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Field Notes
‘Field Notes’ is where curiosity meets practicality. The Solo Traveller's curated bite-size tips, insights, lists, and resources are designed to help you navigate your solo journey smarter, lighter, and with more confidence. Whether you're planning your next big adventure or just dreaming about where in the world you can explore next, we hope you will find the insight and inspiration you need right here – distilled, direct, and ready when you are.
Women Travel Solo is a bold and beautifully human collection of 30 real-life stories, written by women who dared to set off alone to a dazzling array of destinations – not just to see the world, but to make peace with grief, reclaim joy, chase wildness, face fears, forge empowering new rituals, and begin again. From sailing the high seas on a container ship to hiking through the snow-draped Tibetan Plateau, from sobriety in Ireland to the forests of the Arctic, these are not tales of carefree tourism. They’re powerful testaments to what it means to move through the world as a woman, unaccompanied but deeply present.
Photography: Roland.
Safety advisory updates provide helpful information about local conditions, health alerts, political stability, conflict, or natural hazard and climate change-related events around the world that might affect our travel plans. Based on the countries where the majority of our readers live, here is a useful list of government travel advisory portals you may like to bookmark.
King Ludwig II’s (1845–1886) four grand palace complexes in Bavaria’s alpine region were designed as personal retreats and imaginative escapes, reflecting the romantic and eclectic spirit of the era. Carefully integrated into stunning natural Bavarian landscapes, they embody King Ludwig II’s grand artistic vision, and are now listed as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO for their collective ‘cultural and natural heritage considered to be of outstanding value to humanity’.
Whether you’re just starting to think about travelling solo or you’re already planning your next adventure, our fact sheets are here to help. Each one is designed to offer practical insights, thoughtful tips, and a bit of inspiration – all in a clear, easy-to-use format you can keep, share, and refer to anytime.
The Xixia Imperial Tombs were inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List on 11 July. Located at the foot of Helan Mountain in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Xixia Imperial Tombs represent the largest, highest-ranking, and best-preserved archaeological remains of the Xixia Dynasty (1038–1227).
The Institute for Economics and Peace has published the Global Peace Index report naming these ten countries as the safest in the world in 2025.
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