Europe

The three words are scrawled everywhere; on walls, banners, and even on the side of Barcelona’s rubbish bins. It’s easy to dismiss them as the word of isolated cranks. But …

A diplomatic mix-up takes a travel journalist on an unexpected press trip to Serbia that feels like no other, leaving him and his fellow journalists to uncover the details of …

A cyclist returns to Europe’s cycle paths after surviving a traumatic attack, discovering the restorative power of solo travel as she gradually regains her love for adventure.

After jokingly applying to be an artist-in-residence in Provence, France, an aspiring novelist finds herself on a journey of self-discovery, tracing the footsteps of her Huguenot ancestors through ancient French …

On a journey through the remote settlements of Greenland, shotgun in hand, a sea-kayaking misadventure tests a researcher’s newly gained friendship with a group of hunters – the only ones …

A finalist in our Pilgrimages competition is forced to trust a stranger to be her savior after she and her hiking buddy are ambushed by dogs on the Transcaucasian Trail, …

A finalist in our Pilgrimages competition rides the train from Bucharest to Sighișoara, tracing the shadow of the Vlad the Impaler back to his birthplace, on a journey through the …

A finalist in our Pilgrimages competition dares to cross a section of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela that many others avoid – the Spanish meseta. Trapped by monotony and …

In a return to The Recovering Backpacker column, an American living in Leuven, Belgium, rediscovers his love for his homeland as he debates US politics with fellow drinkers in an …