Places worth rearranging your year for.
Five cities and coastlines I return to, and the reasons why. Full guides are published one at a time — properly researched rather than quickly written.
Marrakech
Riads, rooftops and the particular art of slowing down in a city that never quite stops.
Read the guide
Kyoto
Lantern light, quiet lanes and centuries of grace. A city that rewards walking slowly and looking twice.
Cape Town
Mountain on one side, ocean on the other, and a city with more energy than you are ready for.
Paris
Not the Paris of first visits. The one you find on the fourth, in the arrondissements nobody rushes.
Lisbon
Tiled hills, Atlantic light and lunches that quietly become afternoons.
Where I am going next.
Guides in research for the year ahead: Seville and the Andalusian white towns, Amalfi out of season, Istanbul across both continents, Zanzibar’s Stone Town, Mexico City’s art and food, and the Scottish Highlands by train.
Each guide takes time because each trip takes time. If there is somewhere you want covered, tell me — I read every message.
Postcards from the road, once a month.
New destinations, honest notes on where I stayed, and the occasional thing I loved enough to tell you about. One letter a month — never more.
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