Not all of us are 24-7 road warriors. Nor do we need to be.
Travel isn’t all-in or nothing. Even if you aren’t lucky enough to live in country where your vacations are measured in months instead of weeks, you should never let it stop you from fulfilling all of your travel dreams.
And that’s just what these short-term travel guides are designed for: to help you maximize the time you do have and experience the world one trip—and one city—at a time.
Stick around and here’s what you’ll find:
Get started planning your short-term travel below—happy trails!
If you’ve ignored Taipei every time you’ve slapped together Asian travel plans, you’re not alone. With high-profile tourism centres like Hong Kong, Tokyo, Shanghai, and Seoul popping out in every direction, poor ol’ Taipei never gets the attention it deserves from travellers. It’s a shame because Taipei, in many ways, rolls the best of these popular East Asian destinations into one.
On the banks of the Daugava River lies a huge surprise for architecture lovers: Riga, Latvia’s time-tested capital whose old soul bears the traces of long-gone European empires and alliances. Whether hunting down Riga’s Germanic architectural roots or uncovering its Russian sensibilities, a walk through Riga’s Old Town and New Town will reveal the Baltics’ most interesting blend of urban architectural styles.
St Petersburg rarely gets the love it deserves among travellers. Whether that’s a function of the difficulty of getting a Russian visa or its location far on the fringes of Europe, is anyone’s guess. Either way, skipping out on St Petersburg is a huge mistake: it could be one of the best Eastern European cities you’ve never thought of visiting.
Let me introduce you to your next favourite Central European city: Kraków, Poland. Since the fall of communism, Poland’s become a traveller’s dream. Historical Polish towns and cities await in every corner of the country, but none demands attention more than Kraków, the former royal capital. For culture lovers Kraków is magical—its architecture and museums will inspire you, its food will fill you, and most of all, its people and their unrelenting hospitality will warm you.