Guide from Lisbon
48 Hours in Lisbon Without Once Paying for the Tram
A weekend built on free viewpoints, the cheapest ferry in Europe, and the long walk down from Graça.
Journeys
The German language has a word called ‘fernweh’ – a deep and restless longing to be far from home. If that sense of yearning sounds familiar to you, Journeys is where you will find your next adventure. Every destination guide, route, and itinerary here traces the same journey a young traveler on our team undertook, preserving all the lessons and detours that made it a real and memorable experience.
Destination Guides
Routes we have actually walked, hour by hour, with a map that follows you down the page.
Guide from Berlin
24 Hours in Berlin When You Landed at Six in the Morning
You are too early to check in and too tired to think. Berlin is unusually good at absorbing people in exactly this condition.
Guide from Washington D.C.
36 Hours in Washington on an Intern’s Budget
Half the city is free and the other half is a Metro ride you can skip. A weekend built for people whose stipend has to last until August.
Guide from Marrakech
24 Hours in Marrakech When You’re Traveling Alone
One day in the medina, mapped for someone who would rather not be the story.
Guide from Osaka
72 Hours in Osaka on the Money That Just Cleared
Three days of standing-room bars, five-hundred-yen lunches, and exactly one splurge worth the transfer fee.
Guide from Buenos Aires
36 Hours in Buenos Aires and an Exchange Rate to Match
A weekend planned around a currency that moves faster than the subte.
Places to go
Six regions, each as broad as curiosity needs it to be. Every Dispatch and Signal is filed under at least one.
Africa
Its fifty-four countries offer so much more than a safari.
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Americas
North to south. Sea to sea.
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Asia
You’ll find 4.8 billion people really have a lot to share.
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Europe
Gap year? Study abroad? Hostels? Trains? We’ve got it covered.
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Middle East
Some of the world’s best food, hospitality, and sights to see (in our opinion).
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Oceania
All the kangaroos, islands, reefs, and long-haul flight tricks you’ll need to reach them.
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Reasons to go
The other axis: not where, but why.
- Bored for the weekend
No plan? 48 hours to spare? We’ve got you.
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- For the plot
Trips undertaken specifically so you’ll have something to tell at brunch. Or also, dad lore.
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- Stipend just dropped
For when a few big stickers suddenly start to look more reasonable.
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- Table for one
The very best solo trips.
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