[For the full article, visit The Green Travel Guide on Substack] A Winter Slow Train Journey: Prague → Vienna → Graz → Ljubljana There is a rhythm to slow travel that no flight can replicate. It allows you to connect to journey and place in an entirely present way. I have long loved train travel: …
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On the ferry across the Guadiana, I hesitate over a greeting. It lasts just long enough to notice – that half-second between switching from Spanish to Portuguese. The man checking the tickets is looking toward the other side of the river. I say bom dia, then immediately soften it, Andalusian-style, consonants slipping away before they fully …
The Art of Slow Travel Slow travel isn’t about moving at a snail’s pace – it’s about traveling with intention. It’s not measured in miles or ticks checked off on a list of must-sees, but in meaningful moments and deeper connections. In a world obsessed with speed, instant gratification, and “seeing it all,” slow travel invites us to pause, …
Visit Italy in the autumn and discover a slower pace of life as the crowds thin out and the hillsides shift to copper, burnished reds and golds. It’s the harvest season: olives being gently handpicked or raked off the trees, chestnuts roasting in mountain villages, grapes gathered and brought to the presses, as vendemmia celebrations approach. Time …
[This article originally featured in The Green Travel Guide – for the full article click here] Hej hej! This week we’re heading north—into the land of fjords, forests, islands, and cosy culture. For curated sustainable and slow travel itineraries focused on green stays in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark, download your copy of the full Slow Scandinavia …
[This article was original published in The Green Travel Guide – subscribe for weekly slow travel stories, destination guides and recommendations. See The Green Travel Guide for access to the full article (including slow itineraries, stays, eats & more).] “Istanbul is a book that is never finished; it is a novel that keeps writing itself, …
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It was Tove Jansson’s classic, The Summer Book, that first introduced me to Scandinavian summers and archipelagos strewn confetti-like with tiny islands, those in turn dotted with brightly painted wooden cabins. The all-too-brief passing of the northern summer months, the sense of urgency to seize every moment of sunshine and dappled light, before “it is still …
La Serenissima has always entranced me. There are few places I have visited that hold the same captivating allure – the city seems to float on inky canal-ribboned waters. The patina-rich buildings in earthy shades of ochre, terracotta, dusty pinks, and soft cream walls with winking green or blue painted wooden shutters, showcase the remarkable …
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