Traveller Magazine: Past Issues

Features

Portrait of a City: Melbourne
James Litston explores the lively bar scene in downtown laneways

Wildlife Watch: Leopards
Jonathan and Angela Scott ponder the future of the big cats they’ve followed for forty years

Visions: China
Simon Urwin discovers China’s oldest tea-house in Pengzhen, Sechuan

Eyewitness: Argentina
Alex King pulls up in Palo Blanco on horseback

Picture This: Italy
Francesco Lastrucci explores the Carso region bordering Slovenia

Eyewitness: Bangalore
Simon Langley roams India’s shiniest megacity

Visions: Oman
Nick Maes watches dolphins and pirates in the Strait of Hormuz off Musandam

Visions: New Zealand
Jonathan Lorie hunts for thrills with Whale Watch Kaikoura

Visions: Norway
Enraptured by the Northern Lights

Eyewitness: South Africa
Kevin Pilley takes a tram through the Cape Winelands

Guest

Sir Robin Knox-Johnston
The record-breaking solo sailor reflects on a life at sea

News & Reviews

Noticeboard
What Wexas Honorary Presidents are up to

Events
Must-see exhibitions and talks

A Moveable Feast: Jay Rayner
A multitude of ways with snails

Hotels
Japan special: Tokyo, Hakone and Kyoto

Art of Travel: Vintage airline posters
The glamour of the golden age of air travel from the British Airways archive

Bookshelf
Inspiring books of the season

Opinion

Fergal Keane
Familiar characters return to haunt Kinshasa

Justine Hardy
Why work experience in war zones is worrisome

Features

Dream on: Galápagos

A snapshot of surreal wildlife

Portrait of a City: Dubai

A life-changing encounter

Matera

Simon Urwin explores the City of Culture 2019

Wildlife Watch: Whales

Swimming with whales in the South Pacific

Eyewitness: South America

Four corners of the continent

Visions: Norway

Light over Oslofjord

Jaguars in the Pantanal

Rare encounters with regal cats

South Africa

Into the wild with style

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

The ultimate luxury in rail travel

Eyewitness: Osaka

An outrageous amount of fun in Japan's third but thrilling city

5 Plates

Nigel Barley on the places that changed his life

Opinion

Fergal Keane

On the vagaries of weather the world

Justine Hardy

Speaks up for silence

Jonathan Lorie

On not prescribing a destination

Guests

Benedict Allen

Explorer-extraordinaire tells us about his adventures

Gurinder Chada

The famous director talks us through her favourite Indian destinations

Features

Dream On: Tibet

A palace in paradise

Portrait of a City: New York

Simon Urwin tells an American story

Wildlife Watch: Tigers

Jonathan and Angela Scott pay tribute to the queen of the jungle

Picture Story: Naples

Francesco Lastrucci photographs Italy’s most vibrant city

Eyewitness: Australia

Shaun Prescott on the Blue Mountains

Visions: British Columbia

Poet Lorna Goodison, a seal and the Salish Sea

Eyewitness: Costa Rica

Alexander Robinson goes wild

Eyewitness: Spain

Kevin Pilley follows Galicia’s Lighthouse Way

Visions: North Korea

Oliver Wainwright goes behind the scenes in Pyongyang

News and reviews

Events

What not to miss this season

Noticeboard

News about Wexas Honorary Presidents and friends

A Moveable Feast: The Bosphorus

Caroline Eden dives into Istanbul’s culinary

Art of Travel: Animal

Glorious old and new depictions of wildlife

Art of Travel: Africa

Portraits by Thomas Lumley

Bookshelf

Inspiring books of the season, including the best in art, nature, travelogue, cookbooks, fiction and poetry

Hotels

A stay at Sweden’s ICEHOTEL

Cruise

The latest news from Silversea

Guest

Mark Beaumont

Amy Sohanpaul meets world record breaking cyclist and the new Wexas honorary president

Opinion

Fergal Keane

Climbs high in Ireland

Justine Hardy

On not switching off on holiday

Iain Gately

Surfer and author Iain Gately tells us about five places that changed his life

Features

Dream On: New Zealand
Pancake Rock at Punakaiki on the South Island’s West Coast

Picture This: Jodhpur
Francesco Lastrucci photographs the Blue City

Inside Track: Venice Simplon-Orient-Express
The luxury train’s General Manager offers his tips on travelling in style

Portrait of a City: Kyoto
Simon Urwin follows the springtime blossom and temple trail

Eyewitness: Norway
Jonathan Lorie tackles the fishing villages of the Lofoten Islands

Wildlife Watch: Lions
The Scotts reflect on 40 years following the pride

Eyewitness: Portugal
Alexander Robinson is swept away by the friendly faces and stunning vistas of Alentejo

Eyewitness: Vietnam
Guy Everton finds his feet in Saigon

Eyewitness: South Africa
Kevin Pilley takes a colourful ride on Rovos Rail’s Pride of Africa

Nikesh Shukla
The novelist names five places that changed his life

Guest

Stewart McPherson
Amy Sohanpaul talks islands and wild things with the new Wexas honorary president

News & Reviews

Events
What not to miss this spring and summer

Noticeboard
News about Wexas Honorary Presidents and friends

A Moveable Feast: Venice
POLPO’s Russell Norman introduces his new book of recipes from the heart

Art of Travel: David Milne
Spotlight on one of Canada’s great 20th century painters

Bookshelf
Inspiring books of the season, including the best in art, nature, travelogue, cookbooks, fiction and poetry

Hotels
Recommended luxury boltholes in Alentejo, the Blue Mountains and Venice

Opinion

Fergal Keane
Familiar characters return to haunt Kinshasa

Justine Hardy
Why work experience in war zones is worrisome

• Documentary maker Bruce Parry discussed his first feature-length film, Tawai
• Francesco Lastrucci snaps the volcanic side of Stromboli
• Sunny Singh and Jonathan Lorie pair the Patnas of India and Scotland
• Selina Siak Chin Yoke traces her grandmother’s life in pre-war Ipoh
• Simon Urwin discovers a cultural renaissance in Japan
• Freddie Reynolds searches for whales along Oregon’s Pacific coast
• Mark Eveleigh drives the backroads of South Africa, from Durban to Cape Town
• Jonathan and Angie Scott watch wildlife in the Maldives
• Simon Langley wanders the neon interspaces of modern-day Seoul
• Jonathan Lorie unearths some home truths along the Viking trails of Denmark’s Jutland
• Clyde Macfarlane steps inside Maori culture in New Zealand
• Frederick Crowe spends a day discovering the delights of Cusco in Peru
• Venetian cook Velarie Necchio shares recipes from her home town
• Michael Armitage explores East African life and myth in his birch-bark paintings
• Justine Hardy seeks lessons from the refugee camps in Calais, Syria and Afghanistan
• Fergal Keane enjoys some late-night reverie on Ireland’s southern coast

• Simon Urwin discovers the real-life deities of the Kathmandu Valley
• Jonathan Scott chills out on the remote Kenyan island of Lamu
• Francesco Lastrucci photographs a forgotten Mayan region in Yucatán
• Jason Godwin learns to be a local in Florence (Italy), with a little help from a long-dead poet
• Freddie Reynolds blunders into Alabama’s ‘Renaissance City’ Florence (USA), home of the blues
• A last word on Kangaroo Island from the late great A A Gill
• Kapka Kassabova finds her feet in Buenos Aires
• Jonathan Lorie savours the spirit of renewal in Bilbao and Gernika
• Prolific explorer Sara Wheeler talks to Amy Sohanpaul about women in the wilderness
• Julian Sayarer, winner of this year’s Dolman Book Award, recalls five places that have changed his life
• Fergal Keane's visit to the Central African Republic prompts thoughts of Africa’s past and present
• Justine Hardy ponders the meaning of passports
• Tessa Kiros finds French and Indian fusion cuisine in India's Pondicherry, while Kevin Pilley follows the wine trail through Maharashtra