vacuous facade, seeks a wiser way to travel.