Adventures
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AdventuresPlan Your Own Adventure: 2018 Summer Calendar
From yoga to stone skimming and rock climbing to running clubs via Tough Mudder, we take a closer look at what Scotland has to offer in terms of adventure this summer Read more »| 09 May 2018 -
AdventuresScottish Water: A guide to whitewater kayaking in Scotland
One keen paddler explains why you should really learn to use a kayak to explore Scotland's rivers – and how to get started Read more »| 05 May 2018 -
AdventuresScottish Food and Drink Adventure Guide
Whether you're hitting the trail on your bike, Munro-bagging up north, or just wandering around in the wilderness, Scotland has plenty of great food and drink to grab on the way Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
AdventuresCycling in Scotland: A Beginner's Guide
Thinking about getting into cycling but unsure where to start? We've put together a beginner's guide to offer a taster of the many and varied experiences on offer across Scotland Read more »| 04 May 2018 -
AdventuresUp hills, in lochs and under stars: Scotland's free outdoors
Scotland's countryside is some of the most beautiful in the world, and it's right on your doorstep. We've put together a guide to starting an outdoor adventure this summer – first up, how to explore the wilderness for free, from bothies to wild swimming Read more »| 30 Apr 2018 -
FestivalsTallinn Music Week: 2018 Preview
Ahead of Tallinn Music Week's tenth edition, we take a look at all the facets of this week-long city festival covering everything from art, film, food and design as well as music and discussion Read more »| 30 Mar 2018
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TravelA Guide to Wrocław: Poland's forgotten gem
Visitors to Poland often end up in the busy capital Warsaw, or the popular tourist towns of Kraków and Gdańsk. However, there’s plenty to see elsewhere in Eastern Europe’s second largest country – Wrocław, for example Read more »| 17 Nov 2017 -
AdventuresConquering Rome Solo: On Travelling Alone
One traveller embraces solo travel and find the rewards outweigh the occasional perils Read more »| 06 Sep 2017 -
StudentsTake The High Road: Student day trips in Scotland
Beaches, mountains, parks and problematic rocks – here are the places we recommend visiting when city life gets a bit too much Read more »| 04 Sep 2017 -
AdventuresMy Mystery Holiday Experience
Is pitching up at the airport with no idea where you're flying to really a salve for travel-related anxiety? Read more »| 09 May 2017 -
StudentsHolidazed and Confused: Student Travel Guide
The long summer holidays of university offer an opportunity for travel that will go unmatched until your retirement. How do you make the most of the time on your limited resources? We asked The Skinny team for advice. Some of it was useful Read more »| 15 Sep 2016 -
TravelMarrakech – Where Medieval Gets Modern
It’s a city that has seen the traditional tarnished by the excesses of Western-style consumerism, yet Marrakech remains an exhaustingly vivid cultural destination Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
TravelThe Birth of Carnaval in São Paulo
Carnaval used to be uncool in São Paulo, but now that's changing. Read more »| 08 Mar 2016 -
AdventuresDream travels: Treehouses and private islands
To celebrate Airbnb’s seventh birthday, one host shares how renting rooms is helping shape individual dreams of travel, from Montenegro to the islands of the Indian Ocean Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
FestivalsLes Trans Musicales de Rennes 2015
Have 37 years of Transmusicales, Rennes’ premier music showcase, left the festival weary and complacent? Or is the Breton capital still reeling and rev... Read more »| 09 Dec 2015