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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Sightseeing
Excursions
Guildtown Bluegrass Music Festival Guildtown, Perthshire July 31st – August 3rd Perthshire goes all Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? with its annual four-da... Read more »| 24 Jun 2009 -
Festivals
Benicassim: The Voyage with a Soundtrack
With more and more Brits merging music festivals with a holiday abroad, Gordon Bruce debunks the critics and explores why Benicassim is becoming an essential for any musical zealot. Read more »| 10 Jun 2009 -
Sightseeing
Adamo Hotel, Bridge of Allan
Location: Bridge of Allan. 'Why would anyone go to Bridge of Allan?', you might well wonder. But when you actually get there, you'll likely be surprised to ... Read more »| 25 May 2009 -
Features
Get up and Go-Goa
Forget mouldy dreadlocks and sweaty swedgers, take the true path to enlightening travel Read more »| 19 May 2009 -
Festivals
Primavera Sound: Sun, sea and shoegaze
So the recession may be biting, but one festival is worth consolidating your debts for. Nick Mitchell looks forward to Primavera Sound. Read more »| 27 Apr 2009 -
Features
Volunteering abroad with Platform 2
Louise Devlin reports on a remarkable opportunity for young people to do some good in faraway cultures - for free Read more »| 02 Apr 2009
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Features
Tuk This
Three wheels, 12 countries and 12,500 miles in a tuk tuk from Bangkok to Brighton. Two English girls devise a new way of travelling and raise £50,000 for a charity very close to one of their troubled pasts Read more »| 18 Mar 2009 -
Features
The Great Holiday Footwear Debate
Roll up, it's boys versus girls on this one. Yes, we are being fatuous, and we don't care. Read more »| 02 Jan 2009 -
Festivals
Snowside Festival 2009, Nassfeld, Austria
If your New Year's resolutions include the vow to enjoy yourself a little more, then let us make a suggestion. Like winter sports? Great! Nassfeld, Austria, ... Read more »| 29 Dec 2008 -
Festivals
Decks on the Beach: The Best Dance Festivals Around Europe
With the UK festival scene becoming saturated with mobile phone company sponsored summer events offering nothing more than The Tings Tings and a warm ale, pack your bags and head off to some of these heavenly delights. Chris Duncan looks at a few of the highlights... Read more »| 19 Dec 2008 -
Sightseeing
Portavadie: Hogmanay
As the cold, crisp air of winter begins to sting our noses, it is a common occurrence among a few friends of mine to jet off into the sunset ... Read more »| 23 Nov 2008 -
Features
Patrick Richardson: From Beyond
Sporting an unhealthy lust for danger, a nomadic desire to travel and a high threshold for discomfort, Patrick Richardson has spent 40 years exploring some of the world’s most remote places and scribbling about them in what has now become Reports from Beyond: A Journey through Life to Remote Places. Compiled by 52 travel reports for several broadsheets such as the Herald and the Scotsman, Richardson has travelled extensively through rural Africa, South America, Europe and Asia on a tiny budget, roaming his way through political upheaval, lawless regimes and poverty stricken countries. Read more »| 29 Oct 2008 -
Features
The Zurich Lowdown
In the second part of Alex Burden's feature on Zurich clubbing culture, we get in-depth clubs and artists engineering it. Read more »| 27 Oct 2008 -
Features
So far, solo, so what?
Deviance editor Nine is no shrinking violet these days, perhaps never was. Here she recounts how she overcame the fear of travelling alone Read more »| 19 Oct 2008 -
Features
A Helping Hand in New Dehli
Arun ponders the nature of existence during a recent trip to India Read more »| 09 Oct 2008