Egypt has been drawing travellers for thousands of years, and it’s easy to see why. From colossal pyramids rising out of the desert to temples where sunlight still performs tricks carved into stone
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There are a handful of experiences in life that genuinely earn the label “once in a lifetime,” and sleeping in an Ice Hotel is one of them. Picture walls carved entirely from ice
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There is something rather wonderful about winter travel. The crowds thin out, the light turns golden and soft, and destinations that feel ordinary in summer suddenly become extraordinary, think ice hotels, husky trails,
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There’s fancy dress, and then there’s dancing beneath eight-hundred-year-old battlements while a Transylvanian storm rattles the shutters. If you’ve ever fancied swapping the usual pub crawl for something a little more gothic, the
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For eighteen years, Untravelled Paths has been taking small groups off the beaten track, to the places most tour operators overlook. Now, we’re doing something a little different — and we couldn’t be
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Today is, by the calendar’s own logic, the single worst day of the year to be thinking about Christmas. The 31st of July sits almost exactly six months from the 25th of December,
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Let’s be honest about November in the UK: it is grim. The clocks have gone back, the average daily high in London struggles to reach 10°C, and the country is treated to roughly
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Everyone assumes August has to mean sky-high fares. Peak summer, school holidays, everyone and their dog trying to get away at once, surely the flights are a fortune? Not necessarily. We’ve had a
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There’s a reason seasoned travellers rate winter as the best time to visit Iceland, not the worst. Yes, the days are shorter and the temperatures dip, but that’s precisely what unlocks the country’s
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