Travel
The Skinny travel guide. We take an alternative approach to travel writing, exploring what it is to travel as well as sharing the unique international experiences of our writers. Sightseeing recommendations, features, guides and adventures for avid globetrotters to amateur travelers may also feature.
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FestivalsFestival Column: Fort William Mountain Festival 2011
With the winters we’ve been having, who hasn’t plodded and stumbled along in the vast tranches of the white stuff and thought “I could real... Read more »| 04 Feb 2011 -
FeaturesMOAB: Adrenaline Town
Our fearless writer takes on the thrills and extreme spills of a small town in Utah Read more »| 15 Jan 2011 -
Features
Charity Hitchhike to Morocco/Prague. Where Will the Road Take You?
This Easter why not put those itchy feet to work for a good cause? Read more »| 05 Jan 2011 -
Features
On: The runs in Mexico - The Diarrhoeas of a Medical Triallist
Our man in Mexico pulls out all the (pit)stops in the name of advancing science Read more »| 15 Dec 2010 -
Sightseeing
Go Away! To Snowbombing '11
It's rumoured the snow could be here until March, that is if the forecasters are to be believed. Of course, after the past couple of winters we're now so acc... Read more »| 14 Dec 2010 -
Festivals
Festival Watch: Vikings @ Up Helly Aa
Ah, the Vikings and their renown as history's most hirsute bunch of raping, pillaging murderers. Well, perhaps not. Recent research from some cardigan and co... Read more »| 03 Dec 2010
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SightseeingGo Away! - To Ski and Snowboard School, Cairngorm Mountain
For December, we're looking north to take advantage of some of Scotland's winter sports Read more »| 23 Nov 2010 -
Sightseeing
Go Away! To Aberdeen's Winter Festival
Ah Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost indulging your foot fetish, and, eh, Lemmy screaming Killed By Death all up in ya face. Or so it... Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Features
Tunisia: In a galaxy not so far away…
Armed with a pen, a camera, and a mild disdain for Euro house, our Music Editor walks the coasts of Tunisia… Read more »| 05 Nov 2010 -
Sightseeing
Halloween Experience @ The Edinburgh Dungeon
Forget about the horror stories from OK! (and, err, Austria), dungeons are fun! Or at least, the Edinburgh Dungeon is, with features designed to make the mos... Read more »| 18 Oct 2010 -
SightseeingSamhuinn Shenanigans
There are those at The Skinny (not the Fashion Ed it must be said) who long for the return of the tunic as everyday wear for all and sundry. Until that day a... Read more »| 08 Oct 2010 -
Features
Journeys in Kurdistan
An intrepid Skinny wanderer ventures into Iraq Read more »| 09 Jun 2010 -
Sightseeing
Go away! To Portland
Portland, Oregon is a cultural hotbed right now. Here's the lowdown: the skinny, if you will Read more »| 09 Jun 2010 -
Features
Going Offroad for Father's Day
Want to find out if Daddy's a wimp or well 'ard? Get him to drive a 4x4 down a cliff Read more »| 01 Jun 2010 -
Sightseeing
Charles Jencks' Garden of Cosmic Speculation
If curiosity does indeed a pilgrim make then there can be no excuses for not taking the opportunity this Bank Holiday weekend to visit the intriguingl... Read more »| 28 Apr 2010